Royal Baby: Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank announce they are expecting

The couple, who married two years ago, are expecting a baby in early 2021.

Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie, and her new husband Mr Jack Brooksbank, are expecting a baby in early 2021, it has been announced.

The pair married each other in a ceremony at Windsor Castle in October 2018.

The news was announced on social media by the Royal Family’s official Twitter account, which told followers: “Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank are very pleased to announce that they are expecting a baby in early 2021.

“The Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York, Mr and Mrs George Brooksbank, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh are delighted with the news,” it added.

The newborn will be the Queen’s ninth great grandchild, following the birth of Archie Harrison - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s first son.

Princess Eugenie is currently ninth in line to the throne. Together with her older sister Beatrice, she carries out some public engagements, but is not financially supported by the Queen in an official capacity.

Princess Eugenie has a job of her own, working as the director of the Mayfair art gallery Hauser & Wirth. She chose to follow a career in the art world after studying art history, English literature and politics at Newcastle University.

WINDSOR, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 12: Jack Brooksbank and Princess Eugenie of York during their wedding ceremony at St. George's Chapel on October 12, 2018 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Owen Humphreys - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

After graduating in 2012, she moved to New York to work for the online auction firm Paddle8 as a benefit auctions manager.

She began dating James Brooksbank, a brand ambassador for Casamigos tequila, in 2011, and the pair were engaged in January 2018.

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Together with her older sister Beatrice, Princess Eugenie carries out some public engagements, but is not financially supported by the Queen in an official capacity. (Photo by Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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