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Royal baby on the way: Princess Eugenie, husband Jack Brooksbank expecting first child in 2021

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Britain's Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank leave St George's Chapel after their wedding at Windsor Castle, near London, England, Friday Oct. 12, 2018. (Toby Melville, Pool via AP)
Camera IconBritain's Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank leave St George's Chapel after their wedding at Windsor Castle, near London, England, Friday Oct. 12, 2018. (Toby Melville, Pool via AP) Credit: AP

Princess Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank have revealed they are expecting their first child early next year.

The couple made the announcement in a tweet posted on the Royal Family’s official Twitter account this afternoon.

“Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank are very pleased to announce that they are expecting a baby in early 2021,” the tweet said.

“The 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.”

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The princess also took to social media with her own announcement.

“Jack and I are so excited for early 2021,” she shared on Instagram, together with a pair of bear booties.

Princess Eugenie — the younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York — revealed her engagement to Brooksbank in January 2018 after the couple had dated for seven years following an introduction by friends on a ski trip in Switzerland.

They were married at Windsor Castle’s St George’s Chapel in October 2018 and now live together in Ivy Cottage at Kensington Palace.

Princess Eugenie is tenth in the line of succession to the British throne after her elder sister Princess Beatrice.

The child will be the first biological grandchild for Duke and Duchess of York.

Princess Beatrice already has a stepson from her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi’s previous relationship.

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