{"id":565485,"date":"2026-05-04T10:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/565485\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:56:10","slug":"princess-eugenie-expecting-third-child-this-summer-buckingham-palace-announces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/565485\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Eugenie expecting third child this summer, Buckingham Palace announces"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Princess Eugenie<\/a> is expecting her third child with husband Jack Brooksbank<\/a> this summer, Buckingham Palace<\/a> said, adding that the King is \u201cdelighted\u201d at the news.<\/p>\n

In a photograph shared by 36-year-old Eugenie on Instagram, her sons can be seen holding a picture of a baby<\/a> scan.<\/p>\n

The caption said: \u201cBaby Brooksbank due 2026!\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: \u201cHer Royal Highness Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank are very pleased to announce that they are expecting their third child together, due this summer. <\/p>\n

\u201cAugust (aged five) and Ernest (aged two) are also very excited to have another sibling join the family. <\/p>\n

\u201cHis Majesty The King has been informed and is delighted with the news.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PrincessPrincess Eugenie is expecting her third child with husband Jack Brooksbank this summer (PA)<\/p>\n

The baby will be born 15th in line to the throne<\/a>, with their great-uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh, moving down to 16th place.<\/p>\n

He or 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new arrival will be the fifth grandchild of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, following the birth of Princess Beatrice\u2019s daughter Athena Mapelli Mozzi in January last year.<\/p>\n

The former duke and duchess were last seen in public alongside senior members of the royal family at the Duchess of Kent\u2019s funeral in September 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mr Brooksbank celebrated his 40th birthday on Sunday, with the King\u2019s niece marking the occasion by sharing photographs on her Instagram story of her husband relaxing on a beach with the caption \u201chappy 40th my love\u201d.<\/p>\n

The pair married in St George\u2019s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in October 2018, and welcomed their first child, August, on February 9 2021. His younger brother Ernest was born on May 30 2023.<\/p>\n

The announcement from Buckingham Palace, which posted the news on its social media, will be seen as a show of support for Eugenie despite the troubles surrounding her father, Andrew, who was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office<\/a> in February amid the scandal surrounding his friendship with the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n

\"PrincessPrincess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank have two sons together (PA)<\/p>\n

Eugenie and her sister Beatrice stayed away from the traditional royal gathering on Easter Sunday, with the agreement of Charles, amid the furore over their father.<\/p>\n

The princesses, who are granddaughters of the late Queen Elizabeth II, have faced scrutiny themselves after their names appeared in the Epstein files, the US Department of Justice\u2019s document dump relating to the convicted sex offender.<\/p>\n

One email exchange suggested their mother Sarah took her daughters to see Epstein<\/a> in the US days after he was released from prison for child sex crimes.<\/p>\n

Eugenie and Beatrice were 19 and 20 at the time.<\/p>\n

The former duke and duchess were last seen in public alongside senior members of the royal family at the Duchess of Kent\u2019s funeral in September last year.<\/p>\n

Mr Brooksbank celebrated his 40th birthday on Sunday, with the King\u2019s niece marking the occasion by sharing photographs on her Instagram story of her husband relaxing on a beach with the caption \u201chappy 40th my love\u201d.<\/p>\n

The pair married in St George\u2019s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in October 2018, and welcomed their first child, August, on 9 February 2021. His younger brother Ernest was born on 30 May 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,193826,193825,56,54,55,193827],"class_list":["post-565485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-pa2026-wparota","tag-princess-eugenie-pregnancy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wpaburst"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}