Princess Eugenie Announces Birth To Baby Girl In Portugal

ASCOT, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 21: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 24 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank watch the racing from the Royal Box as they attend day five of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 21, 2025 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank have welcomed their third child together.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s daughter with Sarah Ferguson made the announcement on Instagram, posting a picture of the newborn in a pink baby grow on Tuesday night.

She said: ‘Jack and I are so excited to announce Baby Girl Brooksbank!! We are beyond in love with our girlie.’

This is the couple’s first girl, following sons August and Ernest, with the couple taking time to decide on her name.

The Royal Family confirmed the arrival of the baby girl in a statement.

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Princess Eugenie announces baby girl via Instagram

It read: ‘Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank are delighted to announce the safe arrival of their daughter, born on Monday, 3rd August 2026, at 6.20pm, at a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal.

‘The baby was born weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces.

‘Their Majesties The King and Queen and other members of The Royal Family were delighted to be informed of the news.’

The baby, who will not be an HRH, will be born 15th in line to the throne, with their great uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh, moving down to 16th place.

She will also be the 15th great-grandchild of the late Queen Elizabeth II, and the third to be born since her death in 2022.

The new arrival will be the fifth grandchild of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, following the birth of Princess Beatrice’s daughter Athena Mapelli Mozzi in January last year.

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Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York — Eugenie’s child becomes the 15th great-grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II (Picture: Getty)

The birth is a rare occasion where a member of the royal family has been born overseas, with Eugenie and Mr Brooksbank having a home and other connections in Portugal.

Euginie and Mr Brooksbank met in 2010 when they were introduced through mutual friends.

The Stowe-educated socialite was a waiter and quickly worked his way up the ranks in hospitality with a job at Chelsea’s Admiral Codrington pub.

He later moved to Piers Adam’s Markham Inn, where he got to know Prince Harry and his best friend Guy Pelly, before Guy introduced him to Mayfair hotspot Mahiki – a favourite haunt of the Duke of Sussex, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Eugenie’s older sister Princess Beatrice, 30. Here, Jack became manager.

Eugenie and Jack are said to have gone to meet the Queen at Balmoral for Prince Harry’s 32nd birthday in 2016, which is when the monarch reportedly gave her blessing for their marriage.