15 Facts About Princess Eugenie of York

Princess Eugenie of York with her father, Prince Andrew Duke of York. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Princess Eugenie of York is one of the members of the British Royal Family, the younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. Born Eugenie Victoria Helena on March 23, 1990 at London’s The Portland Hospital for Women and Children, her father, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is the third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Her mother is Sarah Ferguson.

Despite enjoying the dignity and style afforded to the male-line grandchild of a sovereign, Eugenie and her older sister, Eugenie, only carry limited public engagements and receive no allowance from the Privy Purse. Here are 15 facts about Princess Eugenie of York.

1. She was named after Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, later Queen of Spain, and Princess Helena, the fifth child of Queen Victoria.

2. At the time of her birth, Eugenie was sixth in line to the throne, a position she lost after the birth of Prince George of Cambridge. Beatrice and Eugenie continues to go down the line of succession as their cousins Princes William and Harry have family.

3. She was the first royal baby to have a public christening, which was reportedly a “personal choice” of her parents, and the only grandchild of Her Majesty The Queen to not be baptized at the Lily Font as hers was held in Sandringham.

4. She had undergone a surgery to correct her scoliosis when she was 12 years old. Two titanium rods, each measuring 8 inches, were planted into each side of her spine, and screws measuring one-and-a-half inch were also inserted at the top of her neck.

5. As a teenager, Princess Eugenie attended the same school—the prestigious co-educational Marlborough College—at which sisters Kate and Pippa Middleton boarded, though the latter two were eight and seven years ahead of her, respectively.

6. She attended Newcastle University in September of 2009 and took up Politics, Art History, and English Literature. She earned a 2:1 (second honors) when she graduated in 2012.

7. She has a close relationship with her grandmother, The Queen, calling her “the most amazing woman ever” during a Tatler interview in 2008. “All I can say is she has this air of magic about her," she added.

8. Princess Eugenie considers her parents as the “best divorced couple”, who parted ways when she was just six years old. The Duke and Duchess of York agreed to a joint custody of their two daughters, with the princesses frequently traveling abroad with one or both their parents.

9. She has been collecting plane tickets since she was 16, and is fond of keeping restaurant cards as well. What is she going to do with all those stuff? "One day, I'm going to turn them into wallpaper," she previously told Harper’s Bazaar.

10. She does not carry out any public duties and does not receive an allowance from the Privy Purse. Because she doesn’t perform an official royal role, she never had bodyguards as royal protection.

11. She is a massive Beyonce fan that she went to see the Pop royalty during her London concert in 2013. The singer, who had no idea she was the Princess of York, approached her to sing into the microphone.

12. She is friends with Prince Harry’s former girlfriends, Cressida Bonas, Chelsy Davy, and Ellie Goulding. It was actually her and her sister Beatrice who introduced English model/actress Cressida to the now Duke of Sussex.

13. After graduating at Newcastle University in 2013, she flew to New York and worked as a specialist for online auction house Paddle8. She currently works as the associate director of a contemporary art gallery called Hauser & Wirth.

14. She could be the perfect personification of “Netflix and chill”. When Harper’s Bazaar asked about how she would spend her free time, she revealed, "Chips [or American fries], Diet Coke, nuts! Cashew nuts with mustard are the best. Netflix."

15. Princess Eugenie was introduced by mutual friends to her now husband, Jack Brooksbank, during a ski trip in Switzerland.