Buckingham Palace announced on Monday thatKing Charles' niecewelcomed her second sonwith her husband,Jack Brooksbank, on May 30. However, the newborn has yet not been added to theline of successionon the royal family’s website.
The delay is typical and follows recent precedent. It took courtiers nearly five weeks to addPrincess Beatrice’s daughter,Sienna Mapelli Mozzi, to the pecking order when she was born in September 2021, and nearly two months to list Princess Eugenie’s firstborn son,August, after his birth in February 2021.
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According toGert’s Royals, it can even take years for royal names to be slotted into place. The blog states thatZara Tindall’s daughters Mia and Lena were not added until they were 7 and 2, respectively.
Ernest Brooksbank.Princess Eugenie/instagram
Princess Eugenie/instagram
In March, Buckingham Palace quickly updated the line of succession on the Royal.UK website to reflect Prince Archie Harrison andPrincess Lilibet Diana’s titles theday afterPrince HarryandMeghan Marklefirst used the styling toexclusively confirmnews of Lili’s christening to PEOPLE.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s children were previously listed as “Master Archie Mountbatten-Windsor” and “Miss Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor,” as they did not receive prince and princess titles at birth as the great-grandchildren of the monarch,Queen Elizabeth. Their first cousins —Prince WilliamandKate Middleton’s three childrenPrince George,Princess CharlotteandPrince Louis— were born with their titles, however, as the children of the eldest son of the then-Prince of Wales,King Charles.
Ernest’s birth put him at 13th in line to the throne just behind his big brother.
Though the Royal.UK site has yet to be updated, Ernest’s birth bumps Princess Eugenie’s unclePrince Edwarddown a place, and Edward’s teenage children —James, Earl of WessexandLady Louise Windsor— subsequently move down a slot.
Ernest, who is the third grandchild forPrince AndrewandSarah Ferguson, is also the first ofQueen Elizabeth’s great-grandchildren to be born following her death in September.
August Brooksbank, Ernest Brooksbank.Princess Eugenie/instagram
Buckingham Palace shared the happy news in a statement on Monday. “Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank are delighted to announce the safe arrival of their son, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank. Ernest was born on Tuesday, 30th May, and weighed 7lbs 1oz,” the statement said.
“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,” the princess wrote. “He is named after his great great great Grandfather George, his Grandpa George and my Grandpa Ronald. Augie is loving being a big brother already.”
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Princess Eugenie, Jack Brooksbank.Samir Hussein/WireImage
Ernest’s middle names honorQueen Elizabeth’s grandfather King George V, Jack’s fatherGeorgeand Eugenie’s maternal grandfather Ronald.
Princess Eugenie and Jack, 37, got married in October 2018 after seven years of dating. Their first son August was born in February 2021, and the family of three became four with Ernest.
source: people.com
