JACK Brooksbank is a London nightclub manager and party fixer who is engaged to Princess Eugenie - the younger daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York.
Here's Jack's story, how he met Princess Eugenie and what we know about their wedding so far...
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Who is Jack Brooksbank?
Eugenie began dating Jack, 31, six years ago after they met while skiing in the Swiss resort of Verbier.
The young lovers went to Queen’s Highland retreat in Balmoral over for Prince Harry's 32nd birthday where they are said to have been given the Queen's marriage blessing.
The Stowe-educated socialite is the manager of Mayfair hotspot Mahiki.
He previously worked at Chelsea's Admiral Codrington and the Markham Inn where he first met Prince Harry
He has dreams of starting his own pub business, once telling the Daily Mail: "I want to create a chain of pubs. It has been my dream since I was 18.
"I have fond memories of Sunday roasts in pubs with log fires, and it's something I want to recreate."
He even has the same name as Eugenie's pet dog.
Jack's parents are Nicola and George, his dad being a chartered accountant and company director.
Getty Images Loved-up couple attending the Animal Ball 2016
When did he and Princess Eugenie announce their engagement?
In a statement on January 22, 2018, Buckingham Palace announced the pair were engaged to be married in the autumn of 2018.
The couple got engaged while on holiday in Nicaragua earlier in January.
Buckingham Palace said: "The Duke and Duchess of York are delighted to announce the engagement of Princess Eugenie to Mr Jack Brooksbank.
"Her Royal Highness and Mr Brooksbank became engaged in Nicaragua earlier this month.
"The wedding will take place in the autumn of 2018 at St George's Chapel in Windsor, with further details to be announced in due course."
The venue is the same as the one that will be used for Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle.
Princess Eugenie attends Royal church service in Norfolk the day before announcing engagement to Jack Brooksbank
Monarchy Princess Eugenie to marry boyfriend Jack Brooksbank Buckingham Palace announces engagement and says wedding will take place in autumn Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace after they announced their engagement. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/AP
Princess Eugenie has become engaged to her boyfriend, Jack Brooksbank, Buckingham Palace has announced.
The wedding will take place in the autumn at St George’s Chapel at Windsor, the same venue where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are due to marry in May.
Buckingham Palace said: “The Duke and Duchess of York are delighted to announce the engagement of Princess Eugenie to Mr Jack Brooksbank. Her Royal Highness and Mr Brooksbank became engaged in Nicaragua earlier this month. The wedding will take place in the autumn of 2018 at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, with further details to be announced in due course.”
Eugenie, 27, began dating Brooksbank, a nightclub manager, about seven years ago after they met skiing in the Swiss resort of Verbier.
Theresa May congratulated the “happy couple” in a tweet.
Theresa May (@theresa_may) My very best wishes to Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank on their engagement - congratulations to the happy couple. https://t.co/VfTnM4QJvy
Brooksbank manages the Mayfair club Mahiki and has had ambitions to set up a chain of pubs since he was 18. Explaining the plan to the Daily Mail, he said: “I have fond memories of Sunday roasts in pubs with log fires, and it’s something I want to recreate.”
He is the son of an accountant and was educated at Stowe public school in Buckinghamshire. Other alumni include the entrepreneur Richard Branson, the television executive Michael Grade and the Guardian columnist George Monbiot.
Brooksbank shunned university and went straight from school into a career in hospitality, including stints as a waiter and wine merchant.
The Duke of York paid tribute to his future son-in-law. “Jack is an absolutely outstanding young man and Eugenie and he have got to know each other over a number of years, and I’m really thrilled for them,” Prince Andrew said during a visit to the King’s Lynn Innovation Centre.
He added: “I’m just completely overjoyed for them and wish them every happiness.”
Eugenie’s mother, Sarah Ferguson, tweeted her “total joy” at the engagement, and posted a photo of the couple on a boat.
Sarah Ferguson (@SarahTheDuchess) They float with laughter and love .. although a boat helps! #engagement #eugieandjack @TheDukeOfYork @yorkiebea pic.twitter.com/Q7ezWecUsa
On Sunday it was reported that Ferguson had demanded about £45m in damages from Rupert Murdoch. She claims that the now defunct News of the World wrecked a series of business opportunities for her when its former reporter Mazher Mahmood caught her in a sting.
