Though Beatrice doesn't have a personal Instagram account (not a public one, at least), her younger sister Princess Eugenie does and so does her mother, Sarah. Her mom wished her a happy birthday with a sweet throwback photo of her daughters (yes, that's a blonde Beatrice!) and wrote, "Happy birthday my Trixie - Belle so proud of you xx."
Later, her sister Eugenie also posted on her Instagram wishing Beatrice a happy birthday. "Happy 30th birthday to you Beatrice... what an amazing sister you are and we are so proud of the person you have become!"
Her father, the Duke of York, posted a simple message on his Twitter account with a more formal photo of his daughter. "Happy 30th Birthday to Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice! #HappyBirthdayHRH."
Happy 30th Birthday to Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice!#HappyBirthdayHRH pic.twitter.com/zso2Kjc59iAugust 8, 2018
The Royal Family Twitter and Instagram account celebrated Beatrice by putting together 30 throwback photos of the princess in a collage. "Wishing Princess Beatrice a very Happy 30th Birthday! To mark the occasion we've put together #30at30 photos of HRH #HappyBirthdayHRH," they wrote on the account.
Wishing Princess Beatrice a very Happy 30th Birthday! To mark the occasion we've put together #30at30 photos of HRH #HappyBirthdayHRH pic.twitter.com/K7otz29e8XAugust 8, 2018
Kensington Palace did not post a birthday message from its official account, probably because it solely represents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as well as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, rather than the entire royal family. Beatrice's birthday is only four days later than Meghan Markle's, which means, yes, they're both Leos.
It's a year of milestones for Beatrice as she turns the big three-oh. Recently, Beatrice and Eugenie did their first joint interview together and revealed that Beatrice will be Eugenie's maid of honor for her upcoming wedding in October to Jack Brooksbank.
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Princess Beatrice Through the Years: A Complete History
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1989
The shape and type of animal Princess Beatrice, born August 8, 1988, is holding here is unclear—though quirky and strangely charming. Just like Beatrice's hats. Oops, we said it in the first slide. (Here she is with her mother, Sarah, Duchess of York.)
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1989
A rustic version of a royal carriage. The driver? Prince William.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Julian Parker)
1990
They see me rolling. With an egg head.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Tim Graham)
1991
The silver balloon, the gingham skirt, the butterfly shades, the ice cream cone that Beatrice cannot fit into her mouth—this photo is happiness.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Julian Parker)
1997
Fanny pack, tiny reflective sunglasses, retro one-piece? 2018, is that you?
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1998
How to match your outfits (with younger sister, Eugenie), issue 001.
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1998
Beatrice and Eugenie, matching, issue 002.
(Image credit: Getty Images/John Stillwell - PA Images)
1998
Issue 003. 1998, the year of matching clothes, shoes, hairbands, and... gestures? Tip: if you want to differentiate yourself, add a ruffled sock.
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2000
Excited to be getting dropped off for your first day of high school (at St. George's School in Ascot, Berkshire) by the Duke and Duchess of York? Me too, Beatrice.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Mark Cuthbert)
2003
At the Royal Easter Church Service, Princess Beatrice debuts the first of many daring hats. They're like structural riddles, begging us to understand how they stay on her head.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Mark Cuthbert)
2003
At the Royal Easter Church Service, Princess Beatrice debuts the first of many daring hats. They're like structural riddles, begging us to understand how they stay on her head.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Rebecca Naden - PA Images)
2004
I want to relive the 2000s through Princess Beatrice, starting with this ensemble at the Stella Artois tennis championships.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Mark Cuthbert)
2005
We are so glad this hat isn't blocking our view of Prince William. Hi, Prince William.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Tim Ockenden - PA Images)
2006
Hi, headpiece.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Dave M. Benett)
2006
Here's Beatrice with English soccer player Theo Walcott. Do we think she's attempting to throw up the backwards peace sign? (Y/N)
(Image credit: Getty Images/Chris Radburn - PA Images)
2007
At the Christmas Day service on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, Beatrice seems to be re-wearing the same hat from 2003. Again, it challenges our understanding of gravity.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Ian West - PA Images)
2007
Beatrice with Sarah, Duchess of York, at the Fashion for Relief fashion show during London Fashion Week. Mother-daughter catwalk.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Steve Parsons - PA Images)
2009
At the Royal Ascot races in Berkshire, gravity begins to take its toll on the hat that challenged it.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Steve Parsons - PA Images)
2009
Again, an artistic masterpiece debuts at the Royal Ascot.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Gareth Fuller - PA Images)
2010
Princess Beatrice whips out a pink handheld camera (oh, 2010, how times were simpler) to film Sir Richard Branson's attempt to kite surf across the English Channel.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Gareth Fuller - PA Images)
2010
Her then-boyfriend, Dave Clark, was on Branson's kite surf team. The attempt was a celebration of Branson's 60th birthday, but they gave up after weather got in their way.
