Princess Eugenie announces engagement to Jack Brooksbank
LONDON -- The British royal family is expanding again. Princess Eugenie, cousin of Prince Harry, will also get married this year. The young royal announced her engagement Monday.
Eugenie, the daughter of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, will marry Jack Brooksbank in the fall, Buckingham Palace said Monday.
The palace said that the wedding will take place at St. George's Chapel in Windsor. Prince Harry and his American fiancee Meghan Markle will marry at the same chapel in May.
The 27-year-old Eugenie was the second child born to Andrew and Ferguson.
Ferguson tweeted: "Total joy!!" to mark the engagement and said the couple "float with laughter and love." She also said, "I am so excited to have a son."
Total joy!! #engagement @TheDukeOfYork pic.twitter.com/Th58YD0rHa
— Sarah Ferguson (@SarahTheDuchess) January 22, 2018
Andrew said he was "thrilled" with the announcement.
"Jack is an absolutely outstanding young man and Eugenie and he have got to know each other over a number of years, and I'm really thrilled for them," the prince said.
The groom's parents, Nicola and George Brooksbank, also welcomed the news, saying they couldn't be more delighted.
Eugenie is the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and is eighth in line to the throne.
The palace said she and Brooksbank became engaged in Nicaragua earlier this month. They have been dating for a number of years.
Brooksbank has been working as a brand ambassador for Casamigos tequila's expansion into Britain and Europe.
Eugenie is a director at the Hauser & Wirth art galleries.