Exclusive interview in Hello! this week with Princess Beatrice...
The headline reads "Princess Beatrice opens her heart about boyfriend Dave as she joins her mother on a special mission"
'Princess Beatrice has spoken for the first time about her love for 25-year-old boyfriend Dave Clark, declaring "he's wonderful." She told Hello! magazine exclusively about how he whisked her off to the Caribbean for a holiday because he missed her.
Beatrice, 19, who is fifth in line to the throne, was recently pictured in Hello! frolicking in St. Barts and kissing her handsome boyfriend. Speaking about the vacation, the princess explained how her romantic partner had set it up as a surprise for her: "I've been away so much this year he got quite upset and said to me, 'Right, that's it, it's our time now,' and took me off to St. Barts."
Beatrice also revealed that her beau has given her a tiny white-gold love token containing a little diamond, which she wears attached to a piece of string on her left wrist next to her Chanel watch.
Beatrice and Dave, who works for Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space project, have been dating for 18 months, but have spent weeks apart in 2008 as the princess, who is on her gap year, travelled to Thailand, New York and Switzerland.
CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE
Their romantic Caribbean break - where they were joined by four friends - was slightly marred by negative comments in some newspapers about Beatrice's beachwear. The sensitive young royal told us she loved seeing the pictures of her holiday in Hello! but was stung by remarks in the media.When we caught up with her recently at a reception for Children in Crisis (the charity founded by her mother, Sarah, Duchess of York), the princess radiated nothing but confidence. Dressed in a belted black dress, she looked polished and elegant. As part of her gap year, Beatrice is currently getting work experience at the department store Selfridges, helping out on fashion shoots and learning about the designers stocked by the retailer. But she is also following in the footsteps of her mother - and those of her cousins Princes William and Harry - by getting involved in charity work.
The teen royal is planning to build her own school in Liberia, raising the funds herself in her newly created role as junior ambassador for Children in Crisis. "I'm determined to do it," she told us, "And while I'm at (university), I'll have plenty of time off to see it through."
Beatrice, who has excelled at school despite suffering from dyslexia, admitted, "I do work hard, but that's only because I had a great example. I see my mother and my father who both work so hard. My mother never stops. She is amazing." The duchess has visited both Sierra Leone and Liberia, and is running projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing educational opportunities to the children of countries devastated by poverty and conflict.'
I will share more if anyone is interested. The magazine claims that Beatrice's new digs will be an apartment in St. James' Palace.
