Royal Profile: Beatrice Borromeo-Casiraghi

Beatrice Borromeo-Casiraghi was born 18 August 1985 as the youngest child of Don Carlo Ferdinando Borromeo, Count of Arona and his long-time companion, Countess Donna Paola Marzotto {Source}. She has an older brother, and three older half-sisters, as well as a sister-in-law, and several brothers-in-law and nieces and nephews:

1. Donna Isabella Brachetti Peretti (1975)
1. Count Ugo Brachetti Peretti
1. Angera Brachetti Peretti (2005)
2. Ludovico Brachetti Peretti (2008)
3. Federico Brachetti Peretti (2012)
2. Donna Lavinia Elkann (1977)
1. John Elkann (1976, m. 2005?)
1. Leone Mosé Elkann (2006)
2. Oceano Noah Elkann (2007)
3. Vita Talita Elkann (2012)
3. Carlo Ludovico Borromeo (1982)
1. Marta Ferri Borromeo (1984, m. 2012){Source}
4. Donna Matilde Borromeo, Princess von Fürstenberg (1983)
1. Prince Antoinius von Fürstenberg (1985, m. 2011)
1. Prince Karl von Fürstenberg (2011)
2. Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg (2012)

She was educated in Italy and the United States. She received a bachelor of laws from Bocconi University in 2010. She also received a Masters in Journalism from Columbia University Journalism School in May 2012{Source}.

She previously did some teen modeling for several fashion houses, mostly Italian houses like Valentino and Gucci. She now works as a journalist in Italy. She has done articles for publications such as Newsweek and The Daily Beast and has worked as a full-time reporter for Il Fatto Quotidiano.

She first came into the press spotlight in 2008, when she first began dating Pierre Casiraghi. The pair dated for several years before becoming engaged and eventually getting married in 2015. Together, they have two sons, both of who are in succession for the Monegasque throne:

• Stefano Ercole Carlo Casiraghi-Borromeo (2017)
• Francesco Carlo Albert Casiraghi-Borromeo (2018)

In November 2015 she was sanctioned Special Envoy for Human Rights for F4D. She considered herself in 2005 "atheist and leftist".