{"id":935123,"date":"2026-05-03T14:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/935123\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T14:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:14:23","slug":"princess-eugenie-to-mark-major-family-celebration-after-return-to-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/935123\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Eugenie to mark major family celebration after return to spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Princess Eugenie is set to mark her husband’s birthday today with low-key celebrations after she made a tentative return to public life last week.<\/p>\n

Jack Brooksbank, Eugenie’s husband of eight years, turns 40 today, with celebrations expected to be a quiet and subdued affair.<\/p>\n

The couple are expected to mark the occasion subtly at Ivy Cottage, their three-bedroom residence nestled within the grounds of Kensington Palace.<\/p>\n

An early celebration took place on Thursday evening, when Eugenie and Jack enjoyed dinner at Dorian, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Notting Hill.<\/p>\n

Eugenie has emerged from the wilderness in recent days, attending a glamorous wedding in Sicily after spending months away from the social scene.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old royal was spotted at the Cathedral of Monreale on 24 April for the marriage of hotelier Charles Forte to handbag designer Georgie Wright.<\/p>\n

Celebrations continued at the luxurious Villa Igiea in Palermo, where more than 350 guests gathered for the occasion.<\/p>\n

Though Eugenie refrained from posting on social media herself, she appeared in photographs shared by socialite Jazzy de Lisser, looking relaxed while mingling with fellow attendees.<\/p>\n

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Princess Eugenie is set to mark her husband’s birthday today with low-key celebrations after she made a tentative return to public life last week<\/p>\n

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Her appearance suggests a willingness to re-engage with public life following the turmoil surrounding her parents, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, in the wake of the Epstein files release.<\/p>\n

The princess had earlier visited the exclusive Soho Mews House in Mayfair with her sister, Princess Beatrice.<\/p>\n

Jack, meanwhile, has remained notably silent on social media in recent months, mirroring his wife’s deliberate withdrawal from public platforms as the family navigates the ongoing fallout from her parents’ scandals.<\/p>\n

The low-key celebrations of today represent a stark transformation from his younger years, when he earned the nickname “barman Jack” as he frequented Mayfair’s most fashionable establishments.<\/p>\n

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Jack Brooksbank, Eugenie’s husband of eight years, turns 40 today, with celebrations expected to be a quiet and subdued affair<\/p>\n

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Before meeting Eugenie, reports suggested he celebrated his 21st birthday dancing with a naked stripper.<\/p>\n

His career began in Chelsea’s hospitality scene, working at the Admiral Codrington gastropub before moving to the Markham Inn, where he befriended Prince Harry and Guy Pelly.<\/p>\n

He subsequently helped manage Mahiki, the exclusive Mayfair nightclub beloved by young royals.<\/p>\n

In 2018, he became European Brand Director for Casamigos tequila, the brand part-owned by George Clooney.<\/p>\n

Yet even then, Jack insisted: “I leave work at 11pm and head home. I’m not a big drinker. People think we party a lot but actually we are very quiet.”<\/p>\n

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams observed that Jack “was once the archetypal party person, not only did he enjoy social life and partying, but he made it his job”.<\/p>\n

However, he told the Daily Mail: “His 40th birthday is on May 3, but this is not a time which will be easy for him to celebrate.”<\/p>\n

The expert highlighted how the scandal engulfing Eugenie’s parents has “undoubtedly cast a pall over all their lives”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Eugenie is set to mark her husband’s birthday today with low-key celebrations after she made a tentative…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":935124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,12,13084,5105,512,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-935123","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-princess-eugenie","12":"tag-royal","13":"tag-sgg","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116511065229634329","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/935124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}