Inside Princess Beatrice’s Extremely Glamorous Life

Royals live extremely lavish lives. Jetting across the world for free, dressing up in their finest robes to meet dignitaries, and living in literal fairytale palaces are just some of the perks of having hereditary privilege. One might be forgiven for thinking that Princess Beatrice, not being a working royal, lives a more modest life than her senior Windsor counterparts. In fact, Princess Beatrice is known as one of the most relatable royals, and has made a concerted effort to present herself as an ordinary gal born into an extraordinary world. “I wouldn’t trade my life for anyone else’s. I know I’m very lucky,” she told The Telegraph in 2005. “A lot of it is quite normal, scooting around the supermarket with a shopping trolley and things like that. With one parent being a prince and the other being an amazing sort of … business woman.”

Despite her commitment to shopping trolleys and her Tesco bag for life (if you know, you know), Beatrice’s life is far from plebeian. The princess gets to bask in the luxuries of being an aristocrat, while enjoying the perks of not having to adhere to royal duties. From ritzy regalia to big-budget baby care, Princess Beatrice lives a lavish life.

Royal kids attend some of the best schools in the world. It’s typical for the royals to send their children off to exclusive fee-paying schools (often referred to as independent schools in the U.K.), such as the elite Eton, which Prince William and Prince Harry attended. Though Eton only admits male pupils, royal girls needn’t worry, as there’s a plethora of posh institutions available to them.

Princess Beatrice began her education at Upton House School in Windsor, a highly-rated preparatory school with fees starting at £3,827 (around $4,800) per term. In 1995, she moved onto Coworth Park School, now rebranded as Coworth Flexlands School, which costs £4,365 (around $5,500) a term for reception year kids, with term prices going up to £5,883 (around $7,400) for years five and six.

But Beatrice didn’t stay at Coworth. In 2000, the 11-year-old was supposed to move onto Aiglon School, an exclusive Swiss finishing school, but her parents made the decision to pull her out due to a scandal hitting the institution. “We have had to make this decision reluctantly,” her dad, Prince Andrew, said at the time, per the BBC. “Our priority is a stable educational environment for our children.” Instead, she attended St. George’s School in Ascot, Berkshire. This was Beatrice’s most expensive school to date; at the time, fees started at £17,000 (around $21,500) a term, which, adjusted for inflation, is equivalent to around $39,366.

The majority of royals may reside in London, a public-transit hub, but they sure do love their cars. Queen Elizabeth II, for instance, boasted an impressive luxury car collection, full of Land Rovers and Rolls Royces. Her granddaughter, Princess Beatrice, has followed in her footsteps, with the royal owning multiple luxury vehicles.

Aged 17, Beatrice was gifted a swanky BMW 1 Series, complete with personalized license plates, by her father, Prince Andrew. Unfortunately, the car proved ill-fated. In 2009, Beatrice was out and about in the exclusive Kensington area of London and left her BMW unlocked with the keys inside. The car was then stolen. “It is particularly embarrassing given that she is always accompanied by a police bodyguard,” a source told The Sun (via the Daily Mail).

Later, Beatrice’s car of choice appeared to be the Range Rover. In 2012, the princess and her sister, Eugenie, bought new Range Rovers worth £40,000 (around $50,700), with an interior designed by Victoria Beckham. “The Princesses have had the cars for a couple of months,” a friend told Express. “They are all-singing, all-dancing models with all the mod cons. They both absolutely love them and hope this lease arrangement will go on for years to come.” She soon upgraded to an even fancier Range Rover, however. In 2023, she bought a Hybrid Range Rover for an eye-watering £130,000 (around $164,700).

Princess Beatrice has developed a bit of a reputation as a globe-trotter. She became accustomed to fancy holidays from a young age, having been whisked off on skiing trips to Switzerland with her parents. As a teenager, she spent time at the exclusive Swiss ski resort Verbier with her much older boyfriend, Paolo Liuzzo.

In 2015 alone, she had been on vacation a whopping 15 times, traveling everywhere from the Caribbean to New York and partying in clubbing hub Ibiza. It was estimated that those trips amounted to £300,000 (around $380,000). “Beatrice famously had about 15 holidays in a year when she was supposed to be working, and then was horrified when this was criticized,” royal author Tom Quinn said in the documentary “Beatrice and Eugenie: Pampered Princesses?” (via Express). “She clearly thinks this is her private life, if her employer is happy then that’s absolutely fine.”

