Princess Eugenie has publicly cut off contact with her father, Prince Andrew, by failing to mention him in her Father's Day tribute, instead focusing solely on her husband, Jack Brooksbank. The 35-year-old royal, who is pregnant with her third child, shared a series of never-before-seen photos on Instagram showing Jack with their two sons, August, five, and Ernest, three.
In the posts, Eugenie praised Jack as “the best there is” and a “chief child entertainer,” writing: “The boys couldn’t ask for a better Dada.” However, she made no reference to her own father, the disgraced Duke of York, who was arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct in a public office and stripped of all royal titles last October.
Eugenie has not been publicly seen with Prince Andrew since the Epstein files revealed the full extent of his association with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The princess announced her third pregnancy in May, with Buckingham Palace confirming the King was “delighted” with the news.
The new baby, who will not hold an HRH title, will be 15th in line to the throne, pushing Prince Edward to 16th place. The child will also be the 15th great-grandchild of the late Queen Elizabeth II and the third born since her death in 2022.
