Princess Eugenie gives birth to baby boy with husband Jack Brooksbank
Bookmakers have revealed what Princess Eugenie will likely name her baby after the royal gave birth to her first child in London.
Princess Eugenie has given birth to a baby boy, Buckingham Palace has announced.
The Queen’s granddaughter Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank welcomed their son, who weighed 8lbs 1oz (3.65kg), The Sun reports.
The new royal baby - Eugenie and Mr Brooksbank’s first child - is the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh’s ninth great-grandchild.
The baby was born at The Portland Hospital in London, the same place where Meghan Markle had baby Archie in May 2019.
It is also the hospital where Eugenie herself was born in 1990.
The couple did not reveal the baby’s name, but betting company Ladbrokes says the name ‘Arthur’ is currently the odds on favourite.
Other likely contenders include James, Frederick, Edward and Albert.
Buckingham Palace said Jack was at his wife’s side for the birth.
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,” a statement from the Palace said.
It read: “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.”
Congratulating the couple on their new arrival, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, wrote on Twitter: “Congratulations to Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank on the birth of their son.”
Meanwhile, the Duchess of Cambridge’s younger brother James Middleton wrote on Instagram: “Such wonderful news”.
It means Eugenie’s delighted parents, the Duke of York and ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York, have become grandparents for the first time.
The baby is 11th in line to the throne, and means the Queen and Philip’s youngest son, the Earl of Wessex, who was third in line when he was born in 1964, has moved down to 12th place in the line of succession.
Eugenie and Jack spent lockdown at Fergie and Prince Andrew’s home on the Queen’s Windsor estate, but have recently spent time at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s former home, Frogmore cottage.
The couple moved into the five-bedroom home in Windsor in November after a direct arrangement with the Sussexes.
Harry and Meghan said they were “delighted” to “open up their home” to the couple, but after only six weeks living there, Eugenie and Jack were said to have packed up their belongings and moved back to Kensington Palace.
One insider said at the time: “It is empty again. Why does no one want to live in Frogmore Cottage? What is wrong with the place?”
Eugenie and Jack had been living at Ivy Cottage at Kensington Palace before they relocated to Frogmore Cottage.
Eugenie, who is a director at Mayfair art gallery Hausery& Wirth, is currently on maternity leave.
She married wine merchant Jack, 34, in October 2018 at St George’s Chapel, in the grounds of Windsor Castle - just months after her cousin Prince Harry and wife Meghan.
They met in Swiss skiing resort Verbier in 2010 and Jack later proposed while on holiday in Nicaragua.
This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission
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