Princess Eugenie is to marry her long-term boyfriend Jack Brooksbank, Buckingham Palace has announced.
The Duke and Duchess of York said their younger daughter and Mr Brooksbank became engaged while in Nicaragua earlier this month.
The Duke and Duchess of York are delighted to announce the engagement of Princess Eugenie to Mr. Jack Brooksbank. pic.twitter.com/ct45JvDfbq
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) January 22, 2018
The wedding will take place at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in the Autumn of 2018.
Her Royal Highness and Mr. Brooksbank became engaged in Nicaragua earlier this month and here they talk about the special moment it happened.
The wedding will take place in the Autumn of 2018 at St George’s Chapel in Windsor. pic.twitter.com/NigRoezK8g— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) January 23, 2018
The princess met the former manager of Mayfair club Mahiki while skiing and the couple has dated for several years.
It will be the second royal wedding at the chapel this year – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry there in May.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said Princess Eugenie’s grandparents, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, were “very pleased and wish the couple all the best”.
Engagement pictures of the couple, taken in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace, have been released following the announcement.
In the photographs, Princess Eugenie is wearing a dress by Erdem, shoes by Jimmy Choo and a ring containing a padparadscha sapphire surrounded by diamonds.
The 27-year-old is the second daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, and is eighth in line to the throne.
She will keep her royal title when she marries Mr Brooksbank and will have the option to take his surname.
The princess works in the arts as a director at gallery Hauser and Wirth. In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar in 2016, she said part of her job was planning special projects and managing events, working with artists around the world.
The princess told the magazine she has a dog called Jack who funnily share the same name as her fiancé.
Mr Brooksbank’s parents, Nicola and George Brooksbank, said they were “completely over the moon” and “very excited” for the couple.
“We could not be more delighted with the news of the engagement,” they said.
The princess is the patron of several organisations including the Teenage Cancer Trust, the European School of Osteopathy and animal charity the Elephant Family.
As a child, the princess suffered from scoliosis and, at the age of 12, had back surgery at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, Middlesex.
In a series of tweets, Sarah Ferguson congratulated her daughter and her fiancé. She said the couple “float with laughter and love” and the announcement was “Total joy!”.
“We love Jack and I am so excited to have a son, a brother and a best friend,” the duchess added.
“Eugenie is one of the finest people I know and so together it will be pure harmony.”
Total joy!! #engagement @TheDukeOfYork pic.twitter.com/Th58YD0rHa
— Sarah Ferguson (@SarahTheDuchess) January 22, 2018
Prime Minister Theresa May congratulated the couple and said she offered her “very best wishes”.
My very best wishes to Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank on their engagement – congratulations to the happy couple. https://t.co/VfTnM4QJvy
— Theresa May (@theresa_may) January 22, 2018
