UK's Princess Beatrice gives birth to second baby girl

Britain's Princess Beatrice, King Charles' niece, has given birth to a baby girl, her second daughter and child with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday.

The baby, Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi, was born at London's Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on Wednesday. She weighed 4 pounds and 5 ounces.

"She is tiny and absolutely perfect," Mapelli Mozzi said in a post on his personal Instagram page. "We are all (including Wolfie and Sienna) already completely besotted with her."


Beatrice, 36, married property developer Mapelli Mozzi in July 2020. The couple already have one daughter, Sienna, who was born in September 2021. Mapelli Mozzi also has a son called Wolfie, 8, from a previous relationship.

Beatrice is the ninth-in-line to the throne and the eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York.

"Their majesties the King and Queen and other members of the royal family have all been informed and are delighted with the news," the statement said.