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''Donna'' Beatrice Borromeo Arese Taverna (born 18 August 1985, in
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) is an Italian journalist and fashion model. Born into an
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family, she graduated from
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and
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. She became a journalist for ''
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'', ''
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''. She also worked as a broadcast journalist for '' Anno Zero'' on
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and hosted a weekly show on the
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. She married
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, a son of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, in 2015 and had two children. As a model, she became the 2021 ambassador of
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.


Background

Borromeo is the daughter of ''Don'' Carlo Ferdinando
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, Count of Arona (born in 1935), the son of Vitaliano Borromeo, 2nd Prince of
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, and his long-time companion, Countess Donna Paola
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(born in 1955). Through her father she is related to
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(1538–1584), who became a cardinal of the
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, Archbishop of
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, and a canonized saint. The family currently owns most of the Borromean Islands in the
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,
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city, and many other estates in the
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and
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countrysides. Borromeo has an older brother, Carlo Ludovico Borromeo, who is married to
Marta Ferri Marta Ferri Borromeo (born 21 July 1984) is an Italian fashion designer. By marriage she is a member of the House of Borromeo, an Italian noble family. Early life Ferri was born on 21 July 1984 in Milan, Italy. She is the daughter of Barbara F ...
. She has three older half-sisters from her father's marriage to
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model Marion Sybil Zota: Isabella, married to Count Ugo Brachetti Peretti; Lavinia, married to
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; and
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, married to Prince Antonius zu
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. Borromeo's maternal grandmother was the fashion designer Marta Marzotto (née Vacondio), ex-wife of Count Umberto Marzotto. Her uncle, Count Matteo Marzotto, is the former president and director of the Valentino fashion house at the time the label belonged to the Marzotto Group.


Education

She finished secondary education, in 2004, at Milan's Liceo Classico Giovanni Berchet. Borromeo received a bachelor of laws from
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,
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in 2010, under supervision of prof. Lorenzo Cuocolo. She received a Masters in Journalism from the Columbia University Journalism School in May 2012.


Career


Journalism

Beatrice was a contributor to ''
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'' and the ''
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'' in 2013. Prior to that, and from the newspaper's beginning in 2009, she worked as a full-time reporter for ''
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''. She continued in that position through the year 2016. She has appeared on many television shows in Italy, beginning with '' Anno Zero'' on
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where she worked for two years, from 2006 to 2008. Every week she interviewed an average three guests on political development and social evils. In 2009, she even hosted a weekly show on the
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. She interviewed
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, the famous author of ''Gomorrah'', for ''Above'' magazine's June 2009 issue. She also interviewed American author of '' LA Confidential''
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and former candidate for Colombia's presidency
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both for ''Il Fatto Quotidiano''. For the same newspaper, she interviewed
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, Italian Senator and co-founder of
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. In the interview, Dell'Utri admitted to have entered politics to get immunity in order to escape his arrest. Her first article for
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, published on 14 September 2009, was about Vito De Filippo, then-president of the Italian region of
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, allocating European funds for the
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contest. She also wrote an article for
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published in June 2012 about Italian prosecutor Nicola Gratteri. Borromeo directed ''Mamma Mafia'', a documentary about mafia women: its preview was released by the Newsweek Daily Beast Company on 31 January 2013. That was her sole film in the English language. She has directed several documentaries in the Italian language, ranging from topics as the women of
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, ''selfie surgery'', and the children of
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. Speaking of the children who live in the slums of Caivano, Borromeo said: "These children never get to be children. They live in horror and daily terror and that seems to be normal." Borromeo collaborated with
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and Vauro Senesi on the book ''Italia Annozero'' (Chiarelettere, 2009). She also wrote the preface for Birgit Hamer's ''Delitto senza castigo: La Vera Storia di Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia''. (Aliberti, 2011). Birgit Hamer is a very old family friend; her mother is dear friends with Borromeo's mother, and Borromeo has admitted to having grown up hearing about the murder of Dirk Hamer from his sisters, including Birgit. Borromeo broke the story of the video confession of Vittorio Emanuele, who subsequently sued the newspaper for defamation. In 2015 a court ruled in favour of the newspaper.''Beatrice Borromeo, el azote de los Saboya'', Hola, 10 March 2015; http://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_monaco/2015031077373/beatrice-borromeo-saboya/ Borromeo then posted on Twitter: "Vincere una causa e' sempre piacevole, ma contro Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia la goduria è doppia!" ("Winning a case is always nice, but against Victor Emmanuel of Savoy the pleasure is double"), which resulted in spat on social media with his son Emanuele Filiberto.


Fashion and modelling

Beatrice began modelling in 2000, when she was 15 years old. Her mother entrusted her to her friend Piero Piazzi, who worked at the Tomei modelling agency; he managed and launched her career as a model. She then walked for brands such as
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, Valentino,
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, as well as becoming the face of
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. In March 2021, Borromeo was announced as 2021
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ambassador.


Personal life

Since 2008, Borromeo became increasingly known in the tabloid press as the girlfriend of
Pierre Casiraghi Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi (born 5 September 1987) is the younger son and youngest of three children of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi. He is the maternal-line grandson of Rainier III, Prince o ...
, the younger son of Caroline, Princess of Hanover. The couple married in a
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on Saturday, 25 July 2015 in the gardens of the
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. The religious ceremony took place on 1 August 2015 on Isola Bella, one of the Borromean Islands on
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, Italy. In November 2015 she was sanctioned Special Envoy for Human Rights for F4D. In 2005, she considered herself an "atheist and leftist". Pierre and Beatrice's first son, Stefano Ercole Carlo, was born on 28 February 2017. Their second son Francesco Carlo Albert was born on 21 May 2018.


Publications

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See also

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House of Borromeo ), type= Noble family, country=, estates= Rocca d'Angera Palazzo Borromeo, Milan Castel of Peschiera BorromeoBorromean Islands Villa Borromeo, Arcore, titles=* Prince of Angera * Marquess of Romagnano * Count of Arona * Count of Peschiera * Lor ...
*
Federico Borromeo Federico Borromeo (18 August 1564 – 21 September 1631) was an Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Milan, a prominent figure of Counter-Reformation Italy. Early life Federico Borromeo was born in Milan as the second son of Giulio Cesare Borrom ...
* Borromean islands *
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External links


Beatrice Borromeo Blog
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The Journalism of Beatrice Borromeo


References

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