Overview
- Buckingham Palace and Princess Eugenie announced the news Monday, May 4, sharing an Instagram photo and saying the baby is due this summer.
- New photos from Hola! and a high‑profile party in London this week show Eugenie with a clear baby bump and back in public view.
- The palace statement named the King but not Eugenie’s parents, which Hello! and other outlets interpreted as a choice to avoid linking the news to Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor and Sarah Ferguson.
- Under royal rules, children take their father’s rank when he has no title, so the new baby, like August and Ernest, will use the Brooksbank surname rather than a princely style.
- Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told the Express that Sarah Ferguson will likely stay out of the spotlight for now because of Epstein‑related scrutiny of the family.