In 2018, Beatrice went on vacation to Jordan with a group of celebrity pals including Ellie Goulding, Karlie Kloss, and Joshua Kushner. That year, she told Vogue that she struggled to navigate the criticism that comes with being in the spotlight. “We are the first: we are young women trying to build careers and have personal lives, and we’re also princesses and doing all of this in the public eye,” she said.

Extravagant gifts are part of royal life, and back in 1997 Princess Beatrice’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, gifted her Birch Hall, a palatial mansion. Despite her beloved grandmother’s generous offering, Beatrice, then aged just 9, never moved into the property as the cost of maintaining it would have been exorbitant for mom Sarah Ferguson. The little princess needn’t have worried, however, as she would go on to live in some of the most expensive properties in the U.K.

For many years, Beatrice and her sister, Princess Eugenie, lived in an apartment in St. James’ Palace. They lived in the apartment rent-free until 2012, when they were ordered to pay their way. To rent a home in the 16th-century palace would cost non-royals a small fortune at £250,00 (around $317,000) a year, payable to the reigning monarch. But in Beatrice’s case, her rent was a princely £20,000 (around $25,000) a year.

But that’s chump change to the princess, who in 2021 purchased a £3 million (around $3.8 million) Cotswolds mansion with her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. The sprawling home features six bedrooms, a barn, and a swimming pool. The Cotswolds is one of the wealthiest regions in the U.K., and has been dubbed a billionaire’s paradise due to swathes of super-rich overseas buyers moving into the area. The couple splits their time between the country mansion and Beatrice’s St. James’ Palace abode.

Much like Queen Camilla, Princess Beatrice has never had her ears pierced. As such, this has led to her earrings being more expensive than those made for pierced ears, since Beatrice has had to modify some of her pieces. When she attended King Charles III’s coronation in 2023, for instance, she wore a pair of stunning 18-carat rose gold, Garrard Blaze pink sapphire earrings, which ordinarily would cost £37,000 (around $46,900). But since the earrings were made for pierced ears, Beatrice would have had to pay to modify the already high-budget jewels.

That’s not the only lavish accessory that Beatrice owns. When Beatrice’s beau, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, put a ring on it in 2019, he presented her with a diamond engagement ring worth up to an eye-watering £140,000 (around $177,700). And its value is only going to increase. “A six-claw round diamond takes center stage, which looks to be around 3 carats,” ring specialist Max Stone told Hello! “With this in mind, I would estimate the value of this ring to be around £130,000 to £140,000. Thanks to its royal legacy, this will no doubt increase in years to come.” Though Beatrice’s prized piece isn’t the most expensive royal engagement ring, it is likely worth more than Meghan Markle’s, which Stone valued at around $100,000. Additionally, Beatrice owns jewelry by Cartier, Rolex, and Chopard, all of which are worth a small fortune.

Princess Beatrice’s style has evolved drastically, with the erstwhile worst-dressed Windsor becoming one of the best-dressed. Since her fashionista transformation, the princess has seldom been seen without her fancy designer garb. In 2022, she donned a glamorous sequin gown by Markarian, which, at over $5,000, also proved her most expensive.

One of Beatrice’s favorite brands is Zimmerman, a high-end Australian label that sells dresses for $1,000 and upward. She has also worn designer brands such as Louis Vuitton and Valentino. In 2023, she attended the launch of Louis Vuitton’s babywear collection, wearing the brand’s “Chain Print Asymmetrical Long Sleeve Dress,” which retailed for over $3,000. Her effortlessly stylish designer fits led to her being hailed Tatler’s best-dressed celeb of 2024.

But a high price tag doesn’t always mean a fashion hit. In what is undoubtedly one of her most infamous and iconic appearances, Beatrice wowed at Prince William and Princess Catherine’s 2011 wedding in a extravagantly bizarre Philip Treacy fascinator that she paid over $2,000 for. “It has its own personality,” said Beatrice, per Vanity Fair. Later that year, she put the fascinator on eBay in the hopes of raising money for charity; it ended up fetching a staggering $130,000 at auction.