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<\/p>\nPrincess Beatrice has announced that her close friend, Princess Nina of Greece and Denmark, will be the godmother of her 11-month-old daughter Athena.<\/p>\n
During a very special day for the princess, the private occasion saw Beatrice’s closest friends and family join together at St James’s Palace in London.<\/p>\n
Beatrice and Nina have a strong friendship, joining up not just in the same social circles but with the Greek royal family too.<\/p>\n
The two royal families previously holidayed together in Majorca in 1990.<\/p>\n
Princess Beatrice has announced the godmother of her daughter.<\/p>\n
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Beatrice and her sister, Princess Eugenie, along with their husbands, were among the high-profile guests at the weddings of Princess Nina and Prince Philippos in Athens in October 2021.<\/p>\n
The announcement today comes as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson made their first public appearance since losing their York titles.<\/p>\n
The baptism at the Chapel Royal within St James’s Palace saw Beatrice’s parents come out of exile.<\/p>\n
Andrew and Fergie’s presence at the ceremony marked a major moment, being the first at a royal function since they lost their York titles in October.<\/p>\n
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Princess Beatrice’s 11-month-old daughter was baptised today.<\/p>\n
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Beatrice and property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi welcomed Athena earlier this year after she was born several weeks before her due date in January.<\/p>\n
The venue is significant for royal christenings, having hosted the baptisms of Princes George and Louis.<\/p>\n
The christening had reportedly been delayed from earlier this year due to the scandal surrounding Athena’s grandparents.<\/p>\n
The former Duke and Duchess of York lost their titles in October following fresh disclosures regarding their connections to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n
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Princess Eugenie’s husband, Jack Brooksbank, is seen attending today’s event.<\/p>\n
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Beatrice is understood to have maintained a close bond with her mother, Sarah, throughout the Epstein turbulence, though her relationship with her father has become considerably more difficult.<\/p>\n
A source told the Mail: “Beatrice has, of course, invited her father. But things are not warm between them. However, she’s worried about him.<\/p>\n
“He’s going through a low ebb with his mental health, and she recognises that he dotes on his grandchildren and it would be cruel to deprive him of the chance to attend the christening.”<\/p>\n
The source added: “Some careful conversations and diplomacy with King Charles will have taken place to get to this stage.”<\/p>\n
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson have made their first public appearance since being losing their York titles.<\/p>\n
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Her elder daughter Sienna, now four, received her baptism in 2022 within six months of being born.<\/p>\n
King Charles received an invitation but was not present, despite having no official engagements scheduled for the day.<\/p>\n
Princess Anne was occupied at The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Sovereign’s Parade in Camberley, Berkshire, while the Wales family did not attend.<\/p>\n
Andrew steered clear of photographers and has been absent from any official images taken at the event.<\/p>\n
A source said: “Beatrice is determined to keep the focus entirely on her daughter.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Beatrice has announced that her close friend, Princess Nina of Greece and Denmark, will be the godmother…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46,27977,52388],"class_list":{"0":"post-181264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-princess-beatrice","13":"tag-royal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}