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Beatrice Opens Up on Premature Birth Trauma: 'Incredibly Lonely'
19 Nov, 2025
Summary
- Princess Beatrice shared her daughter Athena's premature birth was deeply isolating.
- She discussed the emotional toll of premature birth on 'The Borne Podcast'.
- Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have three children, including a premature baby.
Princess Beatrice recently appeared on 'The Borne Podcast' to champion the 'every week counts' campaign, candidly discussing the profound emotional impact of premature birth. She revealed that the experience of having her daughter Athena arrive several weeks early in January was "incredibly lonely," a sentiment she feels mothers often grapple with due to societal pressures to appear perfect.
Beatrice and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, are notably private about their family life but are supportive of each other's endeavors. Edoardo recently celebrated his 42nd birthday, and the couple marked their fifth wedding anniversary in July. They are parents to four-year-old Sienna and ten-month-old Athena, alongside Edoardo's nine-year-old son, Wolfie.
The Princess's advocacy stems from her own experience, as she previously detailed in a British Vogue essay how relieved she was when her "tiny" baby, Athena, finally reached full term. Beatrice's husband, Edoardo, who founded Banda Property, frequently accompanies her to events supporting her patronage, Borne, which is dedicated to ending premature birth.
