Ten fast facts about Princess Eugenie

Princess Eugenie is set to marry her boyfriend Jack Brooksbank later this year. News of her engagement was overshadowed by her cousin Prince Harry’s - and the imminent arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's third child, Louis - but the attention of Royal watchers can now turn to the grandchild of the Queen.

Here are ten fast facts about Princess Eugenie.

She is the Queen's third-youngest grandchild

Eugenie, 27, born Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena of York, is the youngest daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York - the Queen's second-youngest child - and his former wife, Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. She is the younger sister of Princess Beatrice. She has two younger cousins and four older cousins, including Princes Harry and William.

Her christening was unique

Eugenie’s christening was held in Sandringham on 23 December 1990, and to date she is the only member of the royal family whose christening was made public.

Former royal butler Grant Harold told the Daily Express that the decision to bring Eugenie’s christening into the limelight might have been considered “a very modern way of doing things” at the time, and that it was a “personal choice” for the Duke and Duchess of Yorkshire.

She once revealed how amicable her parents’ divorce was

The London Evening Standard writes that although the Duke and Duchess of York split up when Eugenie was just six years old, they have “famously remained friends”, prompting Eugenie to at one point describe her parents as “the best divorced couple I know”.

She went to the same school as Kate Middleton

Eugenie intitially attended Upton House School in Windsor, before moving to Marlborough College, a private boarding school founded in the early 1800s.

Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, also attended the school, as did poets John Betjeman and Siegfried Sassoon, author Dick King-Smith and Samantha Cameron, the Standard adds.

She’s ninth in line for the throne

Princess Eugenie is ninth in line for the throne, having been bumped back following the birth of each of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s three children.

She campaigns for charities related to her own struggles

“When she was 12, Eugenie underwent back surgery to correct her scoliosis, and to this day has metal rods in her back after the procedure,” Town and Country Magazine says. “Ever since then, she has made it a goal to support others with similar conditions.”

She is a patron of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, the Elephant Family, the Teenage Cancer Trust, the Coronet Theater and the European School of Osteopathy.

She works in the art world

She graduated from Newcastle University in 2013 with degrees in art history and English literature before spending two years living in New York and working as a specialist at online auction house Paddle8, according to Harper’s Bazaar.

More recently she has worked in London as an associate director of Hauser & Wirth, a contemporary art gallery. “I’ve loved art since I was very little,” she told the magazine. “I knew I definitely wouldn’t be a painter, but I knew this was the industry for me. I love being able to share my passion for art with people.”

She does not carry out public duties

Unlike her cousins Princes William and Harry, Princess Eugenie does not carry out any public duties, and therefore does not receive an allowance from the Privy Purse, and her independent activities are not listed in the Court Circular, according to Royal Central.

She met her fiancee while skiing

Mutual friends introduced Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank during a ski trip in Verbier, Switzerland. He proposed in Nicaragua in early January, Town and Country Magazine reports.

They will be married in the autumn of 2018 at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, the same venue in which her cousin, Prince Harry, married Meghan Markle.

Eugenie can remain a princess

Eugenie can stay a Princess and retain her HRH title after her wedding when she marries Brooksbank, and will likely take the title HRH The Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank, the Daily Mail says.

“She could, however, choose to relinquish her royal style and title on marriage, but this is thought unlikely,” the newspaper adds.