Overview

• Princess Beatrice’s second daughter, Athena Elizabeth Rose, was born prematurely on January 22, 2025, weighing 4 pounds and 5 ounces but is now healthy and thriving.
• Beatrice described the experience as 'humbling' and filled with 'sheer worry,' emphasizing the emotional toll of navigating uncertainty during a high-risk pregnancy.
• Her reflections highlight the universal challenges of pregnancy and motherhood, regardless of status or background, as shared in a British Vogue essay.
• She recently became the patron of Borne, a charity focused on prematurity research, and is advocating for greater investment in women’s health research.
• Beatrice credits her experience with Athena’s birth and her mother Sarah Ferguson’s cancer diagnoses in 2024 as driving forces behind her commitment to this cause.