The Queen and Prince Philip’s granddaughter, Princess Eugenie, and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, are expecting their first royal baby, announcing their pregnancy today
Eugenie, who is Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s youngest daughter, is 10th on the throne and her son or daughter will be 11th, knocking Prince Edward down to 12th
The announcement came from the Royal Family’s official Twitter account this morning and read: « Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie and M Jack Brooksbank are very happy to announce that they are expecting a baby in early 2021
« The Duke of York and Sarah, The Duchess of York, M and Mrs George Brooksbank, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh are delighted with this news «
The tweet was soon followed by an Instagram post of a cute pair of boots and the caption: « Jack and I are so excited for the start of 2021 »
Sarah Ferguson, Eugenie’s mother, told the Daily Mail: « I am so excited by the news that Eugenie and Jack are expecting their first child
« Delighted for both of them and in my 60th year, I can’t wait to be a grandmother
« Welcoming a new baby to the York family is going to be a moment of deep joy »
The couple tied the knot in a stunning royal wedding in Windsor in 2018, attended by a number of famous guests, including Kate Moss, Ellie Goulding and Robbie Williams
They dated for seven years before finally getting married after meeting on the slopes of the luxury ski resort of Verbier
Jack asked the question while they were on vacation in Nicaragua, Eugenie saying she was completely surprised
Speaking in their engagement interview, she said: « Granny actually knew from the start she was one of the very few people at the start, we left her this weekend and we have had a nice time and she was very happy, because was my grandfather «
It’s been a busy year for the Sisters of York, Princess Beatrice marrying her property developer fiance Edo Mapelli Mozzi in a secret wedding earlier this year
Their original wedding plans had to be canceled due to the coronavirus lockdown, having already been delayed after dad Andrew was implicated in the scandal of pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein
2019 has been a tough year for the family, as Andrew was effectively ‘sacked’ from royal duties by the Queen after his interview with a Newsnight car accident
The new royal baby will join the growing group of little ones in the family and will have Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and Archie as playmates as he grows older
Despite being a princess, Eugenie is not a royal who works like her older cousins, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, but rather works as a director or director of the London art gallery Hauser & Wirth
She and Jack live within the walls of Kensington Palace in Ivy Cottage, a few doors down from Kate, William, George, Charlotte and Louis
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