Topics: Celebrity, Parenting, Pregnancy, Royal Family, Sex and Relationships, UK News, Princess Beatrice
Princess Beatrice previously shared a little-known fact about her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, before welcoming their second child together last week.
The couple announced the happy news earlier this week on Wednesday (29 January) with a photograph of the newborn, who was born several weeks premature, wearing a long-sleeved baby sleepsuit and wrapped in a pink blanket.
Buckingham Palace later revealed details surrounding the birth, also sharing the name of the latest addition to Beatrice and Edoardo's family.
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The statement reads: "Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are delighted to announce the safe arrival of their daughter, Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi, born on Wednesday January 22 at 12.57pm, at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. The baby was born weighing 4 pounds and 5 ounces.
"Their Majesties The King and Queen and other members of the royal family have all been informed and are delighted with the news."
Before little Athena's birth, Beatrice opened up about a learning difficulty both she and Edoardo have.
Speaking to Hello! a few years back in 2021, before she gave birth to her first child, Sienna, Beatrice explained that both she and her hubby Edoardo have dyslexia - a common learning difficulty that mainly causes problems with reading, writing, and spelling, according to the NHS.
Opening up about the possibility of her children also having dyslexia, Beatrice, who is patron of the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity, noted: "If any child, or future babies that are on their way, are lucky enough to be diagnosed with dyslexia, I feel incredibly grateful to have tools such as the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity to be able to tap into, to give them that extra support.
"I think it's really important for every parent, that they feel they are not alone in this."
"My husband's also dyslexic, so we'll see whether we're having this conversation in a couple of months' time with a new baby in the house, but I really see it as a gift," she shared at the time.
The mum-of-two continued: "Even referring to it as a diagnosis I feel does a disservice to the brilliance of some of the most fantastic minds that we have.
"And I think just shifting the narrative a little bit towards something that is positive, that is impactful, can really help everyone."
Beatrice, who was diagnosed with dyslexia aged seven, added: "I was very lucky that when I was first told that I had dyslexia, not one person around me ever made me feel like it was a 'lesser than' scenario.
"It was always about moving forward, it was always about what you could do. Never about what you can't. And that's something that's really, really important to me.
"I find it very inspiring every day to talk about it. Because if you can just change one little idea in someone's head, then you've done a great thing."
