Princess Eugenie Joins Christmas with the Royal Family After Welcoming Second Son

Mar. 15, 2025

Jack Brooksbank and Princess Eugenie attend Christmas 2023.Photo:Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty

Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty

Princess Eugenieis celebrating Christmas for the first time as a mother of two!

King Charles' niece, 33, joined members of the royal family at Sandringham on Monday for their annual church outing on Christmas day at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, are regulars at the royal holiday gathering. While Eugenie has attended since childhood, she and Jack made theircouple debut at Christmasin 2018 just two months after their royal wedding.

However, Fergie (as the Duchess of York is known) also joined the church outing this year. The pair separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996, so she hasn’t joined the royal family for the Christmas outing in many years.

Prince Andrew and Fergie haveremained very friendlyand dedicated co-parents to their two daughters, even continuing to live together at Royal Lodge in Windsor.

Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and Princess Beatrice attend Christmas 2023.Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty

Princess Eugenie waited until June 5 to announce her second son’s arrival and name as well as the first images. 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.”

Jack Brooksbank and Princess Eugenie in 2021.David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty

David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty

Ernie, as he’s nicknamed, 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.

In addition to becoming parents of two, Princess Eugenie and Jack have had another big life change recently. It was announced last year that Jack landed a new job that will have the familysplitting their timebetween the U.K. and Portugal, which Princess Eugenierecently said on a podcastis a “dream.”

“I can go to the supermarket in my exercise gear and my hair piled on my head and not mind, not care,” she explained on theTable Mannerspodcast. “No one cares.”

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Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson attend Christmas 2023.ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty

ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty

A family insidertold PEOPLEearlier this year, “They’re still the best of friends and talk constantly.”

source: people.com