1.

Princess Eugenie

was born on March 23, 1990 and became the second and youngest daughter of Sarah of York and Prince Andrew.

2. The princess was born in Portland Hospital, the same place where her older sister Beatrice was born.

In the same hospital, she gave birth to her firstborn — son August — on February 9, 2021.

Sarah of York with daughters Beatrice and Eugenia / Photo: Getty Images

3. She is the sixth grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Baptized at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham on 23 December 1990.

Princess Eugenia became the first royal child to be baptized in public.

Sarah of York with her daughters Beatrice and Eugenia / Photo: Associated Press

4. Eugenie and her sister Beatrice are the only grandchildren of the Queen who have been elevated to the title of Princesses and Their Royal Highnesses, unlike their cousins ​​Lady Louise Windsor (daughter of the Queen's youngest son Edward) and Zara Phillips (daughter of Princess Anne), who do not titles, as her father was a commoner.

Princess Eugenie, Princess Beatrice and Sarah of York / Photo: Getty Images

5. Eugenia is the first princess since her great-grandmother Princess Mary to bear the name Victoria in her full name,

Princess Eugenia Victoria Helena of York.

Princess Eugenia and her grandmother Queen Elizabeth II / Photo: Getty Images

Queen Victoria requested that her female descendants bear the name Victoria in their full name, but neither Queen Elizabeth II, nor her sister Princess Margaret, nor Princess Anne, nor Beatrice received the name.

Princess Eugenia and Princess Beatrice / Photo: Associated Press

6. Evgenia is the director of the London branch of Hauser & Wirth contemporary art gallery.

She spent two years interning in New York in order to get this position.

7. In January 2018, Buckingham Palace officially announced the engagement of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank.

Official photos were released, and later the date of the wedding — October 12, 2018.

In honor of the engagement, Jack presented the princess with a ring made of yellow gold with a rare stone - a padparaja sapphire.

The first to whom Eugenia and Jack decided to announce their engagement was Queen Elizabeth II.

The princess had a very warm relationship with her.

Princess Eugenia and Jack Brooksbank on their engagement day / Photo: Associated Press

8. The couple got married at St. George's Chapel in Windsor.

Evgenia wore a white dress with a rather deep neckline, an open back and a long train from the Peter Pilotto brand.

Instead of a veil, her head was decorated with an emerald tiara belonging to her grandmother, Queen Mary of Tex.

Princess Eugenia and Jack Brooksbank / Photo: Associated Press

9. After marriage, Yevgenia did not lose her title of princess, but she got rid of the prefix "York".

She is now called Her Highness Princess Eugenie Mrs. Brooksbank.

Princess Eugenia and Jack Brooksbank / Photo: Associated Press

10. On September 25, 2020, the royal palace officially announced that Princess Eugenia and her husband Jack are expecting their first child.

On February 9, 2021, at the Portland Hospital in London, Eugenia gave birth to a son, who was named August Philip Hawke Brooksbank.

And in January 2023, the princess announced that she was expecting a second child, which should be born in the summer.

Princess Eugenia and Jack Brooksbank with their son August / Photo: Getty Images

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