Editing Princess Beatrice (section)

== Charity work ==
In 2002, Beatrice visited children living with [[HIV in Russia]]. In Britain, she supported Springboard for Children (a literacy project for primary-school children with learning difficulties)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/2254551/Princess-Beatrice-and-Princess-Eugenie-to-take-on-more-royal-charity-work.html |url-access=subscription |title=Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie to take on more royal charity work|newspaper=The Telegraph|first=Richard|last=Eden|date=6 July 2008|access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref> and the [[Teenage Cancer Trust]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.teenagecancertrust.org/about-us/news/sarah-duchess-york-hrh-princess-beatrice-and-hrh-princess-eugenie-pay-festive-visit|title=Sarah, Duchess of York, HRH Princess Beatrice and HRH Princess Eugenie Pay Festive Visit|publisher=Teenage Cancer Trust|date=9 December 2016|access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref> In an interview to mark her 18th birthday, Beatrice said she wanted to use her position to assist others through charity work;<ref>Archived at [https://web.archive.org/web/20191004095551/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOjrw15lSPE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOjrw15lSPE|title=Princess Beatrice Interview|website=YouTube|publisher=lilAmzzy|date=14 August 2006|access-date=16 March 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> she had already undertaken charitable duties alongside her mother through the various organisations the Duchess supported.<ref name=official/>

[[File:Royal Wedding hat of Princess Beatrice of York.svg|thumb|upright=0.55|An illustration of Princess Beatrice's [[fascinator]] at the [[2011 Royal Wedding]]]]
In April 2010, running to raise money for [[Children in Crisis]], she became the first member of the royal family to complete the [[London Marathon]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/7632312/Princess-Beatrice-becomes-first-royal-to-complete-London-Marathon.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428073127/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/7632312/Princess-Beatrice-becomes-first-royal-to-complete-London-Marathon.html |url-status=dead |url-access=subscription |archive-date=28 April 2010 |title=Princess Beatrice becomes first royal to complete London Marathon |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |date=25 April 2010 |author=Moore, Matthew}}</ref> Beatrice is the patron of Forget Me Not Children's Hospice, which supports children with life-shortening conditions in West Yorkshire and North Manchester.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forgetmenotchild.co.uk/about-us/our-royal-patron|title=Our royal patron &#124; Forget Me Not Children's Hospice|website=www.forgetmenotchild.co.uk|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref> At the April 2011 [[wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton|wedding]] of her cousin [[Prince William]], Beatrice's unusual [[fascinator]], designed by [[Philip Treacy]], received much attention and derision from the public and the media. The following month, the headpiece was auctioned for £81,000 on [[eBay]], with the proceeds going to two charities:<ref>Newscore (11 May 2011). [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/princess_beatrice_ridiculed_wedding_hzEMFtiB1ZDkOKFYmNuN4L Princess Beatrice's ridiculed wedding hat to be sold on eBay.] ''[[New York Post]]''</ref> [[UNICEF]] and Children in Crisis.<ref>{{cite news|title=Princess Beatrice's hat worn at the royal wedding sells for $123,325 |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-reports/princess-beatrices-hat-worn-at-the-royal-wedding-sells-for-123325/story-fn888sz0-1226060861829|work=Herald Sun|location=Australia |date=22 May 2011|access-date=22 May 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.JPG|thumb|left|Beatrice (right) with her sister [[Princess Eugenie|Eugenie]] at [[Trooping the Colour]], June 2013]]
In November 2012, Beatrice became a patron of the York Musical Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yorkmusicalsociety.org.uk/?p=126|title=PRESS RELEASE – HRH Princess Beatrice of York becomes patron of York Musical Society &#124; York Musical Society|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref> In April 2013, she became royal patron of the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre, a charity that she credits with helping her overcome her own academic challenges resulting from dyslexia.<ref name="Tel-Ed"/>

In 2016, Beatrice, her mother, and her sister [[Princess Eugenie|Eugenie]] collaborated with British contemporary artist [[Teddy McDonald]] to create the first royal contemporary art painting. Titled ''Royal Love'', it was painted at [[Royal Lodge]] and exhibited at Masterpiece London before being sold with all proceeds from the sale donated by McDonald to Children in Crisis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/teddy-m-royal-love|title=Teddy M on The Creation of 'Royal Love' with The Duchess of York and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie|work=GQ Magazine|date=3 June 2016|access-date=15 January 2017|first=Conrad|last=Quilty-Harper}}</ref> In 2018, Children in Crisis merged with Street Child, a children's charity active in multiple countries, with Beatrice serving as its ambassador.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/street-child-can-take-the-work-i-started-25-years-ago-to-even-more-children-a3886696.html|title=Sarah Ferguson: Street Child can take the work I started 25 years ago to even more children|last=Ferguson|first=Sarah|date=13 July 2018|newspaper=London Evening Standard|access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref> She is also a supporter of the Pitch@Palace initiative, a charity her father founded to amplify and accelerate entrepreneurs' business ideas.<ref name="Entrepreneurship"/>

Beatrice took part in a South Asia Tour 2016 that lasted nine days. She visited [[Nepal]], [[India]], and [[Bhutan]] on behalf of the Franks Family Foundation (FFF), and Jamgon Kongtrul Eyes Centres, a free micro-surgical cataract programme in technical collaboration with Nepal's Tilganga Eye Centre under Nepali eye surgeon Sanduk Ruit's direction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/yorkiebea/status/785133048371171328|title=Last night with team. After 9 days travelling through Nepal, India and Bhutan by car - our mission is done!|last=York|first=Princess Beatrice of|date=2016-10-09|website=@yorkiebea|language=en|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref> A few weeks later, she attended the 2016 Asia Game Changer Awards Dinner at the United Nations in New York City, which honoured Ruit and others. Beatrice and Charles Rockefeller presented Ruit with his Asia Society Asia Game Changer award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asiasociety.org/media/our-news/asia-society-announces-2016-asia-game-changers|title=Asia Society Announces 2016 Asia Game Changers|website=Asia Society|date=13 September 2016 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref>