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Buckingham Palace announced the exciting news that Princess Eugenie will tie the knot with her long-term boyfriend, Jack Brooksbank, on Monday. The statement read: "The Duke and Duchess of York are delighted to announce the engagement of Princess Eugenie to Mr. Jack Brooksbank. Her Royal Highness and Mr. Brooksbank became engagement in Nicaragua earlier this month. The wedding will take place in the Autumn of 2018 at St George's Chapel in Windsor." Find out everything you need to know about Jack before he becomes an official member of the royal family…
How did they meet?
The pair first met while skiing at the royal hotspot Verbier in Switzerland back in 2010, and were introduced by mutual friends. They returned to the resort for a ski holiday with his future father-in-law, Prince Andrew, in January 2015.
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The pair announced their engagement on Monday
What does he do?
Jack is a Brand Ambassador of Casamigos tequila, which was founded by George Clooney, and worked in bars and pubs, including the celebrity hotspot Mahiki, for several years. Speaking about his career in hospitality, he once told the Daily Mail: "I want to create a chain of pubs. It has been my dream since I was 18. I have fond memories of Sunday roasts in pubs with log fires, and it's something I want to recreate."
The pair met while skiing in Verbier
Who are his family?
Jack's parents are Nicola and George, who work as a company director and a chartered accountant respectively. He is also a descendant of the Brooksbank baronets, and he and Eugenie are actually blood relatives (albeit very, very distant). The Duchess of York is the great great granddaughter of Lady Julia Coke, who is the daughter of Jack's great great grandfather, Thomas Coke.
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Jack is a brand ambassador
His relationship with the royal family
Jack has been seen attending high-profile events, including Royal Ascot, with Princess Eugenie since 2011. The club manager also reportedly gets on very well with the Duke and Duchess of York, with one insider saying that the pair are "very fond" of the "lovely chap". Jack and Eugenie visited the Queen in Balmoral together for Prince Harry's 32nd birthday in 2016, sparking rumours that they had asked Her Majesty for her marriage blessing.
Image copyright PA Image caption Engagement photos of the couple, taken in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace, have been released
Princess Eugenie is to marry her long-term boyfriend Jack Brooksbank, Buckingham Palace has announced.
The Duke and Duchess of York said their younger daughter and Mr Brooksbank became engaged while in Nicaragua earlier this month.
The wedding will take place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in the autumn.
The princess met the former manager of Mayfair club Mahiki while skiing. They have dated for several years.
It will be the second royal wedding at the chapel this year - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry there in May.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said Princess Eugenie's grandparents, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, were "very pleased and wish the couple all the best".
Engagement pictures of the couple, taken in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace, have been released following the announcement.
Princess Eugenie is wearing a dress by Erdem, shoes by Jimmy Choo and a ring containing a padparadscha sapphire surrounded by diamonds.
Image copyright PA Image caption The princess met the former manager of Mayfair club Mahiki while skiing
Image copyright PA Image caption Princess Eugenie's engagement ring contains a padparadscha sapphire surrounded by diamonds
The 27-year-old is the second daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, and is eighth in line to the throne.
She will keep her royal title when she marries Mr Brooksbank and will have the option to take his surname.
The princess works in the arts as a director at gallery Hauser and Wirth.
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In an interview with Harper's Bazaar in 2016, she said part of her job was planning special projects and managing events, working with artists around the world.
The princess told the magazine she has a dog called Jack - a "total accident" that he has the same name as her fiancé.
She does not carry out any royal engagements, BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said.
Her public profile or work as a member of royal family would not increase significantly after the wedding, he added.
Image copyright PA Image caption Princess Eugenie with her mother, the Duchess of York, and sister Princess Beatrice
Mr Brooksbank's parents, Nicola and George Brooksbank, said they were "completely over the moon" and "very excited" for the couple.
"We could not be more delighted with the news of the engagement," they said.
Image copyright PA Image caption Further details about the wedding will be released in due course
The princess is patron of several organisations including the Teenage Cancer Trust, the European School of Osteopathy and animal charity the Elephant Family.
As a child, the princess suffered from scoliosis and, at the age of 12, had back surgery at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, Middlesex.
In a series of tweets, Sarah Ferguson congratulated her daughter and her fiancé. She said the couple "float with laughter and love" and the announcement was "Total joy!".
"We love Jack and I am so excited to have a son, a brother and a best friend," the duchess added.
"Eugenie is one of the finest people I know and so together it will be pure harmony."
Prime Minister Theresa May congratulated the couple and said she offered her "very best wishes".
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