"Crikey!" exclaimed Beatrice on receiving a kiss on the cheek from Hollywood heart-throb Leonardo DiCaprio at the London premiere of The Aviator. It's one of the rare occasions the teenager has publicly lost her cool since first emerging onto the social circuit.
Usually she is as at ease mingling with Tinseltown stars as she is attending Windsor gatherings with senior royals. At the Beckhams' Full-length And Fabulous extravaganza in May a very grown-up Beatrice impressed the celeb crowd by arriving in a striking royal purple gown, while she was the epitome of regal aplomb at the Queen's 80th-birthday service in June.
Often seen gracing the society pages of glossy magazines alongside friends such as Peaches Geldof and Marina Ogilvy's daughter Zenouska Mowatt, in the past the Princess has also stepped out with members of the young international set. Once linked to Nikolai von Bismark, a descendent of Germany's 19th-century chancellor, she has enjoyed friendships with wealthy American student Paolo Liuzzo and Carlo Carello, the son of an Italian tycoon.
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