[[File:Houlin Zhao, Beatrice of York & Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (36433272754).jpg|thumb|[[Houlin Zhao]], Princess Beatrice and [[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus|Tedros Adhanom]] at a UN Broadband Commission Dinner, September 2017]]
Beatrice is the founder of Big Change, a charity she established with six of her friends to encourage young people to develop skills "outside a traditional academic curriculum".<ref name=official/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-36539952|title=Princess Beatrice urges young to speak up for themselves|publisher=BBC|first=Sean|last=Coughlan|date=16 June 2016|access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref> In 2012, she climbed [[Mont Blanc]] in aid of the charity.<ref name=official/> In 2016, with [[Richard Branson]] and his children, she participated in the fundraising challenge Virgin Strive Challenge, which involved climbing [[Mount Etna]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/royals/princess-beatrice-hits-triathlon-summit/|title=Princess Beatrice Hits Triathlon Summit: 'I Finally Made It'|magazine=People|first=Simon|last=Perry|date=29 September 2016|access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/princess-beatrice-will-strive-to-complete-mount-etna-charity-challenge-35088501.html|title=Princess Beatrice will strive to complete Mount Etna charity challenge|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph|date=29 September 2016|access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref>

In 2017, Beatrice helped promote the anti-bullying book ''Be Cool Be Nice'' and gave an interview to ''[[British Vogue|Vogue]]'' at a House of Lords event, speaking about her own experiences with being bullied for her fashion choices in her early adulthood.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/hrh-princess-beatrice-on-pretzels-and-positivity|title=WATCH: HRH Princess Beatrice On Pretzels And Positivity|magazine=Vogue|first=Claudia|last=Croft|date=15 November 2017|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ca.hellomagazine.com/royalty/02017111740108/princess-beatrice-deals-with-fashion-criticism/|title=Princess Beatrice on facing fashion criticism: 'You have to have a sense of humour'|publisher=Hello!|date=17 November 2017|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> ''[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]]'' magazine later named her one of the best-dressed royals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://us.hellomagazine.com/royalty/12017122725279/best-dressed-royals-2017/8|title=Royalty in fashion: The best-dressed royals of 2017|publisher=Hello!|date=31 January 2018|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> In May 2018, she attended the [[Met Gala]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Princess Beatrice Literally Wore the Color of Royalty for Her Met Gala Debut |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/red-carpet-dresses/a20415603/princess-beatrice-met-gala-2018/ |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |date=8 May 2018 |access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref> In October 2018, she undertook an extended tour of Laos to "raise the profile of the UK" there, and also participated in the Luang Prabang Half Marathon for Children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://laotiantimes.com/2018/10/29/princess-hits-pavements-kids-laos/|title=Princess Runs Half Marathon For Kids Hospital in Laos' Luang Prabang|publisher=The Laotian Times|date=29 October 2018|access-date=30 October 2018}}</ref>

In March 2019, Beatrice was elected to the board of the UK charity the [[Outward Bound]] Trust as a trustee, after her father took over the patronage from his father, the Duke of Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2019/03/12/prince-philip-passes-outward-bound-trust-patronage-prince-andrew/ |url-access=subscription |title=Prince Philip passes Outward Bound Trust patronage to Prince Andrew after interviewing him for the job|newspaper=The Telegraph|first=Hannah|last=Furness|date=12 March 2019|access-date=12 March 2019}}</ref> In May 2019, she was honoured at a gala in New York City for her work with [[Friends Without a Border]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/royal-style/2019051673101/princess-beatrice-outfits-new-york-floral-dress-black-blazer/|title=Princess Beatrice glams up for a NYC gala with a seriously dreamy dress|publisher=Hello!|first=Laura|last=Sutcliffe|date=16 May 2019|access-date=17 May 2019}}</ref> She has supported the [[Kairos HQ]], a non-profit organisation of entrepreneurs at universities in China, Europe, India and the US.<ref name="Entrepreneurship">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/princess-beatrice-entrepreneurship-education-new-york-city|title=Princess Beatrice on Entrepreneurship, Education, and Living in New York City|magazine=Vogue|first=Madeleine|last=Luckel|date=24 April 2017|access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref>

In April 2022 and in her capacity as an ambassador for the charity Made By Dyslexia, Beatrice and her husband took part in the first World Dyslexia Assembly, which was hosted by [[Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland|Prince Carl Philip]] in Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/royals/princess-beatrice-joins-prince-carl-philip-of-sweden-in-stockholm-for-charity-event-close-to-her-heart/|title=Princess Beatrice and Husband Edoardo Team up with Swedish Royal Couple for Special Reason|work=People|first=Monique|last=Jessen|date=27 April 2022|access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref>

In February 2023, Beatrice was named patron of the [[British Skin Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/20230207163733/princess-beatrice-british-skin-foundation-first-appearance-since-eugenie-pregnancy-announced/|title=Princess Beatrice makes surprise appearance following family's happy baby news|work=Hello!|first=Gemma|last=Strong|date=7 February 2023|access-date=7 February 2023}}</ref> In March 2025, she was named as a patron of the charity Borne, which funds research into the causes of premature birth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2025/03/06/princess-beatrice-made-patron-prematurity-charity/|title=Princess Beatrice made patron of prematurity charity after giving birth early|date=6 March 2025|access-date=7 March 2025|work=The Telegraph}}</ref>