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H.R.H. Princess Eugenie of York & Mr. Jack Brooksbank

The bride:

H.R.H. Princess Eugenie, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank

Princess Eugenie of York is the second daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is ninth in the line of succession to the British throne.

The groom:

Mr.Jack Brooksbank

Jack Christopher Stamp Brooksbank is the European brand manager for Casamigos Tequila, the company co-founded by George Clooney.

Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, is Princess Eugenie's great-great-great-great-grandfather on the side of her mother, Sarah, Duchess of York; the Earl is also Brooksbank's great-great-grandfather via his second marriage, to The Honourable Georgina Cavendish.

the bride´s father:

H.R.H. Prince Andrew, Duke of York


The bride´s mother:

Sarah, The Duchess of York


The groom´s father:



the church:

St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle


the dress:

created by designers Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos, who founded British-based label Peter Pilotto.




The fabric of her dress featured a number of significant symbols, including a thistle for Scotland, in a nod to the couple’s love of Balmoral, a shamrock for Ireland in honour of Eugenie’s mother’s family, and the York Rose and ivy, representing their home.

the shoes:

Charlotte Olympia


the tiara:

Eugenie chose to wear the Greville Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara, lent to her by her grandmother, the Queen of England.








This emerald and diamond tiara was created in 1921 for Margaret Grenville by Boucheron.

Made of brilliant and rose cut diamonds pavé set in platinum, with six emeralds on either side, the center emerald is 93.70 carats.

After her death in 1942, she bequeathed her massive jewellery collection to the Queen Mother, but unlike the favourite Greville Tiara, this one was never publicly worn until today,

bridesmaids and page boys:

Maud Windsor, daughter of Lord and Lady Frederick Windsor,

her cousin Peter Phillips' daughters Isla and Savannah Phillips,

her cousin Zara Tindall's eldest daughter Mia Tindall,

Princess Charlotte of Cambridge,

Theodora Williams, daughter of Ayda Field and Robbie Williams, 

Eugenie's cousin Lady Louise Windsor

Prince George of Cambridge

Louis de Givenchy, son of Olivier and Zoe de Givench

Eugenie's cousin, James, Viscount Severn


the music:



Members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the State Trumpeter of the Household Cavalry trumpeters provided music for the service.James Vivian, the Director of Music at St George's Chapel, prepared two hymns exclusively for the couple. Hymns sung at the wedding included:


"Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" by John Newton,


"Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise" by Walter Smith, and


Love Divine, All Loves Excelling by Charles Wesley.


Andrea Bocelli also performed two songs: 

the prayer Hail Mary, and Panis angelicus

by Thomas Aquinas.

During the signing of the registers, the choir sang Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens by Maurice Duruflé and "My spirit sang all day" by Gerald Finzi.

As the couple departed the chapel for the carriage procession, pipers from the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland performed "Scottish pieces" from the Garter Tower.