Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank settled on a name for their newborn son: August Philip Hawke Brooksbank.
“Thank you for so many wonderful messages. Our hearts are full of love for this little man, words cannot express “, Eugenie subtitled photos of her family that she shared on Saturday morning on Instagram.
In the pictures, August squeezes his mother’s finger while he was held by his father:
The photos were taken by “our wonderful midwife” during a home visit, the princess said. She also thanked “the wonderful wonderful workers, including our midwife who came to fire our boy.”
Buckingham Palace said the couple was “delighted to share this first family photo”. Eugenie’s mother, Sarah Ferguson, posted on Twitter that she and her ex-husband Prince Andrew, “Like grandparents”, were “blessed on arrival”.
“He is a beautiful blessing and brings such love and joy to our entire family,” she wrote on Twitter. “I’m so proud of Jack and Eugenie, they are and will be wonderful parents.”
August’s middle name, Philip, is in honor of his 99-year-old great-grandfather, Prince Philip. The Duke of Edinburgh was hospitalized on Tuesday as a precaution after feeling unwell.
“He is named after his great-grandfather and both great-grandparents of his x5,” the king wrote in an Instagram story:
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Princess Eugenie gave birth to her son on February 9 at Portland Hospital in London, with her husband. The little one weighed 8 lbs., 1 oz.
An announcement at Buckingham Palace said at the time that “the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of York, Sarah, the Duchess of York and Mr and Mrs George Brooksbank have been informed and are delighted with the news”.
Eugenie made her own announcement the day her son was born and posted a photo with her and Brooksbank holding the newborn’s hand on her Instagram account.
The royal subtitled the post with three blue heart emojis and a few exclamation points for the added measure:
The newest addition to the British royal family marks the ninth great-grandson for Queen Elizabeth.