For Princess Eugenie, it was just a casual day at the F1 Grand Prix in Bahrain. But for eagle-eyed royal watchers—myself included—it was hard to miss the moment when King Charles’s niece flashed her iPhone screen at the camera and the pic on her lock screen was on display for all to view.
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It happened while Eugenie was standing alongside her sister, Princess Beatrice, and brother-in-law, Edoardo Mapelli Mazzi. The trio appear to be casually chatting, but Eugenie’s phone just so happens to be aimed in the direction of a nearby photographer.
So, what is Eugenie’s phone background of choice? A pic of herself with one of her kiddos, of course. You have to zoom in quite a bit to see, but to me, it looks like a snap of her and her youngest son, Ernest, who is almost two years old, both beaming for the camera. She also appears to have a few text message alerts from her husband, Jack. (The pair, who have been married for six years, attended the racing event together alongside Beatrice and Edo, but also their cousin Peter Phillips and his new girlfriend, Harriet Sperling.)
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But back to her lock screen: Royal moms, they’re just like us! They set their phone backgrounds to feature the most recent cute snap of themselves with their kids. In fact, it’s forever and always the glimpses into motherhood—be it from Princess Eugenie, Kate Middleton, even the late Princess Diana—that tend to be the most relatable aspects of royal life because, hey, even princesses prioritize parenting.
I do have one question though: If Ernest is the only one pictured, what about August? Does she rotate her backgrounds throughout the week or update her lock screen on the regular so that neither kid ever feels left out? Asking on behalf of, well, myself. As a fellow mom of two, I worry about excluding one kid digitally, even if I happen to have the most darling snap with just one. Does Eugenie think about this, too?
Overthinking aside, it was fun to get yet another peek into Eugenie’s mum life. (Yes, I’m still buzzing about August’s Spidey socks.)
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