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Princess Beatrice opens up about troubled childhood: “They were so far ahead”

Princess Beatrice opens up about troubled childhood: “They were so far ahead”

Princess Beatrice has everything to look forward to, but she has touched upon her childhood days in a heartfelt clip for charity.

The royal opened up about her own “challenges” with dyslexia while studying in school in a new interview, where she admitted what she would want to tell her younger self.

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“I was very lucky, I got to go to a school that was very nurturing and supporting [but] I would describe the actual day-to-day learning side of things — very challenging,” the 31-year-old said.

Princess Beatrice who is the Patron for Made By Dyslexia spoke on an experience she had as a child: "We had different coloured books to describe where your reading levels had got to, and I was always on the white books and my best friends were always on the yellow books or the green books, they were so far ahead.

"And I think at that stage, those moments of doubt just pop into your head: 'I'm not good enough, I'm not smart enough, why am I not like the others?' I think when you're in the classroom those moments are very defining," she admits.

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Princess Beatrice continued on by admitting she would tell her younger self to take challenging experiences as “lessons.”

"I think if I were to say to my younger self 'do not be defined by those moments that happened to you in that exam or that classroom, because they are life-long learnings'. They are lessons you carry with you and they build you up to be who you are."

The royal finished the clip with an emotional sentiment: "It is not something that is wrong with you.

"It's a great part of how your brain works and everybody's brain works incredibly differently. There is nothing wrong, there is just everything that is so right."