The hidden meaning behind Princess Beatrice’s daughter’s name – as she joins royal cousins tradition of naming babies after the Queen and Prince Philip [Video]

07:32 EST 30 Jan 2025, updated 07:35 EST 30 Jan 2025

Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi welcomed their second daughter into their lives last week – and followed a sweet tradition shared by the royal cousins when it came to naming her.

Athena Elizabeth Rose was born on January 22 at 12.57pm and is 11th in line to the throne, pushing her aunt Princess Eugenie down to 12th place. 

She becomes the third child in the Mapelli Mozzi brood alongside Wolfie, eight, from Edo’s former engagement to Dara Huang, and Beatrice’s three-year-old daughter Sienna.

Despite Athena being born several weeks before her due date and weighing just 4lbs 5oz, a statement from the palace assured that mother and baby were ‘safe’, ‘healthy and doing well’.

In a sweet post on Instagram, proud father Edo, 41, confirmed: ‘We welcomed baby Athena into our lives last week. She is tiny and absolutely perfect.

‘We are all (including Wolfie and …