Royal Baby Photo! Princess Beatrice Shares Brand New Pics of Daughter Athena

But in a new essay written by Beatrice for British Vogue, the princess reveals a different part of the story, complete with rarely seen pics of Athena. Here, the royal and mom of two opens up about Athena’s pre-term birth, sharing her experience (and fears) after learning she would be born a few weeks before her due date.

“Nothing quite prepares you for the moment when you realize your baby is going to arrive early,” she writes. “There’s so little control. Will she arrive healthy? Will there be complications? How will you juggle the rest of family life while trying to keep a tiny human safe and well?”

She continues: “My second daughter, Athena Elizabeth Rose, was born on January 22. I learned so much from this pregnancy journey—the latter stages of which I spent with all of these questions spinning through my mind. Following routine scans, we became aware our precious cargo needed close monitoring and understood we needed to prepare for an early arrival.”

Alongside pics of Beatrice and Edo, the piece goes into detail about the anxiety and worry Beatrice felt as she waited to meet her little girl—and how it has sparked a commitment from the princess to help other moms who find themselves in similar circumstances. As part of this piece, Beatrice also announces her new royal patronage of Borne, an organization founded with the mission of ending premature birth.