Princess Eugenie names third child Adelaide Elizabeth Annina in tribute to late Queen
Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank have announced the name of their third child, born two weeks ago, with a heartwarming nod to the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Eugenie revealed on Instagram that Adelaide Elizabeth Annina Brooksbank will be the name of the newborn baby.
"Named after three people we love and admire past and present, including her Great-Grandmother who we hold close in our hearts. Her name is part of English and Portuguese history, two places we love and call home," the post reads.
"Augie and Ernie are already the best big brothers."
The name Adelaide is said to be partly inspired by Queen Adelaide, who married King William IV, as well as Maria Adelaide of Portugal.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth is a tribute to Eugenie’s late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
The inspiration behind Annina has not been revealed.
Eugenie’s Instagram post included heartwarming photos of baby Adelaide’s two older brothers, August, five and Ernest, three, gathering around her with an adorable teddy.
Another photo captures the hands of Adelaide, Ernie and Princess Eugenie, holding each other.
Baby Adelaide was born on Monday, August 3, in Lisbon, Portugal, making the newborn just the third member of the British Royal Family to arrive on foreign soil in over a hundred years.
The infant, weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces, was delivered at 6.20pm local time.
Eugenie and Jack’s ties to Portugal remain close, with the pair maintaining a home there. Adelaide may be eligible for Portuguese citizenship in five years.
Eugenie first revealed the pregnancy in May, posting an Instagram photograph of her sons, August in a grey long-sleeved top and Ernest sporting a Chelsea kit, proudly displaying a baby scan image.
For Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, the former Duke and Duchess of York, the arrival marks their fifth grandchild.
Their most recent grandchild before this was Athena Mapelli Mozzi, daughter of Princess Beatrice, who was born in January last year.
Jack and Eugenie’s daughter joined a very small group of royals born outside Britain in recent memory.
Her second cousin Princess Lilibet of Sussex arrived at a hospital in Santa Barbara, California, in June 2021, following the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s departure from senior royal duties the previous year.
Maud Windsor, born in Los Angeles in 2013 to Lord Frederick Windsor and Sophie Winkleman, represents another rare overseas arrival.
She was the first grandchild of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and holds 56th place in the succession.
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