entertainment">The Queen’s favorite son and his wife had actually wanted to call Beatrice Annabel. Queen Elizabeth didn’t like that. She was also not happy with their second choice Victoria. The couple still had to look for a new name that did meet Elizabeth’s strict requirements. For eleven days they couldn’t come up with anything.
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Queen Elizabeth with Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew and their baby Beatrice Elizabeth Mary, almost a year after her birth
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entertainment">In the end, during the royals’ holiday on Balmoral herself, the Queen came up with Beatrice’s proposal, to Queen Victoria’s youngest daughter. And, perhaps to make up for it, Andrew and Sarah could add her name. So their daughter is now officially called Beatrice Elizabeth Mary.
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