{"id":942847,"date":"2026-05-07T02:21:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/942847\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T02:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:21:22","slug":"informed-key-detail-missing-from-princess-eugenies-pregnancy-announcement-as-royal-family-breaks-tradition-amid-andrew-epstein-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/942847\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Informed\u2019: Key detail missing from Princess Eugenie\u2019s pregnancy announcement as Royal Family breaks tradition amid Andrew Epstein scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Royal Family broke tradition by leaving out a major detail in Princess Eugenie’s pregnancy announcement, amid the ongoing fallout from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Buckingham Palace announced<\/a> Eugenie, 36, is expecting her third child with her husband, Jack Brooksbank.<\/p>\n

The couple are already parents to sons August, five, and Ernest, two.<\/p>\n

\"Princesses<\/p>\n

However, unlike Eugenie’s previous pregnancy announcements, the Palace did not mention the couple’s families.<\/p>\n

“Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank are very pleased to announce that they are expecting their third child together, due this summer,” the statement began.<\/p>\n

“August (aged 5) and Ernest (aged 2) are also very excited to have another sibling join the family.<\/p>\n

“His Majesty The King has been informed and is delighted with the news.”<\/p>\n

The statement accompanied a photograph of August and Ernest holding a picture of a baby scan.<\/p>\n

Past pregnancy announcements have always acknowledged Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, as well as Brooksbank’s parents, by mentioning that the wider family is “delighted”.<\/p>\n

In September 2020, the Palace said about her first pregnancy: \u201cHer Royal Highness Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank are very pleased to announce that they are expecting a baby in early 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York, Mr and Mrs George Brooksbank, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh are delighted with the news.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similarly, for Eugenie’s second pregnancy announcement in January 2023, a spokesperson said: “Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank are pleased to announce they are expecting their second child this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe family are delighted and August is very much looking forward to being a big brother.\u201d<\/p>\n

The omission was likely intentional following Andrew and Fergie’s dramatic fall from grace.<\/p>\n

The disgraced ex-prince and his ex-wife, both 66, were stripped of their royal titles and kicked out of Royal Lodge last year due to revelations about their dealings with Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n

On February 19, Andrew’s birthday, he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office<\/a> after being accused of sharing confidential information with Epstein during his time as a UK trade envoy.<\/p>\n

He remains under investigation, but has always denied the allegations against him.<\/p>\n

Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, who were also mentioned in the Epstein files<\/a>, have not been accused of wrongdoing and have retained their royal titles.<\/p>\n

\"\u2018Sensible\u2019:<\/p>\n

Princess Eugenie’s new arrival will not have a royal title or HRH status, but will be 15th in line to the throne.<\/p>\n

Despite losing his royal titles, Andrew remains eighth in the line of succession<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Royal Family broke tradition by leaving out a major detail in Princess Eugenie’s pregnancy announcement, amid the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[173775,22811,2205,13084,5105,7710,519,448,7717],"class_list":{"0":"post-942847","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","9":"tag-jack-brooksbank","10":"tag-prince-andrew","11":"tag-princess-eugenie","12":"tag-royal","13":"tag-royal-families","14":"tag-royal-family","15":"tag-royals","16":"tag-sarah-ferguson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116530910814992036","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942847","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=942847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}