Princess Eugenie attends day two of the Cheltenham Festival on March 12, 2025 (Andrew Matthews/PA Images/Alamy)
The last weeks of March are packed with royal birthdays. Yesterday, Princess Eugenie celebrated her day, and in her honor, we’re taking a closer look at one of her recent bejeweled appearances at Cheltenham.
Princess Eugenie, Zara Tindall, and Natalie Pinkham attend day two of the Cheltenham Festival on March 12, 2025 (Eddie Mulholland/PA Images/Alamy)
There were numerous members of the royal family in attendance at the Cheltenham Festival in Gloucestershire on March 12. Queen Camilla was there, wearing her fabulous antique pansy brooches. So was Princess Eugenie, who wore a long wine-colored coat and a matching oversized halo hat for the races. Here, she’s chatting with another royal cousin, Zara Tindall, and the presenter Natalie Pinkham.
Princess Eugenie attends day two of the Cheltenham Festival on March 12, 2025 (Andrew Matthews/PA Images/Alamy)
With the ensemble, Eugenie wore a really interesting pair of gem-set earrings. The earrings, which look to me like they might be vintage pieces, feature a green gemstone in the stud and a light blue gemstone drop. An emerald and an aquamarine, perhaps?
Princess Eugenie attends day two of the Cheltenham Festival on March 12, 2025 (Andrew Matthews/PA Images/Alamy)
We also got an excellent look at Princess Eugenie’s gorgeous engagement ring during her day at the races, as well as her Welsh gold wedding band, which she received during her wedding ceremony at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor in 2018.
Princess Eugenie attends day two of the Cheltenham Festival on March 12, 2025 (Andrew Matthews/PA Images/Alamy)
Eugenie’s ring features a floralesque diamond cluster surrounding a rare pink-orange padparadscha sapphire. At the time of the couple’s engagement, Eugenie’s husband, Jack Brooksbank, told the BBC: “I found a ring in a jeweller, and then proposed to Eugenie without it. We came back and designed the ring with diamonds around it.”
Jack Brooksbank and Princess Eugenie’s official engagement portraits, January 2018 (Jonathan Brady/PA Images/Alamy)
Jack and Eugenie officially announced their royal engagement at Buckingham Palace in January 2018. They posed for portraits in the Picture Gallery, showing off the new ring during the announcement press call. The couple had actually been engaged privately for a few weeks. Jack had proposed during a private holiday in Nicaragua. Though they’d been together for seven years at that point, Eugenie described the proposal as a “complete surprise.”
Princess Eugenie’s engagement ring, January 2018 (Jonathan Brady/PA Images/Alamy)
For Jack, the unique qualities of the padparadscha sapphire echoed the unique qualities of his bride-to-be. “What’s amazing about it is that it changes colour from every different angle that you look at it, which is what I think of Eugenie,” he explained. “She changes colour and is just so amazing.”
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