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Princess Beatrice of York
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| Princess Beatrice | |
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| Princess Beatrice of York | |
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| Full name | |
| Beatrice Elizabeth Mary | |
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| HRH Princess Beatrice of York | |
| Royal house | House of Windsor |
| Father | The Duke of York |
| Mother | Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York |
| Born | August 8, 1988 (age 18) Portland Hospital, London |
| Baptised | 20 December 1988 St. James Palace, London |
| Occupation | Student, St. George's School, Ascot |
Princess Beatrice of York (Beatrice Elizabeth Mary; born 8 August 1988) is a member of the British Royal Family. She is a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Princess Beatrice is fifth in the Line of succession to the British Throne and has been for 18 years since her birth in 1988. She was the first Princess to be born into the immediate Royal family since the birth of Princess Anne in 1950.
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Princess Beatrice was born at the Portland Hospital in London on 8 August 1988 weighing 6lb 12oz (3.06 kg). Her father is Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and her mother Sarah, Duchess of York, (née Ferguson), the daughter of the late Major Ronald Ferguson and the late Susan Barrantes (née Wright). She was named after Princess Beatrice, the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria. She has one sibling, a younger sister, Princess Eugenie, born in 1990.
She was baptised on 20 December 1988 in the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. Her godparents were Viscount Linley, Peter Palumbo, Lady Jane Dawnay formerly the Duchess of Roxburghe, the late Carolyn Cotterell and Gabrielle Greenall.
As a granddaughter of the British monarch in the male line, Beatrice is a Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with the style of HRH, and is therefore styled Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of York. Beatrice and her sister Eugenie are the only granddaughters of the Queen to hold the title of Princess and the style of Her Royal Highness; although their cousin Lady Louise Windsor is legally a Princess she is not styled as such. There have been talks that the York sisters should be given the lesser title of "Lady", to which their father is opposed. This seems very unlikely, because if the Queen wanted her granddaughters to be styled this way, they would have been so since birth and it's also unlikely that the Queen would take titles away from her grandchildren who are high in the list of succession and leave titles to people who are further down.
Princess Beatrice began her early education at Upton House School, Windsor, in 1991. From there she and her sister attended Coworth Park School in Surrey from 1995. Her higher education began at St. George's School in Ascot, an all-girls school, in 2000, where she still attends. For a time it was suggested by Beatrice's father that his daughters would be educated abroad at Aiglon College in Switzerland. Those plans were shelved once the school became embroiled in public controversy. In 2005 it was revealed that Princess Beatrice had been diagnosed with dyslexia when she was younger. Consequently she delayed sitting for her GCSE exams by a year. Her results revealed that she had done rather well, obtaining A* grades for history and drama, A grades for French and art, and B grades for English literature, English language, mathematics, and dual award science.
Princess Beatrice was elected to be head girl at St George's in her final year beginning in 2006. A school spokesperson is quoted on The Royalist website as saying: 'This year the school has elected Princess Beatrice of York to be head girl and we are delighted that she has accepted the position.' [1]
Her parents, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, divorced when Princess Beatrice was 8 years old. The Duke and Duchess share joint custody of their two daughters. When not at school her time is spent with her family. Princess Beatrice said in 2005 in an interview to mark her 17th birthday that her parents divorce in 1996 had in fact brought them all closer. She attends many royal family events, which is expected as she is a senior member of the British Royal Family but also relishes her "normal" life. Beatrice and her sister regularly travel abroad with one or both of their parents. She also enjoys socialising out and about in London and has a wide variety of friends who are royals and commoners.
Princess Beatrice has grown up free of any real press intrusion into her life, despite the coverage constantly given to her parents. Since she has appeared in public on her own the media has speculated on boys she is apparently dating. One relationship caused a real stir when Princess Beatrice stopped seeing Paolo Liuzzo after it was revealed he was involved in the death of an American college student.[2]
Princess Beatrice feels she lives in two worlds, one being seemingly "normal" and the other royal. However in an interview to mark her 18th birthday in 2006, Beatrice wants to use her position to assist others by carrying out some charity work. She has already undertaken charity work alongside her mother through the various charities the Duchess supports. In 2002 she made headlines visiting HIV-infected children in Russia. In Britain she has shown support for Springboard for Children and the Teenage Cancer Trust.
It is too early to know what Princess Beatrice's plans are when she finishes school. Speculation exists that she will probably go straight on to undertake university studies. It was reported in late 2005 that Beatrice intended to further her education in the United States, preferably at an Ivy League institution[3].
Coincidentally she is fifth in the line of succession and is also fifth in the order of precedence of ladies. Her sister, who is sixth in line of succession and also sixth in the precedence order, is the only other person in the list to share this distinction.
Her mother has stated on more than one occasion that she will not give her daughters handouts and that they will not be given things on a silver platter
- Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of York
Her Majesty The Queen granted Arms to Her Royal Highness by a Warrant dated 18 July 2006:
The Arms are blazoned Within a Lozenge ensigned by a Coronet composed of four Crosses formy and four Strawberry Leaves the Royal Arms differenced by a Label of five points Argent the centre and the exterior points each charged with a Bee volant proper. The Supporters are to be the Royal Supporters charged with the like Coronet and Label.
The use of three bees as a pun on her name appears as an unusual example of canting in modern royal arms.
| Princess Beatrice of York | Father: Prince Andrew, Duke of York |
Paternal Grandfather: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Princess Alice of Battenberg |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom |
Paternal Great-grandfather: George VI of the United Kingdom |
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| Paternal Great-grandmother: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon |
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| Mother: Sarah, Duchess of York |
Maternal Grandfather: Ronald Ferguson |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Andrew Henry Ferguson |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Marian Montagu-Douglas-Scott |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Susan Barrantes |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Lt. FitzHerbert Wright |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Hon. Doreen Wingfield |
| Order of precedence in the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by The Duke of York |
Line of succession to the British Throne | Succeeded by Princess Eugenie of York |
| Preceded by The Princess Royal |
United Kingdom order of precedence Ladies |
Succeeded by Princess Eugenie of York |
HM The Queen · HRH The Duchess of Cornwall and Rothesay · HRH The Countess of Wessex · HRH The Princess Royal
HRH Princess Beatrice of York · HRH Princess Eugenie of York · Lady Louise Windsor
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester · HRH The Duchess of Kent · HRH Princess Michael of Kent · HRH Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy