Fans have spotted a brand-new photo of Princess Beatrice’s premature baby in the royal's latest announcement.
Back in January, the royal family announced they had welcomed their latest addition as Beatrice gave birth to her second child, who was born several weeks premature, with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.
Three months on, Beatrice has opened up about the newest addition to the family, Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi, with an emotional admission about her experiences as a mother giving birth to such a premature baby.
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In an essay published in Vogue last Sunday (23 March), she admitted that 'nothing quite prepares you for the moment when you realise your baby is going to arrive early'.
The 36-year-old mum-of-two went on to explain that she felt she was in 'so little control' of the situation as she was left with an 'overwhelming fear of the unknown' with several questions relentlessly going around in her head.
"Will she arrive healthy? Will there be complications? How will you juggle the rest of family life while trying to keep a tiny human safe and well?" she wondered at the time.
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Beatrice continued: "You know that when your baby arrives the doctors and midwives are going to be there, doing everything they can to ensure she makes it through those challenging first few days.
"But you have no idea how these things will play out, what happens next."
Beatrice has since teamed up with business owner Alice Naylor-Leyland to launch a baby shower collection to raise money for Borne, a charity of which the Princess is a patron.
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Announcing the news on Instagram, Alice shared a series of three photos, with the second one appearing to show a never-before-seen snap of Athena swaddled in a pink blanket next to a stuffed toy rabbit.
She captioned the post: "It has been both a pleasure & a great honour working with my dear friend Princess Beatrice on our new Baby Shower Collection in aid of @bornecharity.
"I’m so proud of the awareness @beayork has brought to Premature Birth & I’m delighted we were able to create this together celebrating both Motherhood & Friendship."
In her essay for Vogue, Beatrice explained that she 'learnt so much' from her pregnancy with Athena, noting that these questions were 'spinning through [her] mind' throughout the latter stages of it.
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"Following routine scans we became aware our precious cargo needed close monitoring, and understood we needed to prepare for an early arrival," she carried on before noting that what she learnt in this process has been 'humbling'.
Fortunately, everything was fine with little Athena, despite being born several weeks premature, with Beatrice gushing over what it was like first seeing her 'tiny' newborn.
"Athena arrived healthy, a few weeks before her due date," she wrote. "She was so tiny it took more than a few weeks for the tears of relief to dry and for life with our healthy baby to feel real.
"Her feet were so small - almost the same size as the paws on one of my older daughter’s soft bunnies."
Topics: Celebrity, Parenting, Royal Family, Princess Beatrice
Rhiannon Ingle