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Wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank
Date12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)
VenueSt George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
LocationWindsor, Berkshire, England
Participants

The wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank took place on 12 October 2018 at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom. 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][2]

Announcement of engagement

Princess Eugenie of York in 2013

Princess Eugenie of York is the second daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is ninth in the line of succession to the British throne.

Jack Christopher Stamp Brooksbank is the European brand manager for Casamigos Tequila, the company co-founded by George Clooney. Brooksbank is related to the Brooksbank baronets; his great grandfather is Sir Edward Brooksbank, 1st Baronet.[notes 1] Jack is a third cousin twice removed of Princess Eugenie through Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester.[3][notes 2] Another great-grandfather is Sir Jack Coke, Gentleman Usher to King George VI and Extra Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth II.[4][5] Brooksbanks's parents are Old Etonian George Brooksbank,[6] a company director and chartered accountant, and his wife, Nicola (née Newton) who split their time between London and France's Bordeaux wine region. Jack has a younger brother, Thomas who is also an Old Etonian.[7][6] After completion of his studies at Stowe School, Brooksbank worked in hospitality and management at establishments such as the Mahiki club and the Markham Inn gastropub.[8]. His first job after leaving school was in service at the Admiral Codrington pub in Chelsea.[8]

The couple have been dating for seven years and they were first introduced by friends in a ski break in Verbier, Switzerland, where Brooksbank was working at the time.[9][10]

On 22 January 2018, Buckingham Palace announced that they would marry in the autumn.[11] They were engaged earlier the same month while in Nicaragua with Brooksbank giving the Princess an oval-cut Padparadscha sapphire surrounded by a halo of diamonds set on a gold band with two further diamonds on the shoulders. The ring bears a striking similarity to the engagement ring of Princess Eugenie's mother.[12][13] Its value is estimated to be between $30,000 and $150,000.[14]

Although Eugenie is a member of the British royal family, she does not require the Queen's permission to marry.[notes 3] The Duke and Duchess of York expressed their delight at the news and the British Prime Minister Theresa May congratulated the couple on her Twitter account. After the announcement the couple gave an interview to Matt Baker of BBC One.[15] The official engagement photographs were taken in the Picture gallery at Buckingham Palace.[10] During the public announcement of the engagement, Eugenie wore a floral Erdem cocktail dress to coordinate with the pink sapphire engagement ring.[16] She had previously worn the dress for a 2016 interview with Harper's Bazaar.[17]

To mark the wedding of Eugenie and Jack, the Royal Collection Trust produced an official range of commemorative china, showing a monogram surmounted by the coronet of Princess Eugenie, alongside the couple's entwined monogram.[18]

During the week preceding the wedding, Buckingham Palace and the Duke of York shared family's photographs to commemorate the wedding.[19][20] The couple gave a final interview to ITV's This Morning on 11 October 2018, released before the live coverage of the wedding.[21]

Wedding

St George's Chapel, Windsor

Planning

The Duke of York announced shortly after the engagement announcement that the wedding would be held on Friday, 12 October 2018.[22] Eugenie, who is a supporter of charities that battle plastic pollution, has stated that she is organizing a plastic-free wedding ceremony.[23][24] The couple has reportedly hired Peregrine Armstrong-Jones, founder of Bentley's Entertainment and half-brother of Princess Margaret's husband, the Earl of Snowdon, to plan the wedding parties.[25][26]

Venue

Following the engagement announcement, it was subsequently announced that the wedding would take place in autumn 2018 at St George's Chapel, Windsor, a few months after the wedding of her cousin, Prince Harry, 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 cousin Peter Phillips, as well as the blessing for the second marriage of her uncle the Prince of Wales.[27]

Cost

Experts expect the wedding to cost the public around ₤2 million due to security, the Thames Valley Police confirmed they will be in charge of security on the day.[14][28] The cost of providing security is expected to be lower than Princes William and Harry's weddings but an exact estimate cannot be given. The Thames Valley Police is expected to use a special grant provided by the tax payer to cover its costs.[29] The Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council will spend money on stewarding and setting up parking and are expected to receive a government reimbursement.[29] This has caused controversy around the country with many people including Labour Party Members of Parliament Emma Dent Coad and Chris Williamson claiming they should not be contributing to pay for the wedding.[14][30] Republic, an anti-monarchist group launched a petition asking the House of Commons to withdraw public funding for the wedding.[31] The petition has so far received 40,000 signatures.[29][14]

The wedding parties will be paid for privately by the bride's parents and family.[30][32] The royal family will also pay for flowers, entertainment and the dress.[29]

Wedding attire

The wedding invitations specified a dress code for men of "dress, morning coat"; for women, "day dress and hat".[33]

British-based designer Erdem is the bookmakers' favourite to design Eugenie's wedding dress.[34][35] Suzannah is also among the bookmakers' favourite choices.[14]

Wedding party

On 10 October 2018, Buckingham Palace confirmed that Eugenie had picked her sister, Princess Beatrice of York, as maid of honour after having previously announced it in a Vogue interview in August.[36] It was confirmed that Thomas Brooksbank, brother of the groom, would be his best man, and that the bridesmaids and page boys would all be children. A total of six bridesmaids and two page boys were chosen: Eugenie's godchild, Maud Windsor, daughter of Lord and Lady Frederick Windsor, her cousin Peter Phillips' daughters Isla and Savannah Phillips, her cousin Zara Tindall's eldest daughter Mia Tindall, her cousin the Duke of Cambridge's eldest children Prince George and Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, as well as Theodora Williams, daughter of Ayda Field and Robbie Williams, and Louis de Givenchy, son of Olivier and Zoe de Givenchy. Eugenie's cousins Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn, were also confirmed to be special attendants.[37]

