Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank Welcome Their First Child!

Jack and Eugenie hold their newborn son's hand. Picture courtesy of Princess Eugenie's Instagram.

This morning Princess Eugenie (b.1990) and her husband Jack Brooksbank (b.1986) welcomed the arrival of their first child, a baby boy!

Buckingham Palace put out the following statement:

Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie was safely delivered of a son today, 9th February 2021, at 0855hrs at The Portland Hospital. Jack Brooksbank was present. The baby weighs 8lbs 1oz. The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Duke of York, Sarah, Duchess of York, and Mr and Mrs George Brooksbank have been informed and are delighted with the news. This is Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank’s first child, The Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York’s first grandchild, and the ninth great-grandchild for The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well.

The young Master Brooksbank, whose name will be announced in time, is eleventh in the line of succession to the British throne. His parents married in 2018. Baby Brooksbank was born on the nineteenth anniversary of the death of his great-great-aunt Princess Margaret.