PRINCESS BEATRICE OF YORK

'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. She was the first Princess to be born into the immediate Royal family since the birth of Princess Anne in 1950.

Contents

Birth

Education

Home life

Future

Public Appearances

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles

Arms

Ancestry

References

External links

Birth

HRH Princess Beatrice of York was born at the Portland Hospital in London on 8 August 1988 weighing 6lb 12oz (3.06 kg). Her father is HRH The Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and her mother Sarah, Duchess of York (''née'' Ferguson). She was named after HRH The Princess Beatrice, the youngest daughter of
HM Queen Victoria. She has one sibling, a younger sister,
HRH 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, by Letters Patent of King George V legally a Princess, she is not styled as such.

Education

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 finished in 2007. 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.
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.' ^[2]

Home life

Her parents divorced when Princess Beatrice was 8 years old. 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, as 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.

Future

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 have 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.^[3] and the ''Mail on Sunday'' ran a story telling how she had struck a fellow student in the face when at Coworth Park School.^[4]
In an interview to mark her 18th birthday in 2006, Beatrice stated that she wanted 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 was reported in late 2005 that Beatrice intended to further her education in the United States, preferably at an Ivy League institution.^[5]
There have also been rumous that Beatrice and a girlfriend have plans to start their own designer fashion-line.^[6]
She is fifth in the line of succession and is also fifth in the order of precedence of ladies.

Public Appearances

Beatrice, along with her sister Princess Eugenie, were royal guests at the Concert for Diana organised by their cousins in memory of their late former aunt. Princess Beatrice also attended the Service of Thanksgiving for Diana on 1 September 2007, representing her father (who was at work in Malaysia) – she was joined by her sister, but not their mother (who declined to attend) – also attending were the senior royals (The Queen and Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princes William and Harry.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles

★ ''Her Royal Highness'' Princess Beatrice of York

Arms

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 in her Arms continues the trend in royal heraldry (cf. the Arms of Prince William of Wales) of using charges from the maternal line. (The Ferguson Arms feature a crest bearing a bee.) It can also be considered a pun on the name Beatrice, an unusual example of canting in modern royal arms.

Ancestry

'Princess Beatrice's ancestors in three generations'

'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
		'Paternal Grandmother:' Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom	'Paternal Great-grandfather:' George VI of the United Kingdom
			'Paternal Great-grandmother:' Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
	'Mother:' Sarah, Duchess of York	'Maternal Grandfather:' Ronald Ferguson	'Maternal Great-grandfather:' Andrew Henry Ferguson
			'Maternal Great-grandmother:' Marian Montagu-Douglas-Scott
		'Maternal Grandmother:' Susan Barrantes	'Maternal Great-grandfather:' Lt. FitzHerbert Wright
			'Maternal Great-grandmother:' Hon. Doreen Wingfield

References

1. As a titled royal, Beatrice holds no surname, but, when one ''is'' used, it is 'Mountbatten-Windsor' (or her father's territorial designation, 'York')
2. Princess Beatrice Celebrates An Election Win
3. Princess Beatrice dumps boyfriend
4. Princess Beatrice broke my tooth at school ... now I want £2,000 ''Mail on Sunday'' 9 September 2006
5. American princess: Beatrice aims for the Ivy League
6. Nicholl, Katie Princess Bea the style queen...she can't get it from Mum!, The Daily Mail (8 September 2007)

External links

★ Princess Beatrice reveals secrets

★ Illustrated biography of Princess Beatrice