Beatrice’s first name pays tribute to Queen Victoria’s youngest daughter, Princess Beatrice, who was considered her mother’s favourite and spent much of her life at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. After her husband, Prince Henry of Battenberg, passed away, the original Beatrice took on his role as Governor of the Isle of Wight.
Her middle names also carry meaning. Elizabeth honours both her grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and her great-grandmother, the Queen Mother. Mary is thought to be a nod to Queen Mary of Teck, wife of King George V, and to the Duchess of York’s late mother, Susan Barrantes, whose middle name was Mary.
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Princess Beatrice married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at the Royal Chapel of All Saints, Windsor, on July 17, 2020. The couple have two daughters — Sienna Elizabeth, born in 2021, and Athena Elizabeth Rose, born in January 2025 — and Beatrice is also stepmother to Edoardo’s son, Christopher “Wolfie” Woolf, from a previous relationship.
Five years into marriage, and decades after her naming made headlines behind palace doors, Beatrice remains a working royal with a name steeped in family tradition — even if it wasn’t her parents’ first choice.
