Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh the 1st British princess who became a Catholic

 HRH, Princess Beatrice Leopoldina Victoria Of Edinburgh, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Infanta of Spain,  Duchess of Galliera , was born at Eastwell Park on April 20, 1886. She was the youngest child of HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburghs, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and HIH Grand Duchess Marie Alwxandrovna of Russia.

The Duke of Edinburgh I think was the third child and second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

She was baptized in the Anglican church, confirmed in the Lutheran Church. In 1909, she married HRH Prince Don Alfonso de Borbon-Orléans, Infante of Spain, a first cousin of King Alfonso XIII in three ceremonies: civil, Lutheran and Roman Catholic.

The couple’s three sons were in the Roman Catholic, but Baby Bee remained a Protestant until February 2, 1928 when she was received into theCatholic Church in a ceremony in Montpensier Palace in Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain.

This information was published in Ena y Bee en defense de una de amistad. 

Although she lived for most of her life outside the United Kingdom, Princess Beatrice was a British princess by birth and never lost that position. Her coffin was covered with the British flag.

She was the first British royal to become a Roman Catholic. The Duchess of Kent, a British princess by marriage, was the second.