(Image credit: Getty Images)
2010
Royal Ascot hats: charming, quirky, and structured. They're a royal family of their own.
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2010
Princess Beatrice was the first member of the Royal Family to complete the London Marathon, running as part of Team Caterpillar—which supported a number of charities. This fact is on Beatrice's official Royal bio!
(Image credit: Getty Images/Owen Humphreys - PA Images)
2011
A hat, that seems to be...also wearing a hat.
(Image credit: Getty Images/John Walton - EMPICS)
2011
Flowers on flowers on flowers; until Prince Andrew gets poked in the eye when Beatrice turns her head.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Steve Parsons - PA Images)
2011
Beatrice and Eugenie famously attend their cousin Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton. Why do these outfits remind us of District One in the Hunger Games?
(Image credit: Getty Images/John Giles - PA Images)
2012
Beatrice holds the Olympic flame during the Olympic Torch Relay—London Summer Olympics, 2012.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Pascal Le Segretain)
2012
Sports! Question: Who is Beatrice excitedly waving to at the London Olympic Games? Could it be her boyfriend, Dave?
(Image credit: Getty Images/Pascal Le Segretain)
2012
Answer: Nope it's her cousin Harry, who returns the wave! So wholesome, so 2012.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Dominic Lipinski - PA Images)
2012
The hat-dress color (colour?) coordination here is almost as good as the sister-sister outfit coordinations of 1998.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Ricky Vigil M)
2014
Relationship check-in: At this point on the Beatrice-timeline, she and boyfriend Dave Clark are still going strong. They broke up after 10 years of dating, however, in 2016.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Mark Cuthbert)
2014
When you don't know anyone at the party.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Ricky Vigil M)
2015
Beatrice stepping out for dinner in a structured, patterned dress and striped loafers.
(Image credit: Getty Images/Max Mumby/Indigo)
2015
"I'm going to pretend to know what he's talking about."
(Image credit: Getty Images/Mark Cuthbert)
2016
Say "hats" 20 times fast.
(Image credit: Getty Images/David M. Benett)
2017
The two sisters look chiiic in florals, next to florals. It's called a theme, look it up.
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2018
Beatrice's dashing outfit for Harry and Meghan's wedding this May. This time, her choice of headwear was MUCH subtler.
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2018
Taking "curtsy when the Queen comes" to a whole other level—literally—at the Royal Ascot 2018.
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2018
Introducing Beatrice's new film, "How to Make an Elevator Your Runway: Part 1."
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2018
Part 2.: Fake laugh. Carefully grip the edge so you don't fall.
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2018
Part 3. Shoulders up, look down, step off, the world is yours.
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2018
*Goes to the U.N. building in NYC once* "How soon can I get out of this country?"
The shape and type of animal Princess Beatrice, born August 8, 1988, is holding here is unclear—though quirky and strangely charming. Just like Beatrice's hats. Oops, we said it in the first slide. (Here she is with her mother, Sarah, Duchess of York.)
The shape and type of animal Princess Beatrice, born August 8, 1988, is holding here is unclear—though quirky and strangely charming. Just like Beatrice's hats. Oops, we said it in the first slide. (Here she is with her mother, Sarah, Duchess of York.)
The shape and type of animal Princess Beatrice, born August 8, 1988, is holding here is unclear—though quirky and strangely charming. Just like Beatrice's hats. Oops, we said it in the first slide. (Here she is with her mother, Sarah, Duchess of York.)
The shape and type of animal Princess Beatrice, born August 8, 1988, is holding here is unclear—though quirky and strangely charming. Just like Beatrice's hats. Oops, we said it in the first slide. (Here she is with her mother, Sarah, Duchess of York.)
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