Buckingham Palace announces royal baby news after premature arrival with adorable first photo
Buckingham Palace has announced the arrival of a new royal baby, born several weeks early.
Princess Beatrice, the daughter of the Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson, welcomed baby Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi on January 22, the Palace announced on Wednesday. The 36-year-old princess was due to give birth in early spring.
Buckingham Palace said Athena, who arrived weighing 4lb 5oz, is healthy and doing well despite her early arrival. The late Queen's granddaughter and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi welcomed their second child at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London and the family are now back home.
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Buckingham Palace announced the news in a statement on social media, alongside a photo of the newborn wrapped in a pink blanket.
The statement read: "Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are delighted to announce the safe arrival of their daughter, Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi, born on Wednesday, 22nd January, at 12:57pm. The baby was born weighing 4 pounds and 5 ounces."
It continued: "The King and Queen, and other members of The Royal Family have all been informed and are delighted with the news.
"Princess Beatrice and Mr Mapelli Mozzi would like to thank all the staff at the hospital for their wonderful care.
"Her Royal Highness and her daughter are healthy and doing well, and the family are enjoying spending time together with Athena's older siblings, Wolfie and Sienna."
Beatrice was reportedly due to give birth in early spring and received medical advice in December to not travel for long distances. She joined the royal family at church in Sandringham on Christmas Day after changing her travel plans to spend the festive period overseas, with doctors said to have warned that a premature arrival was a possibility.
The royal baby is a younger sister to the couple's three-year-old daughter, Sienna, and Mr Mapelli Mozzi's son and Beatrice's stepson, eight-year-old Wolfie.
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