Princess Beatrice overshadowed by Princess Anne as Buckingham Palace share update

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Svar Nanan-Sen

By Svar Nanan-Sen


Published: 11/08/2025

- 10:40

The Princess Royal will celebrate her milestone 75th birthday on August 15

Princess Beatrice celebrated her 37th birthday last Friday, receiving tributes from her husband and sister.

Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi shared a joint message from him and the couple's children on social media to mark the occasion.


Princess Eugenie also made a post dedicated to her elder sister to celebrate Princess Beatrice's birthday.

However, Beatrice did not receive any public birthday messages from working members of the Royal Family.

Princess Beatrice

Princess Beatrice celebrated her 37th birthday last Friday, receiving tributes from her husband and sister.

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King Charles, Queen Camilla, Princess Kate and Prince William did not share messages regarding Beatrice last Friday.

Buckingham Palace did, however, draw attention to another royal's upcoming birthday.

On Friday evening, Buckingham Palace released a new photograph of Princess Anne and her husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, as her 75th birthday approaches.

The Princess Royal will celebrate the milestone birthday on Friday, August 15.

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On Friday evening, Buckingham Palace released a new photograph of Princess Anne and her husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, as her 75th birthday approaches.

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The decision to issue the new picture a week ahead of Princess Anne's 75th birthday risked overshadowing Princess Beatrice's birthday.

The Princess of York is ninth in the Royal Family's line of succession ahead of her aunt, Princess Anne, who is 18th.

However, Princess Beatrice is not a working member of the Royal Family.

Princess Anne, on the other hand, is seen as the monarchy's hardest-working royal due to the number of public engagements she undertakes every year.

Princess Beatrice

Princess Beatrice is not a working member of the Royal Family.

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On Friday, Save the Children UK chief executive Moazzam Malik hailed Princess Anne's "soft support", adding "you can see that she cares" about the state of the nation and the world, and in particular for children experiencing adversity.

Malik told the PA news agency: "Obviously, as a royal, she’s not a political figure, but her soft support for us is very inspiring for us as an organisation and for our collaborators and partners."

He added: "She’s very low key. She’s self-effacing. She doesn’t want to kind of take the limelight, but she’s very committed … You can see that she cares about the state of Britain and the state of the world.

"There are a lot of challenges for us as a country, and indeed, a lot of challenges for children at a time of great geopolitical challenge. And she cares."