Eugenie Brooksbank

**Princess Eugenie, Mrs. Brooksbank** (Eugenie Victoria Helena, born March 23, 1990) is a member of british royal family. She is the youngest daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is 11th in Line of succession to british throne.

She has an older sister Princess Beatrice (b.1988).

In 2018, she married Jack Brooksbank, is an english businessman, with who have two children: August (b.2021) and Ernest (b.2023), who are 12th and 13th in Line of succession.

## Early life

Princess Eugenie was born by Cesarean section on March 23, 1990 at Portland Hospital in the West End of London. On March 30, 1990, Her name, Eugenie Victoria Helena, was announced by The Duke and Duchess of York. Her name honors Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, former Queen of Spain, her 4x great grandmother Queen Victoria and Victoria's fifth child, Princess Helena.

She was christened on December 23, 1990 at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham, by the Bishop of Norwich. Eugenie was the first royal baby to have a public christening and the only one of the Queen's grandchildren not to be baptised in the Lily Font.

Eugenie's parents divorced when she was six years old. The Duke and Duchess of York had agreed to joint custody of their two children. After the divorce, the Queen provided her parents with £1.4 million to set up a trust fund for her and Beatrice. Eugenie and her sister frequently travelled abroad with one or both of their parents.

## Education

Eugenie began her schooling at Winkfield Montessori from 1992 to 1993. From there, she joined her sister at Upton House School in Windsor until 1995. She attended Coworth Park School (now Coworth Flexlands School) from 1995 to 2001, and then St George's School, near Windsor Castle until 2003. For the next five years, Eugenie boarded at Marlborough College in Wiltshire. She achieved three A-Levels, including an 'A' in art, an 'A' in English literature, and a 'B' in history of art. She undertook a gap year before continuing her education in 2009.

Eugenie began studying at Newcastle University in September 2009. She graduated in 2012 with a 2:1 degree in English Literature and History of Art.

In 2013, she moved to New York City for one year to work for the online auction firm Paddle8 as a benefit auctions manager. In July 2015, she moved back to London to work for the Hauser & Wirth art gallery as an associate director and was promoted to director in 2017.

## Personal life

The Duke of York's Office at Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank on 22 January 2018. The couple had been dating for seven years, and were first introduced by friends in a ski break in Verbier, Switzerland, where Brooksbank was working. They were engaged on vacation in Nicaragua. In April 2018, the couple moved from St James's Palace and took up residence in Ivy Cottage at Kensington Palace. The wedding took place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 12 October 2018. The wedding dress was designed by the British fashion designers Peter Pilotto and Christopher de Vos of British-based label Peter Pilotto.

Eugenie gave birth to a son, August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, on 9 February 2021 at the Portland Hospital in London, born by caesarean section due to her childhood scoliosis operation. At birth, he was eleventh in line to the throne. He is named after his great-grandfather Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and two of his five-times great-grandfathers: Reverend Edward Hawke Brooksbank, and Prince Albert, whose given names included "Augustus". In January 2023, it was announced that Eugenie was pregnant with the couple's second child. She gave birth to a second son, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, on 30 May 2023. He is named after King George V, his great-great-great grandfather, whose middle name was Ernest, his grandfather George Brooksbank and his great-grandfather Major Ronald Ferguson.

## Titles and succession

* March 23, 1990 - January 22, 2018: *Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena of York*
* January 22, 2018 - present: *Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie Victoria Helen, Mrs Jack Brooksbank*

As a male-line grandchild of the sovereign, Beatrice was known as "Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of York", at birth, with the territorial designation coming from her father's title, Duke of York. Since her marriage, she has been styled "Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank" in the Court Circular.

It is unlikely that her children will receive a royal title, as they are born down the female line of the royal family.