Princess Beatrice Says She’d Be ‘Lucky’ to Share with Her Children What the ‘Gift of Dyslexia’ Has Taught Her–
Mom-to-be Princess Beatrice says she finds it “very inspiring every day” to speak out about her struggles with reading as a child and how she’s found ways to move forward
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Princess Beatrice is embracing her dyslexia.
Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter says that she wants to “change the narrative” around dyslexia and calls it a “gift” that she would be prepared for if her unborn child or stepson Wolfie have it.
“If by sharing my story I can help one young person, whether they’re 11 or 7 just receiving the news that they’ve got the gift of dyslexia, then I think you’ve got such a fantastic opportunity to share some of these great learnings,” she tells Hello! magazine’s digital magazine.
Mom-to-be Beatrice, 33, is in conversation with podcaster and writer Giovanna Fletcher for Hello!‘s Back to School-themed edition.
She tells Fletcher, who collaborated with Kate Middleton on her Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast about the early years, that she was “very lucky” that “not one person around me ever made me feel it was a ‘lesser than’ scenario” when she was diagnosed.
“It was always about moving forward, it was always about what you could do. Never about what you can’t. And that’s something that’s really, really important to me. I find it very inspiring every day to talk about it,” Beatrice tells Hello! “Because if you can just change one little idea in someone’s head, then you’ve done a great thing.”
She continues, “Honestly, what inspired me to talk about dyslexia the way that I have, is because I really want to change the narrative around the diagnosis. Even referring to it as a diagnosis I feel does a disservice to the brilliance of some of the most fantastic minds that we have. And I think just shifting the narrative a little bit towards something that is positive, that is impactful, I think can really help everyone.” Read more from People.
