Princess Eugenie's New Baby's Name Has a Special Meaning

Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, have welcomed their second child! The couple announced the birth of their new son today, with an adorable Instagram post introducing the newest member of the royal family. In addition to including the baby's first public picture, the post also revealed his name: Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, and the sweet family connection behind it.

"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," Eugenie wrote in the caption. "He is named after his great great great Grandfather George, his Grandpa George and my Grandpa Ronald."

Ernest's triple-great grandfather, of course, would be Britain's King George V (born George Frederick Ernest Albert), the grandfather of Eugenie's own much-beloved late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. It's a double sweet homage, as her husband Jack's father is also named George, making the name particularly fitting.

Ronnie is in reference to Eugenie's maternal grandfather, Ronald Ferguson, the father of Eugenie's mother, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. While there was some speculation that Eugenie's second child might take his name from a closer royal relative, like her father, Prince Andrew, given that her eldest son, August "Augie" Philip Hawke Brooksbank was already named after her royal grandfather, Prince Philip, as well as "both of his great x5 grandfathers," the couple obviously decided to pay tribute to other parts of their family in naming their new baby.

As for their first child, Eugenie's post also said that "Augie is loving being a big brother already."

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