Princess Eugeniemay not have joined her grandmotherQueen Elizabethon the Buckingham Palace balcony for Trooping the Colour, but she still watched the flypast with her family.
Although this was August’s first time attending the event, which was scaled down in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jackaccompanied his wife in 2019, joining the royal family on the palace balcony.
Princess Eugenie, August and Jack Brooksbank.Princess Eugenie/Instagram
Ahead of this year’s event,Queen Elizabethannounced thatonly working members of the royal familywould appear on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the flypast. Previously, extended family members, includingPrincess Eugenie, would gather on the balcony to watch the spectacle.
This year, many members of the royal family viewed the Horse Guards Parade from the Major General’s Office. Many of the Queen’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren — includingMeghan MarkleandPrince Harry, who traveled to the U.K. from their California home, as well as Eugenie’s older sister, Princess Beatrice — were spottedwatching the paradefrom the windows ahead of the flypast.
Jack Brooksbank and August Brooksbank.Princess Eugenie/Instagram
Princess Eugenie, 32, wore a blue dress with long sheer sleeves for the occasion, joining the Queen and several other family members insporting the color. St. Patrick’s blue is a nod to the original symbolic color of Ireland, which can also be representative of sovereignty.
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Karen Haller, behavioral color psychologist andThe Little Book of Colorauthor, previously spoke toMyLondonabout the royal family’s typical blue outfits, noting it shows that “they are coming together as a family, representing themselves as a cohesive unit.”
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Eugenie, the daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson,honored her “grannie"Queen Elizabeth ahead of thePlatinum Jubileecelebrations with an article forThe Spectatormagazine. She reflected on what the moanrch has meant to the U.K. and the world during her 70-year-old reign, as well as how her own life has changed since the Queen’s last Jubilee in 2012.
She continued, “I think about my son August and what I’d like for him, what kind of world I’d like him to grow up in. And I think of my grannie and what she has stood for, for so many people and for our family during these 70 years. I’d love Augie to have her patience, her calmness and her kindness, while always being able to laugh at himself and keep a twinkle in his eye.”
Queen Elizabeth and Princess Eugenie in 2019.Samir Hussein/WireImage
On Wednesday,Princess Eugenievisited the Victoria & Albert Museum to view the Queen’s Jubilee Emblem Display and meet with Edward Roberts, the winner of the emblem design competition.
Artists and illustrators between the ages of 13–25 from all four nations of the U.K. were invited to submit their designs, andRoberts was announced as the winnerlast summer.
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Edward Roberts and Princess Eugenie.Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty
In a statement about his win, the graphic design student said he “wanted to give a modern twist to the iconic elements of St. Edward’s Crown, and so I created a continuous line, which I felt was a fitting representation of The Queen’s reign.”
source: people.com
