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Beatrice

[bee-uh-tris, bee-tris, bee-a-tris, be-ah-tree-che]

noun

  1. (in Dante's Vita Nuova andDivine Comedy ) a symbolic figure developed from the person whom Dante first saw as a child and loved as an ideal of womanhood.

  2. a city in southeastern Nebraska.

  3. a first name: from a Latin word meaning “one who brings joy.”



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Andrew's two adult daughters, Eugenie and Beatrice, will retain their titles as princesses and Andrew is still eighth in line for the throne.

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Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice will retain their titles, as they are the daughters of the son of a Sovereign.

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Staying in Windsor offers a number of benefits, including enabling the prince to stay close to his daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, as well as their children.

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The lease is due to end in June 2078, beyond his expected lifetime, and the arrangement also includes the clause that his ex-wife and daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie could continue with it.

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Their daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, will continue to have the title of princess as scandal surrounds their parents.

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