Princess Beatrice was all smiles today in London.

Princess Beatrice was all smiles today (Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

Princess Beatrice has been pictured at a charity event today as her parents ongoing royal downfall continues. The princess, 37, stepped out on Monday to visit the Borne research laboratories at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London.

As a patron of Borne, Beatrice’s visit – which saw her accompanied by television presenter, meteorologist and new Borne Ambassador Laura Tobin – was a chance for the princess to look around the labs and learn more about the charity’s work to prevent premature birth. This is an especially important cause for Beatrice, whose second daughter Athena Elizabeth Rose was born before her due date early this year. This is something Beatrice spoke about publicly in an article with British Vogue earlier this year.

In her own words, Beatrice announced in the article that she had become a patron of Borne and had turned to the teams at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital when she had many questions about her daughter’s early arrival into the world.

She penned: “I was fortunate to be able to turn to a remarkable team at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and the oversight of Professor Mark Johnson. I first learnt about his work through friends who are supporters of Borne, the organisation he founded with the mission of ending premature birth.

“I am now a patron of Borne, a very personal appointment that – as with lots of the organisations I support – I take great pride in.

“They say a problem shared is a problem halved, and as with my work around dyslexia, I hope to do as much as possible to support others like me.”

Princess Beatrice and Laura Tobin toured the research labs at the hospital (Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

On her visit today to the hospital, Beatrice was all smiles as she donned a white lab coat over a black dress. She looked fascinated as she walked around the research labs and learnt more about the work the charity was doing.

The princess did not mention her parents Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, who over the last few weeks have lost their royal titles and, soon, their Royal Lodge home.

Beatrice’s visit comes just after a source told the Sun that Sarah has “fears” for her daughters as a result of her and her ex husband’s latest royal downfall, which has come after scandals involving their past association with the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The source said: “Sarah, in particular, is panicking about what comes next and she is not in a good place. She fears being caught in the crosshairs and is worried about herself and her and Andrew’s daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie.”