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Wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank
DateAutumn 2018
VenueSt George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
LocationWindsor, Berkshire, England
ParticipantsPrincess Eugenie
Jack Brooksbank

The wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank is due to take place on Autumn 2018 at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England. The bride, Princess Eugenie of York, is a member of the British royal family. The groom, Jack Brooksbank , is a British wine merchant, brand ambassador of Casamigos Tequila and socialite[1]

Announcement of engagement

Princess Eugenie of York is the second daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York and Jack Brooksbank a British nightclub manager and descendant of the Brooksbank baronets and a third cousin twice removed of Princess Eugenie through Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester.[2][notes 1] The couple have been dating for seven years, they were first introduced by friends in a ski break in Verbier, Switzerland , where Brooksbank was working at the time.[3][4]

On 22 January 2018, Buckingham Palace announced that Princess Eugenie of York would marry Mr Jack Brooksbank on Autumn of 2018.[5]They were engaged earlier the same month while in Nicaragua with Brooksbank giving the Princess an oval-cute Padparadscha sapphire surrounded by a halo of diamonds set on a gold band with two further diamonds on the shoulders.[6]

As Eugenie is eight in the line of succession to the British throne[7][notes 2], she doesn't require the Queen's permission to marry under the Succession to the Crown Act 2013.[notes 3]. The Duke and Duchess of York expressed their delight to the news and the British Prime Minister Theresa May congratuled the couple on her Twitter account. After the announcement the couple gave an interview to Matt Baker of The One Show.[8]

The official engagement photographs were taken in the Picture gallery at Buckingham Palace.[9]

Wedding

St George's Chapel, Windsor

Following the engagement announcement, it was subsequently announced that the wedding will take place in Autumn 2018 at St George's Chapel, Windsor a few months after the wedding of her cousin making it the second royal wedding at the chapel this year.[10]The venue was previously the site for the weddings of her uncle The Earl of Wessex and her cousin Peter Phillips, as well as the blessing for the marriage of her uncle The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker-Bowles.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester is Princess Eugenie's great-great-great-great grandfather, on the side of her mother Sarah, Duchess of York. Lord Leicester is also Brooksbank's great-great grandfather, via his second marriage to The Hon. Georgina Cavendish.
  2. ^ Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant as of January 2018and it's due to give birth on March 2018, by the time of the wedding Princess Eugenie will be ninth on the line of succession during her ceremony.
  3. ^ The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 allows the monarch to veto marriages of members of their immediate family, a right which is limited to the first six persons in the line of succession

References

  1. ^ Malvern, Jack (22 January 2018). "Jack Brooksbank: Former waiter marrying into the Royal Family". The Times UK. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/relationships/has-one-infectious-laughs-jack-brooksbank-wine-merchant-fiance/
  3. ^ https://https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/princess-eugenie-jack-brooksbank-engagement-announcement-royal-wedding-marriage-a8171806.html
  4. ^ http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42772288
  5. ^ The Royal Family [@TheRoyalFamily] (22 January 2018). "The Duke and Duchess of York are delighted to announce the engagement of Princess Eugenie to Mr Jack Brooksbank" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/jewellery/princess-eugenie-reveals-padparadscha-sapphire-engagement-ring/
  7. ^ https://www.royal.uk/succession
  8. ^ http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42781276
  9. ^ http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42772288
  10. ^ http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42772288
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