Jack Brooksbank, Princess Eugenie and Ernest Brooksbank in first family photo.Photo:Princess Eugenie/Instagram
Princess Eugenie/Instagram
On Thursday, the granddaughter ofQueen Elizabethshared avideo montage of her wedding dayon her personal Instagram page. The post showed never-before-seen clips from the nuptials at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, from getting ready for her walk down the aisle to taking photos inside the royal residence.
The montage ended with a special surprise: a never-before-seen family photo of Princess Eugenie and Jack featuring their two sons, 2-year-oldAugustand 4-month-oldErnest. While Eugenieshared a photo of her children togetherto announce Ernest’s arrival earlier this year, the new portrait marked the first time the family has posed together as a foursome.
Jack Brooksbank and Princess Eugenie with sons August and Ernest in a family photo taken in 2023.Princess Eugenie/Instagram
Ernest was born on May 30, but Princess Eugenie waited until June 5 to announce his arrival and name as well as the first images of the new addition to the royal family. She wrote on Instagram, “Jack and I wanted to share the news that we had our little boy, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank on 30th May 2023 at 8.49 weighing 7.1lbs. He is named after his great great great Grandfather George, his Grandpa George and my Grandpa Ronald.”
The royal added, “Augie is loving being a big brother already.”
The newborn arrived as 13th in theline of successionto the British throne, immediately following August. Ernest is also the first of Queen Elizabeth’s great-grandchildren to be born following her death in September 2022 and the third grandchild ofPrince AndrewandSarah Ferguson.
Fergie, as Princess Eugenie’s mom is popularly known, shared on her podcast that Ernest has a sweet nickname.
“So my grandchildren had the most incredible weekend. I was very lucky, I had everybody in. I had Edo and Beatrice and Jack and Eugenie and August and new Ernest. Well, Ernie,” she told her co-host, Sarah Thomson.
“Is it Ernie?” Thomson asked.
“Yeah, it’s Ernie,” Fergie confirmed.
Sarah previously said on the podcast that she was"touched" Eugenie and Jack named their son after her own father. She said, “When Jack and Eugenie told me, it was so moving that they put my dad in there. It was very kind, I thought, made me cry, of course.”
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In addition to becoming parents of two, Princess Eugenie and Jack have had another big life change recently. It was announced last year Jack landed a new job that will have the familysplitting their timebetween the U.K. and Portugal.
A family insidertold PEOPLEearlier this year, “They’re still the best of friends and talk constantly.”
source: people.com
