Who is August Brooksbank, Princess Eugenie’s son?
PRINCESS EUGENIE welcomed her first son August back in 2021, just over two years after her wedding to husband Jack Brooksbank.
The member of the Royal Family has since gone on to welcome another boy, adding to the growing number of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip‘s great grandchildren.
Who is August Philip Hawke Brooksbank?
August Philip Hawke Brooksbank is the son of the Queen’s granddaughter Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank.
He was the first grandchild for Eugenie’s parents, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.
He was also the ninth great-grandchild for the Queen and Prince Philip.
August is a big brother to Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, who was born in June 2023.
He is also cousin to Princess Beatrice‘s daughter Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi.
When was August Brooksbank born?
Princess Eugenie gave birth to August in 2021.
The baby was born on Tuesday February 9 at 8.55am, weighing 8lbs 1oz.
News of August’s birth was confirmed by Buckingham Palace.
He was born at The Portland Hospital in London, the hospital where Eugenie herself was born in 1990.
It was also the same place where, in May 2019, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry‘s son Archie was born.
Following his birth, Eugenie shared a series of pictures of her with her son and husband on Instagram.
She wrote alongside the snaps: “We wanted to introduce you to August Philip Hawke Brooksbank.
“Thank you for so many wonderful messages. Our hearts are full of love for this little human, words can’t express.”
The couple said the photos were taken by their “wonderful” midwife.
They added: “Thank you to the wonderful essential workers including our midwife who came to discharge our boy.”
Why did Princess Eugenie call her son August?
It is thought that August’s name is a nod to one of his royal ancestors.
Eugenie and Jack, who married in 2018, supposedly chose the name August in honour of Queen Victoria’s consort Prince Albert, whose middle name was Augustus.
August also means “great” in Latin.
It isn’t a traditional royal name in the UK but it is popular in the German hereditary royal line.
August’s middle name Hawke is thought to be a Brooksbank family name.
Philip, meanwhile, is in honour of Eugenie’s grandfather and August’s great-grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh.
Does August Brooksbank have a title?
No, August Brooksbank and his brother Ernest do not have royal titles.
According to Page Six, this is due to an old royal protocol that states that the great-grandchildren of the presiding monarch do not have the right to a royal title.
When August was born, his great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth was still on the throne.
The Queen’s grandchildren, like Eugenie and her sister Beatrice, have the right to a title under King George V’s 1917 letters patent.
Their own children, however, do not.