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Britain's Princess Beatrice gives birth to second daughter

FILE - Princess Beatrice arrives Centre Court ahead of a quarterfinal match, at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali), File) (Alberto Pezzali, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

LONDON โ€“ Britainโ€™s Princes Beatrice gave birth to her second child last week, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday.

The palace said 36-year-old Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi welcomed new arrival Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi on Jan. 22. She weighed 4 pounds and 5 ounces.

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โ€œShe is tiny and absolutely perfect,โ€™โ€™ her father said in a social media post.

The king, queen and other members of the royal family are โ€œdelighted with the news,โ€ the palace said.

Beatrice, who is ninth in the line of succession to the British throne, is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York.

She married millionaire property tycoon Mapelli Mozzi in July 2020 in a private wedding ceremony at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor.

Athena joins older siblings, Mapelli-Mozziโ€™s 8-year-old son and Beatriceโ€™s stepson Wolfie, and the coupleโ€™s 3-year-old daughter Sienna.