Members of the Nijmegen Company Grenadier Guards, of which the Duke of York is Colonel, will line the West Steps of the chapel as the couple depart for their carriage procession.[38]

Wedding service

On 14 September 2018, the palace announced that the ceremony will occur at 11:00 am. Members of the Royal Family will start to arrive at the chapel at 10:25 am. The Queen will be the last member of the Royal Family to depart for the ceremony, as is tradition, arriving at the chapel at 11.52 am.[39] Shortly after, the bride will arrive and proceed down the aisle escorted by her father. He will accompany her through the Nave to the Organ Screen, where the groom and the best man will be standing.[39] After the introduction is read by the Dean of Windsor, the couple along with the best man and the bride's father will be led through the Quire Gates and into the Quire of the Chapel.[39]

It has been announced that the Dean of Windsor, David Conner, will give the Address at their Wedding. The Dean will also officiate as the couple make their marriage vows. The Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, has written a personal prayer for the service, which will be included in the Order of Service.[40]

Jack Brooksbank's cousin, (Florian Thomas) Charles Brooksbank, the heir apparent to the Brooksbank baronetcy,[41] gave the first reading taken from St Paul's Letter to the Colossians (Chapter 3, verses 12–16), followed by another reading by Princess Beatrice of York taken from The Great Gatsby.[39]

The marriage vows are those published in Common Worship, and include the promise to "to love and to cherish" each other. This was sealed by putting a ring on the fourth finger of bride's left hand.[39] After the signing of the registers, Eugenie and Brooksband together with the guests sang the national anthem. They will followed in procession by other members of the bridal party, and their families.[39]

Family celebrations

There was a carriage procession through Windsor after the ceremony as well as a reception hosted by the Queen at Windsor Castle.[42] This will be followed by a black-tie reception that evening at Royal Lodge, the Duke of York's official residence, with[43] a third celebration the next day hosted by the bride's parents.[43]

The wedding cake will be a red velvet and chocolate cake made by London-based cake designer Sophie Cabot.[44]

Music

Members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the State Trumpeter of the Household Cavalry trumpeters are set to provide music for the service.[38] James Vivian, the Director of Music at St George's Chapel, has prepared two hymns exclusively for the couple.[45] Hymns sung at the wedding will include "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" by John Newton, "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise" by Walter Chalmers Smith, and Love Divine, All Loves Excelling by Charles Wesley.[39]

Andrea Bocelli will also be performing two songs: the prayer Hail Mary, and Panis angelicus by Thomas Aquinas.[38][39] During the signing of the registers, the choir will sing Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens by Maurice Duruflé and "My spirit sang all day" by Gerald Finzi.[39] The Scots Guards will perform as a personal link to Brooksbank's great grandfather, Sir Jack Coke, who was an officer in the regiment.[46] As the couple depart the chapel for the carriage procession, pipers from the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland "will perform Scottish pieces" from the Garter Tower.[45]

Guests

The guest list includes approximately 850 people.[47][14] On 18 July 2018, the royal family's and the Duke of York's websites announced that 1,200 people from across the United Kingdom were going to be invited to the grounds of Windsor Castle.[48] The Palace received over 100,000 applications, and the invitations to those that were selected to join them on the day were sent out on 12 September. Among those present in the castle grounds will be representatives from the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, the Teenage Cancer Trust, the Salvation Army and the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women, which are all charities supported by Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, together with members of the Windsor community and children from the local schools which Eugenie attended. Residents of Windsor Castle and a number of Royal Household staff will also be present.[49][50]

Coverage

Coverage of the royal wedding in the United Kingdom will be shown on ITV's This Morning, hosted by Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford.[51][52] BBC will not broadcast the ceremony live, but they will have full coverage across their news services.[53] Sky News will also report the highlights of the event.[53]

In the United States, the wedding and carriage procession will be shown live exclusively on cable network TLC beginning at 4:25 AM EDT. It will then be rebroadcast in its entirety beginning at 7:25 AM EDT. Both broadcasts will be aired on a three hour tape delay in the west coast. The network will also make their full wedding coverage available on their TLC Go mobile app at the conclusion of the live airing.[54][55]

In Australia, the wedding will be broadcast on Channel 7, starting at 20:00 PM Sydney time.[56]

On 10 October, Buckingham Palace confirmed that the wedding will be streamed live on the Royal Family's and the Duke of York’s media channels beginning at 10:00 AM (BST). Live updates and material will also be released throughout the day.[57]

Title

After her wedding Princess Eugenie will keep her Royal title but will drop the designation "of York". She will have the option of taking her husband's last name and will officially be styled, "HRH Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank".[58]

Although it was speculated that Brooksbank would receive the title Earl of Northallerton, such rumors were dismissed by representatives of the York family.[59]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Brooksbank is the great-grandson of Sir Edward Clitherow Brooksbank, 1st Baronet.
  2. ^ 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; the Earl is also Brooksbank's great-great-grandfather via his second marriage, to The Honourable Georgina Cavendish.
  3. ^ Under the Royal Marriages Act 1772, descendants of George II of Great Britain in the line of succession required the consent of the monarch to contract a legally-valid marriage. The restriction was removed under the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, but the latter states that if any of the first six persons in the line of succession marry without the Sovereign's consent, they and their children are removed from the line of succession.

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