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What a wonderful news!
Congratulations to the York and Mapelli Mozzi families!
Congratulations to the York and Mapelli Mozzi families!
I thought there was a reddish tinge to the hair as well.Many congratulations to Prss Beatrice and Edo on the early? birth of their second baby, little Athena. (Same really lovely name as the teen daughter of Pr Joachim and Prss Marie of Denmark, incidentally.) I'm sure Wolfie and Sienna are delighted with their baby sister. Is there a red tinge to the hair I can see there?
Weren't there some hard feelings with Sarah's mother over the divorce and her removing to Argentina?Surprised she used Elizabeth again as a middle name. Would have been nice to have honoured Sarah's mother Susan this time.
Neither one of them was born today. Athena was born last Wednesday (22) and Albert was born last Sunday (26).Hey, shouldn't we start speculating that she will one day marry Princess Maria Laura of Belgium's son who was born today? Talk about a meet cute!
Well your mother is still your mother and Sarah loved her. I sometimes think the Yorks need constant validation of who they are and putting Elizabeth in both of Beatrice's daughters names is, I think, a symptom of that. Before Louise and James Wessex came along the closest grandchildren to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were undoubtedly Peter and Zara and yet it took both of them to have a second daughter before including the name Elizabeth. They adored their grandmother but never needed to prove it which was to their credit.I thought there was a reddish tinge to the hair as well.
Weren't there some hard feelings with Sarah's mother over the divorce and her removing to Argentina?
I seem to remember that!
We have no way of knowing any of that. It's a name.Well your mother is still your mother and Sarah loved her. I sometimes think the Yorks need constant validation of who they are and putting Elizabeth in both of Beatrice's daughters names is, I think, a symptom of that. Before Louise and James Wessex came along the closest grandchildren to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were undoubtedly Peter and Zara and yet it took both of them to have a second daughter before including the name Elizabeth. They adored their grandmother but never needed to prove it which was to their credit.
And Sarah is not the mother.Well your mother is still your mother and Sarah loved her. I sometimes think the Yorks need constant validation of who they are and putting Elizabeth in both of Beatrice's daughters names is, I think, a symptom of that. Before Louise and James Wessex came along the closest grandchildren to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were undoubtedly Peter and Zara and yet it took both of them to have a second daughter before including the name Elizabeth. They adored their grandmother but never needed to prove it which was to their credit.
Surely a mother should be able to call her child whatever she likes. It is nice to discuss but let us not go too far.And Sarah is not the mother.
What is Beatrice trying to prove or validate? No one doubts she is Elizabeth's granddaughter.
7 weeks is quite early. I am surprised they were allowed home so soon, and glad that both mother and daughter are doing OK.Sky News said about 7 weeks early, but it sounds as if everything's OK. Lovely news.
With Beatrice having to change her plans to spend Christmas abroad, it sounds as if there may have been some complications with the pregnancy, but thankfully all is well, and they've been allowed home from hospital.
I agree. Beatrice and her late Majesty were very close by all accounts.And Sarah is not the mother.
What is Beatrice trying to prove or validate? No one doubts she is Elizabeth's granddaughter.
Perhaps your comment best directed at Sophie who I was responding to, who suggested she used Elizabeth simply to validate her role.Surely a mother should be able to call her child whatever she likes. It is nice to discuss but let us not go too far.
My niece was born at 34+0 weeks and went home about a week later. She was tiny but only had to learn how to feed and breathe at the same time. There were some health issues my sister in law was having that made a premature birth likely so she received steroid injections to help with lung development.7 weeks is quite early. I am surprised they were allowed home so soon, and glad that both mother and daughter are doing OK.
I did not intend it specifically for you, my apologies if that is how it presented itself. It was addressed in a general way,Perhaps your comment best directed at Sophie who I was responding to, who suggested she used Elizabeth simply to validate her role.
I wouldn't call it a 'drop the mic' moment at all. I have no doubt that Zara could have worn the fringe tiara her mother and grandmother wore on their wedding day had she chosen to do so. Beatrice was not 'chosen' to wear the Queen's wedding tiara, she obviously asked for it and it was loaned for the day.I agree. Beatrice and her late Majesty were very close by all accounts.
Beatrice was chosen to wear the queen's own bridal tiara at her wedding, not eldest granddaughter Zara.. A true drop-the-mic moment if there was one.
I didn't think it at all noteworthy that "Elizabeth" is included in the names of Beatrice's daughters.
In Canada if a baby is born less than 35 weeks and/or 5 pounds they have to stay in the NICU.7 weeks is quite early. I am surprised they were allowed home so soon, and glad that both mother and daughter are doing OK.
I doubt it was reserved for her. However, I doubt it was offered to Kate or Meghan. Zara was always going to use one of her mothers. That is the natural order in the family. However William and Harry’s brides had no mother to borrow from and the Yorks no real tiaras, as the York one obvious.y wasn’t considered. It was probably therefore put forward as an option for both Eugenie and Beatrice. Won’t have suited Eugenie’s dress. Also it was probably a whole package for Beatrice with borrowing the dress.It's possible that Beatrice asked, but more likely that HM had reserved it for Beatrice's use as was reported in several media at the time of the wedding.
In any case the late queen could have refused such an extraordinary request of her own wedding tiara ... it's not like she was a pushover. But she didn't.
And it was quite an honor for Princess Beatrice to wear it.
I remember reading that COVID delayed Beatrice’s wedding which had been planned for 29 May, and the thinking was that a different dress had already been arranged. The late Queen stepped in when all those plans changed.………Won’t have suited Eugenie’s dress Also it was probably a whole package for Beatrice with borrowing the dress
The most important thing is that after some difficulties Bea had the baby is born and healthy enough to go home and being taken care of by her parents. It probably was a somewhat difficult time for Bea and Edo.The Palace confirmed that Athena was born prematurely: "Princess Beatrice has given birth to a baby girl named Athena several weeks prematurely, Buckingham Palace has said."
Apparently they said "several weeks", no exact number.
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Princess Beatrice gives birth to baby girl Athena
Beatrice's husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi posted a tribute to his new daughter, calling her "tiny and absolutely perfect".news.sky.com
The most important thing is that after some difficulties Bea had the baby is born and healthy enough to go home and being taken care of by her parents. It probably was a somewhat difficult time for Bea and Edo.
I am wishing them the best, and the baby does look nice and healthy even being tiny.
In that case, I am happy that the Palace delayed announcing the birth until the infant was safely out of the woods.The Palace confirmed that Athena was born prematurely: "Princess Beatrice has given birth to a baby girl named Athena several weeks prematurely, Buckingham Palace has said."
Apparently they said "several weeks", no exact number.
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Princess Beatrice gives birth to baby girl Athena
Beatrice's husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi posted a tribute to his new daughter, calling her "tiny and absolutely perfect".news.sky.com