Princess Eugenie announces name of baby daughter
Princess Eugenie has announced the birth of her third child, a daughter named Adelaide Elizabeth Annina Brooksbank. The baby was born in Portugal and is 15th in line to the British throne.
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The birth updates the line of succession for the British Royal Family and highlights the personal lives of non-working royals.
Image source, PA Media By Noor Nanji Royal correspondent Published 18 minutes ago Princess Eugenie has named her baby daughter Adelaide Elizabeth Annina Brooksbank.
Announcing the news on Instagram, she said it was chosen in tribute to "three people we love and admire past and present", including Queen Elizabeth II, and reflected English and Portuguese history - "two places we love and call home".
Adelaide was born earlier this month at a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, weighing 6lb 9oz.
She is Eugenie's third child with her husband, Jack Brooksbank, after their sons August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, born in 2021, and Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, born in 2023.
Sharing new photographs of Adelaide, including one of her sons holding their baby sister, Eugenie, 36, wrote: "Two weeks ago today we welcomed our girl to the world. And since then we've had the most special, cosy and love-filled time.
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