Princess Eugenie’s husband Jack Brooksbank has made social climbing an art by clawing his way up from bar manager to royal groom and renowned Hollywood schmoozer.
Jack looked like the cat that got the cream in a royal carriage after he married Princess Eugenie (Image: Getty)
Since they tied-the-knot in 2018, Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank have become regulars on the royal social scene, attending events with the rest of the Royal Family.
The couple married in a ceremony at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle on October 14, 2018, and since then Jack hasn’t looked back.
Let’s take a closer look at Princess Eugenie’s husband Jack Brooksbank.
August and Ernest
The couple welcomed their first son, August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, on February 9, 2021.
According to a statement shared at the time, the baby was born at the Portland Hospital, and Jack was present for the birth.
In January 2023, Princess Eugenie and Jack announced that they were expecting a second child, and in June of the same year, they debuted their new son, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank.
Making his way up
Jack went to the private Stowe school in Buckinghamshire, England. Despite a glittering start, he decided to skip university and dove straight into a career in hospitality.
It was love at first sight for Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank (Image: Getty)
At one point, Jack managed the popular London nightclub Mahiki before he went on to better things.
In May 2022, it was reported that Eugenie and Jack would be splitting their time between the UK and Portugal as part of Jack’s new job with the Discovery Land Company, a development corporation owned by Mike Meldman.
Meldman was previously a partner in the George Clooney-founded Casamigos tequila brand, for which Jack had served as brand ambassador.
Despite forming a close friendship with Clooney, the actor was notably absent from the Brooksbank wedding due to it being open only to close friends and family. However, reports suggested that Jack and Eugenie served Casamigos at the wedding.
Clooney and his wife Amal made an appearance at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding in the same year which Jack was said to have helped arrange.
How they met
Eugenie and Jack had been dating for seven years before they got engaged.
The couple met while skiing in Switzerland near to Eugenie’s father’s controversial £19 million chalet that he reportedly sold to help pay for damages to Virginia Roberts.
Jack Brooksbank once had a very close friendship with Prince Harry (Image: Getty)
“We met when I was 20 and Jack was 24, and fell in love,” Eugenie said of her husband in an interview with the BBC. “We have the same passions and drive for life. It’s so nice that we get to share this moment with everyone, and you get to meet Jack.”
The wedding
The couple married in a touching ceremony at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle on October 14, 2018.
Ahead of Eugenie and Jack’s big day, he told Daily Mail columnist Sebastian Shakespeare: “I’ll need to take a few minutes for myself before the speeches, because I’m terrified. It’s very exciting, but I’m a little bit nervous.”
Jack’s background
Jack’s parents are Nicola and George, an accountant and a company director.
He has one brother named Thomas and his family also has aristocratic connections.
Jack is descended from the Brooksbank baronets. In fact, Jack and Eugenie are distant cousins, much like Eugenie’s grandmother Queen Elizabeth and her late husband, Prince Philip.
