Beatrice backs premature birth research campaign

Princess Beatrice, patron of Borne and Professor Mark Johnson attending a supporter event for the birth research charity (Annabel Moeller/ Borne/PA) - (PA Media)

Princess Beatrice has said helping raise awareness of the urgent need for more research into prematurity has become “incredibly close and personal” after the early birth of her daughter.

Beatrice, 37, the eldest daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the disgraced former Duke of York and the King’s brother, is fronting a campaign for the premature birth research charity Borne.