Princess Eugenie Just Shared a Candid Family Photo Featuring Both of Her Sons — Why It's a Royal First

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The granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth celebrated her fifth wedding anniversary with Jack Brooksbank with a new look at how their lives have changed since their 2018 nuptials

<p>Princess Eugenie/Instagram</p> Jack Brooksbank, Princess Eugenie and Ernest Brooksbank in first family photo

Princess Eugenie's life has changed since her 2018 wedding day, and she celebrated her fifth anniversary with Jack Brooksbank by giving a look at how their family has grown.

On Thursday, the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth shared a video montage of her wedding day on her personal Instagram page. The post showed never-before-seen clips from the nuptials at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, from getting ready for her walk down the aisle to taking photos inside the royal residence.

The montage ended with a special surprise: a never-before-seen family photo of Princess Eugenie and Jack featuring their two sons, 2-year-old August and 4-month-old Ernest. While Eugenie shared a photo of her children together to announce Ernest's arrival earlier this year, the new portrait marked the first time the family has posed together as a foursome.

In contrast to the glamorous wedding images, the family photo is a candid snap taken on a beach. Eugenie and Jack both sport sunglasses, while baby Ernest is wrapped in a towel and wears a hat while in his mother's arms.

<p>Princess Eugenie/Instagram</p> Jack Brooksbank and Princess Eugenie with sons August and Ernest in a family photo taken in 2023

Princess Eugenie/Instagram

Jack Brooksbank and Princess Eugenie with sons August and Ernest in a family photo taken in 2023

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Ernest was born on May 30, but Princess Eugenie waited until June 5 to announce his arrival and name as well as the first images of the new addition to the royal family. She wrote on Instagram, "Jack and I wanted to share the news that we had our little boy, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank on 30th May 2023 at 8.49 weighing 7.1lbs. He is named after his great great great Grandfather George, his Grandpa George and my Grandpa Ronald."

The royal added, "Augie is loving being a big brother already."

While the first photo showed the sleeping newborn snuggled up in a blue knit hat, a second shot featured August gently touching his baby brother’s head.

The newborn arrived as 13th in the line of succession to the British throne, immediately following August. Ernest is also the first of Queen Elizabeth's great-grandchildren to be born following her death in September 2022 and the third grandchild of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.

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Fergie, as Princess Eugenie's mom is popularly known, shared on her podcast that Ernest has a sweet nickname.

“So my grandchildren had the most incredible weekend. I was very lucky, I had everybody in. I had Edo and Beatrice and Jack and Eugenie and August and new Ernest. Well, Ernie,” she told her co-host, Sarah Thomson.

“Is it Ernie?” Thomson asked.

“Yeah, it's Ernie,” Fergie confirmed.

Sarah previously said on the podcast that she was "touched" Eugenie and Jack named their son after her own father. She said, "When Jack and Eugenie told me, it was so moving that they put my dad in there. It was very kind, I thought, made me cry, of course."

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In addition to becoming parents of two, Princess Eugenie and Jack have had another big life change recently. It was announced last year Jack landed a new job that will have the family splitting their time between the U.K. and Portugal.

And they may have welcomed some visitors recently. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry (Eugenie's first cousin) stopped in Portugal for a vacation after attending the Invictus Games in Germany last month before returning home to California. Despite the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's move to the United States in 2020 after announcing their decision to step back as senior working members of the royal family, the Duke of Sussex remains close to cousins Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.

A family insider told PEOPLE earlier this year, "They're still the best of friends and talk constantly."

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