"Princess Eugenie and Mr. Jack Brooksbank are pleased to announce that they are expecting their second child this summer," Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Tuesday, January 24.
"The family is thrilled and August can't wait to be a big brother."
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Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's youngest daughter, 32, married entrepreneur Jack Brooksbank in October 2018. Two years later, on February 9, 2021, she gave birth to her first child: a boy named August Philip Hawke Brooksbank.
The latter currently occupies the twelfth place in the order of succession to the British throne, just behind his mother.
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In a slightly less formal manner, Princess Eugenie of York then confirmed the information herself in an Instagram post.
“We are delighted to share the arrival of a newcomer to our family this summer,” said the niece of King Charles III, in the caption of a photo where we see her all smiles, in country clothes, while her son August (2 years old in February) kisses her belly.