About HRH Princess Beatrice

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Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York was born on 8th August, 1988 at The Portland Hospital, London, the first child of The Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York, and fifth grandchild of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. Born fifth in line of succession to the British throne, and the 2’nd female in line for the throne . She is now tenth and is the  third  female of succession to the throne of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth realms. She has a younger sister, Princess Eugenie.

She married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, a property developer and Italian noble, in 2020. Their daughter Sienna Elizabeth was born on 18 September 2021. They live with their family in the UK sharing Custody with Edoardo’s stepson Wolfe.

Beatrice  was educated at St. George’s School in Ascot from 2000-2007, completing her A-levels in Drama, History and Film Studies. In her final year at St. George school. Princess Beatrice was Head Girl.

In September 2008, she started a three year course studying for a BA in History and History of Ideas at Goldsmiths College, London. Princess Beatrice graduated in 2011 with a 2:1 degree.

Contending with dyslexia during her own education, Princess Beatrice became involved early on with charities associated with learning difficulties including The Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre. HRH has also shown her support towards  education, philanthropy, and  the welfare of women and children. She is also interested in helping those who are less fortunate from around the globe. Beatrice is an advocate for the promotion of women in leadership in the technology and media industries.

In 2007, Princess Beatrice became a global ambassadorship for her mother’s charity, Children In Crisis, founded in 1993 with the aim of educating women and children in some of the world’s poorest countries.

On April 2010, Princess Beatrice became the first member of the Royal Family to complete the London Marathon, running with friends to raise money as part of a ‘Team Caterpillar’, which supported a number of charities.

In 2011, Princess Beatrice’s infamous wedding hat sold for £81100.01 ($ 131,341) to benefit her charity the little bee Initiative that helps, UNICEF UK and the Children in Crisis.

During 2012, Princess Beatrice with six close friends including the children of Sir Richard Branson formed the unique philanthropic organization known as The Big Change, a charitable incubator modeled after technology startups and tasked with identifying and supporting projects that improve the lives of young people. In September 2012, she and her fellow Big Change founders climbed Mont Blanc as part of The Big Climb, the group’s first fundraising project.

2013, The York  Princesses did a mini tour of Germany. They were promoting British trade between Germany and Britain.

In May, 2016, HRH was a Judge of Oscar’s Book Prize, a children’s book award paying tribute to Oscar Ashton’s love of stories. The award aims to highlight the importance of reading with children.

September 2016,  HRH  became the first royal to complete a grueling 4 day triathlon for Big Change’s- Strive Challenge 2016. Princess Beatrice swam  3.3km in open water, swimming across the straits of  Messina to Sicily. She  biked a  total of 140 km up  a mountain over the last two days; including a10km hike up  the top of  MT  Etna.  Bea’s fundraising  raised £12,666.36, roughly around  $16,000.  In total HRH completed 6,000m in altitude by bike and foot.

On October 2016, Princess Beatrice went on a South Asia tour that lasted nine days. She was visiting  Nepal, India, and Bhutan on Behalf of the Franks Family Foundation (FFF),  Jamgon Kongtrul Eyes Centere’s-  free micro-surgical cataract program, is in technical collaboration with Nepal’s Tilganga Eye Centre under the direction of the esteemed Dr. Sanduk Ruit.

The JKEC screened 1,960 patients in 8 remote areas in District Darjeeling prior to the surgical program. Among them, 178 were found suffering from cataract. They were mobilised to JKEC for free surgeries and intra-ocular implants. The oldest was 102 years old, the youngest was 11 years old, and 4 had advanced cataract in both eyes. All surgeries went very well. 100% success!!

The Special Highlight of this program was an informal visit by HRH Princess Beatrice of United Kingdom. She had come to observe Dr. Ruit’s benevolent work. Everyone was touched by her presence and her caring way with our local people. Princess Beatrice’s interest in promoting community eye centres like JKEC touched and inspired JKEF greatly.

HRH Had a goodwill tour in Laos in 2018 on Behalf of the Franks Family Foundation (FFF).  Her main purpose there was to promote UK in LAOS and she was there as a witness to sign letters of intention to establish the first “New Generation School” in Laos.

In April 2022 and in her capacity as an ambassador for the charity Made By Dyslexia, Beatrice and her husband took part in the first World Dyslexia Assembly, which was hosted by Prince Carl Philip in Sweden

Princess Beatrice, alongside Princess Eugenie, became Patron of the Teenage Cancer Trust in June, 2016. Her mother, Sarah, Duchess of York, is also a long-term honorary Patron of the charity. The Teenage Cancer Trust supports young people facing cancer.

HRH is Patron of the Berkshire Community Foundation, Broomwood African Education Foundation, Charity:Water, English National Ballet School, Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice, Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre, The Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity, Oscar’s Book Prize, The York Theatre Royal and The York Musical Society. She also works  closely with other Organizations like Outward Bound, Be Cool Be Nice, Friends Without a Border, and Made By Dyslexia.

The YorkFamily initiated the Key to freedom clothing Line in 2012. Key to Freedom has been set up to support the Women’s Interlink Foundation (WIF) by giving them a platform to sell their products. WIF works across West Bengal, India, helping vulnerable young women develop skills to earn an income. Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, both supporting the initiative by buying scarves.

Princess Beatrice works full time as Vice President of partnerships and strategy for Afiniti technology and lives between the UK and USA.