Opinion

If it takes a village to raise a child, what does the Bible say about the role of an aunt?

By 2025-02-17T05:47:00

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As Princess Eugenie becomes an aunt again, Woman Alive deputy editor Jemimah Wright considers her own relationship with her nieces.

My four-year-old niece, Lily, left today (with her parents) after staying with us for almost a month. They currently live in a different country, so I don’t get to see her, or her nine-month-old sister, Bella, that often.

Lily and I have a lot in common; coral pink is our favourite colour, and we both love clothes. Lily is particularly keen on dresses, and disapproving of ripped jeans, even telling me I should change (quite a few times) when I appeared wearing ripped at the knee denim one morning.

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