Buckingham Palace announced on Monday that Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, are expecting their third child, due this summer.
Princess Eugenie is using the joy surrounding her third pregnancy to edge further away from the scandal engulfing her father,Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor, according to a royal expert who argues the news could be a 'make or break' moment for Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank.
The 36‑year‑old princess confirmed on Monday that she is expecting a baby this summer, with Buckingham Palace and her own Instagram post sharing the update.
Eugenie chose a simple family snapshot to break the news publicly. On Instagram, she posted a photograph of August and Ernest holding a black‑and‑white ultrasound image, captioned 'Baby Brooksbank due 2026!' with red hearts and a baby emoji.
The image confirmed weeks of speculation fuelled by photographs of Eugenie and Princess Beatrice on a day out in London, where royal watchers thought she appeared to be hiding a bump.
Royal commentator Jennie Bond told the Mirror that Princess Eugenie's pregnancy offers something close to a clean slate in a family narrative dominated by the fallout from Andrew's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Bond described royal babies as 'always happy events' and talked about the 'innocence of a new life, devoid of any scandal or controversy', suggesting most 'rational people' would be wishing Eugenie well after 'the strains of the past year or so.'
In Bond's view, Princess Eugenie is using this period to focus almost exclusively on her immediate family. She said the new baby suggests Eugenie and Jack are 'hunkering down together and getting on with nurturing and expanding their family unit, in spite of all the surrounding noise.'
Bond added that crises of this magnitude 'can make or break a couple', and argued that Eugenie and Brooksbank appear to have been drawn closer together by the pressure rather than pushed apart.
The reason thePrincess Eugenie pregnancycarries such political weight is the backdrop. Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor has spent years under intense scrutiny over his relationship with Epstein, a convicted paedophile.
Source: International Business Times UK
