'Princess Eugenie of York' (Eugenie Victoria Helena; born
23 March 1990) is a member of the
British Royal Family and a granddaughter of
Queen Elizabeth II. Princess Eugenie is sixth in the
Line of succession to the British Throne and has been since her birth in 1990.
Early life
Princess Eugenie was born on
23 March 1990 at the
Portland Hospital in
London. Her father is
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the third child and the second son of
Queen Elizabeth II and
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Her mother is
Sarah, Duchess of York, (''née'' Sarah Ferguson), the daughter of the late
Major Ronald Ferguson and the late Susan Barrantes. She was named after
Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, a granddaughter of
Queen Victoria. She has one older sister,
Princess Beatrice, who was born in
1988.
She was christened on
23 December 1990, at the church of St. Mary Magdalene,
Sandringham, the first royal baby to have a public christening. She was christened by the Bishop of Norwich. Her godparents were:
James Ogilvy, Captain Alastair Ross; Mrs. Ronald (Sue) Ferguson (her step-grandmother); Mrs. Julia Dodd-Noble; and Miss Louise Blacker.
As a granddaughter of the
British monarch in the male line, Eugenie was born a
Princess of the United Kingdom with the style
''Her Royal Highness'', and is therefore styled 'Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York'. Eugenie and her sister, Beatrice, are the only granddaughters of the Queen to hold the title of ''
Princess'' and the style of ''
Her Royal Highness''.
Education
Nursery School / Pre-Preparatory Years:
Winkfield Montessori, Surrey. 1992-1993.
Upton House School, Windsor. 1993-1995.
Preparatory School Years:
Coworth Park School, Surrey. 1995-2001. Day-girl.
St George's School, Windsor Castle. 2001-2003. Day-girl.
Secondary School Years:
Marlborough College,
Wiltshire. 2003-(still attending). Boarder.
Health
In October 2002 Princess Eugenie, then aged twelve, underwent back surgery at the
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London to correct
scoliosis. She since has made a full recovery and is not expected to undergo any further surgery for that condition. The Queen, who was on an overseas tour at the time of the operation, is said to have been kept very informed on her granddaughter's operation and recovery process.
Home life
Princess Eugenie's parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, separated in 1992 when the girls were still very young. Their divorce was finalized in 1996 but it was agreed they would share custody of the children. The divorce was always amicable as the Duke and Duchess remain close friends and are "co-parents." Due to her age Eugenie does not carry out official royal duties but sometimes makes appearances with the Royal Family at events. When not at boarding school her time is spent with her family at
Royal Lodge in Windsor or elsewhere.
Public Appearances
Eugenie along with her sister
Princess Beatrice were Royal Guests at
Concert for Diana organised by the cousins William & Harry, in memory of their late former aunt
Diana, Princess of Wales.
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles
★ '1990-': ''Her Royal Highness'' Princess Eugenie of York
Ancestry
In the News
In March 2007 The Mail on Sunday reported
[2] that the princess, then just turned 17, had a MySpace page.
[3] The story was picked up in Australia by The Daily Telegraph.
[4] The majority of comments left on The Mail on Sunday story identified the page as a hoax.
Notes
She and her sister Beatrice are the only male-line granddaughters of the Queen to hold the title of Princess and the style Royal Highness. Her younger cousin, The Lady Louise Windsor, has been styled as the daughter of an earl, also by request of her parents. It is debatable whether Lady Louise remains ''Her Royal Highness Princess Louise of Wessex'' in the absence of
letters patent and could, therefore, choose to adopt her royal title once she comes of age, should she wish to. Princess Eugenie's elder cousin,
Zara Phillips, as a female-line granddaughter of the Queen, does not hold the title of Princess and the style of Royal Highness. Further, Phillips does not hold a courtesy title because her father, Captain
Mark Phillips, declined the Queen's offer an earldom upon his marriage to
the then-Princess Anne (now The Princess Royal).
Eugenie is not at ease with the press like her sister and mother; however, she is described as being "great fun" and "wonderful company" away from the public lens.
Though Eugenie's mother has a strained relationship with many senior members of the royal family, Eugenie and her sister Beatrice are very much a part of the royal fold and the Queen keeps in regular contact with them.
She is the first Princess since before the birth of her grandmother to bear the name Victoria. Queen Victoria has requested that her descendents bear the name Victoria somewhere in their name and the last Princess before Eugenie to bear it was her grandmothers aunt, Princess Mary, whose first name was actually Victoria. Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, Princess Alexandra, Princess Anne and Princess Beatrice all do not hold the name Victoria.
References
1. As a titled royal, Eugenie holds no surname, but, when one ''is'' used, it is 'Mountbatten-Windsor' (or her father's territorial designation, 'York')
2. The Mail on Sunday, 25/03/2007
3. Princess Eugenie's alleged MySpace page
4. The Daily Telegraph, 26/03/2007
External links
★
Illustrated biography of Princess Eugenie
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