Princess Beatrice has given birth to her second daughter, and it's clear she chose to honor her late grandmother in her new little girl's name.
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00:00Princess Beatrice has given birth to her second daughter,
00:03and it's clear she chose to honor her late grandmother in her new little girl's name.
00:06A week after Beatrice's newest child's January 22nd, 2025 birth,
00:10the royal family's Instagram account posted an announcement with the baby's full name,
00:14Athena Elizabeth Rose Mappellimazzi. It came alongside a photo of the newborn covering her
00:19face, taken by little Athena's dad and Beatrice's husband, property magnate Eduardo Mappellimazzi.
00:25It's no mystery where the Elizabeth in the name came from. Clearly,
00:28it's a tribute to Beatrice's grandmother, the United Kingdom's longest-serving monarch,
00:32Queen Elizabeth II.
00:34"...a long life can pass by many milestones. My own is no exception."
00:40The rose is also perhaps a nod to the former queen. Roses have long been
00:43associated with the British monarchy, and Elizabeth was known to be a fan of the flowers.
00:47David Austin Roses even bred a new variety of rose that the horticulturist named for
00:51the queen in celebration of her Platinum Jubilee in 2022. Athena, the name of the
00:56Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare, is a bit of a curveball, though. Eduardo hails from Italian
01:01nobility, so it's certainly interesting that the couple chose the Greek name rather than
01:04Athena's traditional Latin name, Minerva. Of course, little Athena isn't the first young
01:09royal whose name includes a tribute to the family matriarch. Funny enough,
01:12Beatrice and Eduardo's other daughter, Sienna, also has the middle name Elizabeth.
01:16Prince William and Princess Catherine's only daughter, Princess Charlotte,
01:19also has Elizabeth as a middle name. Her full name is Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.
01:23And then there's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's daughter,
01:26Lilibet, who's named for one of Queen Elizabeth's childhood nicknames.
01:29There was some controversy over that name after Lilibet's 2021 birth,
01:32with reports that the royal expats didn't get the queen's permission to use the name.
01:36What we have going on here is the press struggling to understand
01:42what the conversation was between Harry and the queen."
01:45Beyond those, Peter Phillips, the son of Princess Anne, has a daughter named Isla Elizabeth,
01:50and his sister, Zara Tindall, has a daughter named Lena Elizabeth. In the Elizabeth's race
01:54to the throne, Charlotte is third in the royal line of succession, Lilibet is seventh,
01:58Sienna is tenth, and Athena is now eleventh, Isla is twenty-first, and Lena is twenty-fourth.
02:03Eduardo posted his photo of his newest daughter to his personal Instagram account, too,
02:07where he wrote,
02:08"'We welcomed baby Athena into our lives last week. She is tiny and absolutely perfect.
02:13We are all, including Wolfie and Sienna, already completely besotted with her.
02:17Wolfie is Beatrice's stepson, Christopher Wolf, born to Eduardo and his ex-girlfriend,
02:21Dara Wong. Beatrice's mom, Sarah Ferguson, and her sister, Princess Eugenie,
02:25also celebrated the new addition to their family. Ferguson wrote on Instagram,
02:29"'Overflowing with love and joy to be able to welcome Athena Elizabeth Rose into the world.
02:34She is already so adored, and I'm incredibly blessed to be a granny once again.'"
02:38People notes that Athena was born several weeks prematurely. Buckingham Palace had
02:42originally issued a due date of early spring, but by all indications,
02:46little Athena and Beatrice are both healthy.