Princess Eugenie Is Pregnant With Her Third Child
Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, are expecting a third child—a sibling for August, five, and Ernest, two—this summer, the royal family has confirmed.
Reported by Vogue.
Royal baby news tends to generate a certain kind of breathless coverage, but Princess Eugenie's third pregnancy announcement is notably quieter — and more her speed. According to Vogue, the 36-year-old and her husband, businessman Jack Brooksbank, confirmed they're expecting this summer via a single photograph on the royal family's Instagram: the tops of their sons' heads bent over an ultrasound image, no fanfare required. King Charles, Eugenie's uncle, is reportedly "delighted."
The couple's two boys — August, five, and Ernest, two — are, per the caption, "very excited to have another sibling join the family." Whether the new arrival is a brother or sister remains unconfirmed, which feels fitting for a couple who has consistently kept family life close. Eugenie and Brooksbank split their time between Portugal and London, largely outside the relentless machine of royal scrutiny.
A Bright Spot in a Harder Season
The timing matters. This year has been a bruising one for the extended family: Eugenie's father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office following allegations related to the purported sharing of confidential material with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — claims he has denied. A pregnancy announcement doesn't erase that shadow, but it does offer something genuinely uncomplicated in a royal calendar that has had very little of it.
Meanwhile, Eugenie's older sister, Princess Beatrice, has been building her own profile on her own terms. Her two daughters, Sienna and Athena, now have cousins in tow, and Beatrice made waves last year with a personal essay for British Vogue about how learning Athena might arrive preterm pushed her to advocate harder for women's health research — an unusually candid move for anyone in proximity to the Crown.
Between the two sisters, there's a consistent thread: show up for the institution when it counts, but live your actual life on your own terms. Eugenie's announcement — intimate, low-key, routed through children's heads bent over a scan — is consistent with someone who understood early that the smartest royal move is sometimes the quietest one.
Read the original at Vogue.
