Princess Eugenie Reveals What She and Son Augie Do ‘Every Morning’
Reading with her son, Augie, happens daily for Princess Eugenie. “Every morning” the British royal sits down with her 3-year-old son at breakfast only to find herself reading a book with him. Ahead, the book Augie “loves” to read. Plus, what hobby both of Eugenie’s children “love.”
Eugenie reads a book with Augie ‘every morning’ at breakfast
The first meal of the day involves reading one particular book for Eugenie and her oldest son, Augie: The World’s Wildest Waters by Catherine Barr. While visiting Christie’s auction house in London, England, to see Blue: Art for the Ocean, an exhibition she helped get pieces for as Hauser & Wirth’s art gallery director, the Princess of York revealed Augie loves reading Barr’s book at breakfast.
“We’ve got a book called The World’s Wildest Waters, which is backed by Blue Marine Foundation,” Eugenie told Hello! magazine. “I see it every morning when Augie’s eating breakfast. And he’s like, ‘Mama!’ and then we go through it.”
Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, welcomed Augie—full name August Philip Hawke Brooksbank—in February 2021. His younger brother, Ernest, joined the family in May 2023.
“The children have to find the creatures in the pictures,” Eugenie went on. “And the next page is all the facts about the cuttlefish or the Great White shark or the seal. And Augie loves it.”
Eugenie also shared her sons Augie and Ernest ‘love’ to swim
Reading the book on marine life isn’t the only thing Eugenie shared about her kids. She also revealed that Ernest and Augie are big fans of the water. “They love swimming,” she said, noting “the sea in Portugal’s a little bit rougher.”
“So we’ve got our feet in, but Augie is a fish,” she added. “He literally loves it.” Her oldest love of all things aquatic extends to decor. “We have whales and dolphins all across the walls,” Eugenie said.
Eugenie and her kids may soon find themselves in calmer U.K. waters more often as the 34-year-old British royal reportedly wants to spend more time in England, establishing a more permanent home base where the boys can grow up.
Eugenie’s sister Princess Beatrice has a baby on the way
The York family is growing. Eugenie’s sister, Princess Beatrice, 36, is pregnant with her and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi’s second child. The couple announced the exciting news in a Buckingham Palace Instagram post on Oct. 1, 2024.
It read: “Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are very pleased to announce that they are expecting their second child together early in the new year.” Together they share a daughter, 3-year-old Sienna. Beatrice is also stepmother to Mozzi’s son, Wolfie, 8, from a previous marriage.
Buckingham Palace also noted Beatrice’s uncle, King Charles III, in addition to her parents, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, were “delighted with the news.” The post also included two photos—one of Beatrice and Mozzi beaming at the camera, and another of him holding hands with Sienna and Wolfie.
