Princess Beatrice has given birth to her first child with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Buckingham Palace has announced.
The Queen's granddaughter, 33, welcomed a baby girl weighing 6lbs 2oz at 11.42pm on Saturday at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, in London.
Chelsea and Westminster is an NHS hospital but houses the private Kensington maternity wing, which charges a starting price of £7,450 for a 'platinum vaginal delivery package' and £9,050 for a 'platinum elective or emergency section package'. The price includes meals and accommodation for the partner and a private room for the first night post delivery.
Buckingham Palace refused to comment on whether Beatrice was admitted to the Kensington Wing. It is understood she has since been discharged and returned to the St James's Palace apartment she shares with Edo, 38.
The baby, whose name has not yet been revealed, is the Queen’s 12th great-grandchild and 11th in line to the throne. Although her mother is a princess, she will not have a royal title. Only grandchildren of the monarch through the male line are automatically entitled to the styling of HRH. This means she will be plain Miss Mapelli Mozzi. The Queen could bestow a title on her great-grandchild if desired, but it is unlikely to be asked for.
While Beatrice tends to keep a low profile, she has been seen several times out and about in London over the summer, including attending Wimbledon with Edo in July.
The new arrival has brought joy to the royal family amid the legal wranglings over the US civil sexual assault lawsuit faced by Beatrice's father, Prince Andrew.
It was reported yesterday Andrew had left Balmoral to fly to London to see his daughter in hospital. He was at the Queen's Aberdeenshire estate to hold crisis talks with his family and advisers over Virginia Roberts's bombshell sex abuse lawsuit after a 'disastrous' week trying to fight the damning allegations.
Princess Beatrice has given birth to a daughter, her first child with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Buckingham Palace has announced. Pictured, the couple at Wimbledon in July
In a tweet from her official Twitter account, Beatrice said she was delighted' to 'share the news of the safe arrival' of the couple's daughter, adding: 'Thank you to the midwife team and everyone at the hospital for their wonderful care'
A fashionable Beatrice enjoyed two evenings out in a row in Mayfair, last week (pictured left, on Tuesday, and right on Wednesday), shortly before the birth of her baby girl on Saturday
Princess Eugenie's baby will be the second grandchild for Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson and the Queen's 12th great-grandchild following the arrival of Prince Harry and Meghan's Markle's second child in the summer. Pictured, line of succession
Roberts, now known as Virginia Giuffre, accuses him of sexually abusing her when she was a minor under US law after she was trafficked by billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The duke denies the allegations.
Andrew's legal team have contested whether he has been officially notified about Ms Giuffre's claim for damages.
In a tweet from her official Twitter account, Beatrice said she was delighted' to 'share the news of the safe arrival' of the couple's daughter, adding: 'Thank you to the midwife team and everyone at the hospital for their wonderful care.'
Buckingham Palace said in a statement: 'Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are delighted to announce the safe arrival of their daughter on Saturday 18th September 2021, at 23.42, at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.
'The baby weighs six pounds and two ounces. The new baby's grandparents and great-grandparents have all been informed and are delighted with the news.
'The family would like to thank all the staff at the hospital for their wonderful care. Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well, and the couple are looking forward to introducing their daughter to her big brother Christopher Woolf.'
Beatrice and Edo, who married in 2020 (pictured), also said they look forward introducing their daughter to her big brother Wolfie, whose mother is Edo's ex Dara Huang
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall congratulated Beatrice and Edo on Twitter. The tweet said: 'Congratulations to Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi on the happy news of the birth of their daughter.'
The baby is the fourth great-grandchild of the Queen to be born this year, following the arrival of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's son August in February, Zara and Mike Tindall's son Lucas in March and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's daughter Lilibet in June.
Princess Beatrice has been seen several times in London throughout the summer as she enjoyed the lifting of restrictions ahead of the birth of her first child.
Just last week she was spotted out and about in Mayfair as she dined out with friends in the city.
Bookies have revealed that Sarah is a likely contender for the name of Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo's newborn baby daughter - in tribute to the Duchess of York.
Days ago, her mother Fergie fawned over her children, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, in a letter praising their 'courage, strength and integrity' and said she finds it 'extraordinary' that they're both mothers.
In the letter, published in Good Housekeeping, Fergie, 61, said
