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Princess Eugenie
HRH Princess Eugenie of York
Full name
Eugenie Victoria Helena[1]
Royal house	House of Windsor
Father	Andrew, Duke of York
Mother	Sarah, Duchess of York
Born	23 March 1990 (1990-03-23) (age 17) Portland Hospital, London
Baptised	23 December 1990 Sandringham House, Norfolk
Occupation	Student, Marlborough College

Princess Eugenie of York (Eugenie Victoria Helena; born 23 March 1990) is a member of the British Royal Family and a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II. Princess Eugenie is sixth in the Line of succession to the British Throne and has been since her birth in 1990.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Education 3 Health 4 Home life 5 Public Appearances 6 Titles, styles, honours and arms 6.1 Titles and styles 7 Ancestry 8 In the News 9 Notes 10 References 11 External links

Princess Eugenie was born on 23 March 1990 at the Portland Hospital in London. Her father is Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the third child and the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Her mother is Sarah, Duchess of York, (née Sarah Ferguson), the daughter of the late Major Ronald Ferguson and the late Susan Barrantes. She was named after HM Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She has one older sister, Princess Beatrice, who was born in 1988.

She was christened on 23 December 1990, at the church of St. Mary Magdalene, Sandringham, the first royal baby to have a public christening. She was christened by the Bishop of Norwich. Her godparents were: James Ogilvy, Captain Alastair Ross; Mrs. Ronald (Sue) Ferguson (her step-grandmother); Mrs. Julia Dodd-Noble; and Miss Louise Blacker.

As a granddaughter of the British monarch in the male line, Eugenie was born a Princess of the United Kingdom with the style Her Royal Highness, and is therefore styled Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York.

Nursery School / Pre-Preparatory Years: Winkfield Montessori, Surrey. 1992-1993. Upton House School, Windsor. 1993-1995.

Preparatory School Years: Coworth Park School, Surrey. 1995-2001. Day-girl. St George's School, Windsor Castle. 2001-2003. Day-girl.

Secondary School Years: Marlborough College, Wiltshire. 2003-(still attending). Boarder.

In October 2002 Princess Eugenie, then aged twelve, underwent back surgery at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London to correct scoliosis. She since has made a full recovery and is not expected to undergo any further surgery for that condition. The Queen, who was on an overseas tour at the time of the operation, is said to have been kept very informed on her granddaughter's operation and recovery process.

Princess Eugenie's parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, separated in 1992 when the girls were still very young. Their divorce was finalized in 1996 but it was agreed they would share custody of the children. The divorce was always amicable as the Duke and Duchess remain close friends and are "co-parents." Due to her age Eugenie does not carry out official royal duties but sometimes makes appearances with the Royal Family at events. When not at boarding school her time is spent with her family at Royal Lodge in Windsor or elsewhere.

Princess Eugenie and her sister Princess Beatrice were guests at the Concert for Diana organised by their cousins Prince William and Prince Harry of Wales, in memory of their late mother Diana, Princess of Wales.

Her Royal Highness has attended many public/state functions, such as Trooping The Color and The Queen's 80th Birthday. It has been suggested^{[citation needed]} that, along with her elder sister Beatrice, Eugenie is helping to add a new sense of style to the British Royal Family.

• 23 March 1990 –: Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York

In March 2007 The Mail on Sunday reported^[2] that the princess, then just turned 17, had a MySpace page.^[3] The story was picked up in Australia by The Daily Telegraph.^[4] The majority of comments left on The Mail on Sunday story identified the page as a hoax.

She and her sister Beatrice are the only male-line granddaughters of the Queen to hold the title of Princess and the style Royal Highness. Her younger cousin, The Lady Louise Windsor, has been styled as the daughter of an earl, also by request of her parents, although Lady Louise remains Her Royal Highness Princess Louise of Wessex in the absence of letters patent and could, therefore, choose to adopt her royal title once she comes of age, should she wish to. Princess Eugenie's elder cousin, Zara Phillips, as a female-line granddaughter of the Queen, does not hold the title of Princess and the style of Royal Highness. Further, Phillips does not hold a courtesy title because her father, Captain Mark Phillips, declined the Queen's offer of an earldom upon his marriage to the then-Princess Anne (now The Princess Royal).

Eugenie is not at ease with the press like her sister and mother; however, she is described as being "great fun" and "wonderful company" away from the public lens.^{[citation needed]}

Though Eugenie's mother has a strained relationship with many senior members of the royal family, Eugenie and her sister Beatrice are very much a part of the royal fold and the Queen keeps in regular contact with them.

She is the first Princess since before the birth of her grandmother to bear the name Victoria. Queen Victoria had requested that her female descendents bear the name Victoria somewhere in their name; however, the last Princess before Eugenie to bear it was her grandmother's aunt, Princess Mary, whose first name was actually Victoria. Neither Queen Elizabeth, the late Princess Margaret, Princess Alexandra, Princess Anne, nor Princess Beatrice hold the name Victoria.

1. ^ As a titled royal, Eugenie holds no surname, but, when one is used, it is Mountbatten-Windsor (or her father's territorial designation, York)
2. ^ The Mail on Sunday, 25/03/2007
3. ^ Princess Eugenie's alleged MySpace page
4. ^ The Daily Telegraph, 26/03/2007

• Illustrated biography of Princess Eugenie

Princess Eugenie of York House of Windsor Cadet branch of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Born: 23 March 1990
British royalty
Preceded by Princess Beatrice of York	Line of succession to the British Throne 6th position	Succeeded by The Earl of Wessex
Order of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Princess Beatrice of York	Ladies	Succeeded by Lady Louise Windsor
Order of precedence
Preceded by Princess Beatrice of York	Canadian order of precedence	Succeeded by Lady Louise Windsor

v • d • e UK Order of Precedence (Ladies)*

HM The Queen • HRH The Duchess of Cornwall and Rothesay • HRH The Countess of Wessex • HRH The Princess Royal • HRH Princess Beatrice of York • HRH Princess Eugenie of York • Lady Louise Windsor • HRH The Duchess of Gloucester • HRH The Duchess of Kent • HRH Princess Michael of Kent • HRH Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy • The Rt Hon The Baroness Ashton of Upholland PC • The Rt Hon The Baroness Hayman PC • The Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP *not including short-term appointments and visiting dignitaries

Persondata
NAME	York, Eugenie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mountbatten-Windsor, Eugenie Victoria Helena
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Second daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York
DATE OF BIRTH	23 March 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH	London, United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH