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    Princess Beatrice Through the Years: A Complete History

    Coming soon: Princess Beatrice's headwear through the ages.

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    By Zoe Harris
    Published 8 August 2018 In Features

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    Princess Beatrice of York, the oldest daughter of Prince Andrew and Fergie, may not get much of the Royal Family spotlight (unless it's about her gravity-defying fascinator choices), but she deserves more. The Queen's granddaughter, Bea is eighth in line to the throne, and the second woman in line after Princess Charlotte. The royal is a major Patron of the Teenage Cancer Trust, in addition to several other charities. She regularly attends fashion shows, Royal Ascot races, and ski trips, and wears some frankly baffling headwear (as one does, if related to the Queen). In honor of her royal wedding in July of 2020, see her best, most Beatrice-y moments, ahead.

    1989
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Tim Graham)

    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.)

    1989
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Mirrorpix)

    1989

    A rustic version of a royal carriage. The driver? Prince William.

    1990
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Julian Parker)

    1990

    They see me rolling. With an egg head.

    1991
    (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.

    1997
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Julian Parker)

    1997

    Fanny pack, tiny reflective sunglasses, retro one-piece? 2018, is that you?

    1998
    (Image credit: Getty Images/PA Images)

    1998

    How to match your outfits (with younger sister, Eugenie), issue 001.

    1998
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Andrew Stuart - PA Images)

    1998

    Beatrice and Eugenie, matching, issue 002.

    1998
    (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.

    2000
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Chris Ison - PA Images)

    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.

    2003
    (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.

    2003
    (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.

    2004
    (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.

    2005
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Mark Cuthbert)

    2005

    We are so glad this hat isn't blocking our view of Prince William. Hi, Prince William.

    2006
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Tim Ockenden - PA Images)

    2006

    Hi, headpiece.

    2006
    (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)

    2007
    (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.

    2007
    (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.

    2009
    (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.

    2009
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Steve Parsons - PA Images)

    2009

    Again, an artistic masterpiece debuts at the Royal Ascot.

    2010
    (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.

    2010
    (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.

    2010
    (Image credit: Getty Images)

    2010

    Royal Ascot hats: charming, quirky, and structured. They're a royal family of their own.

    2010
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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!

    2011
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Owen Humphreys - PA Images)

    2011

    A hat, that seems to be...also wearing a hat.

    2011
    (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.

    2011
    (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?

    2012
    (Image credit: Getty Images/John Giles - PA Images)

    2012

    Beatrice holds the Olympic flame during the Olympic Torch Relay—London Summer Olympics, 2012.

    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?

    2012
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Pascal Le Segretain)

    2012

    Answer: Nope it's her cousin Harry, who returns the wave! So wholesome, so 2012.

    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.

    2014
    (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.

    2014
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Mark Cuthbert)

    2014

    When you don't know anyone at the party.

    2015
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Ricky Vigil M)

    2015

    Beatrice stepping out for dinner in a structured, patterned dress and striped loafers.

    2015
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Max Mumby/Indigo)

    2015

    "I'm going to pretend to know what he's talking about."

    2016
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Mark Cuthbert)

    2016

    Say "hats" 20 times fast.

    2017
    (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.

    2018
    (Image credit: Getty Images)

    2018

    Beatrice's dashing outfit for Harry and Meghan's wedding this May. This time, her choice of headwear was MUCH subtler.

    2018
    (Image credit: Getty Images)

    2018

    Taking "curtsy when the Queen comes" to a whole other level—literally—at the Royal Ascot 2018.

    2018
    (Image credit: Getty Images)

    2018

    Introducing Beatrice's new film, "How to Make an Elevator Your Runway: Part 1."

    2018
    (Image credit: Getty Images)

    2018

    Part 2.: Fake laugh. Carefully grip the edge so you don't fall.

    2018
    (Image credit: Getty Images)

    2018

    Part 3. Shoulders up, look down, step off, the world is yours.

    2018
    (Image credit: Getty Images)

    2018

    *Goes to the U.N. building in NYC once* "How soon can I get out of this country?"

    2018
    (Image credit: Getty Images/Samir Hussein)

    2018

    We love you, Beatrice. Hats and all.

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