By Lucy Caulkett-
Another Royal wedding is looming after Jack Brooksbank went down on one knee to ask for her hand in marriage.
The overjoyed princess revealed that the proposal was a “complete surprise” but the “perfect moment”.
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh also expressed their delight at the news, wishing their granddaughter and her fiance “all the best”.
The Queen’s granddaughter expressed having a “complete surprise” when Mr Brooksbank got down on one knee in front of a volcano as the sun was setting in Nicaragua earlier this month.
Eugenie’s engagement to her long-term partner has been greeted with joy by her parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, with Andrew summing up the feelings of the royal family with the words:
“I’m absolutely overjoyed. I’m thrilled.”
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh also expressed their delight at the news, wishing their granddaughter and her fiance “all the best”.
The princess told BBC’s The One Show that she cried and was “over the moon”. wedding will take place at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in the autumn. It will be the second Royal wedding this year . Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are due to marry there in May.
Princess Eugenie said the couple were looking over a lake while the sun was setting before the proposal.
She said: “The lake was so beautiful. The light was just a special light I had never seen. I actually said this is an incredible moment, and then he popped the question, which was really surprising even though we have been together seven years.
“I was over the moon.
“[It was a] complete surprise. But it was the perfect moment, we couldn’t be happier.”
Mr Brooksbank said: “It was amazing.”
Reflecting on their original meeting princess met the former manager of Mayfair club Mahiki on a skiing trip.
“We met when I was 20 and Jack was 24 and fell in love,” she said. “We have the same passions and drive for life.”
Mr Brooksbank said it was “love at first sight”.
“I love Eugenie so much and we are just so happy and over the moon for what is to come,” he said.
The princess added:
“Granny actually knew right at the beginning [of the engagement]. She was very happy as was my grandfather.”
INCREDIBLE
‘This is an incredible moment’ and then he popped the question, which was really surprising even though we’ve been together seven years – a complete surprise, Eugenie said
“It was like this perfect moment, we couldn’t be happier because we knew it was going to end up this way.”
She added “I was over the moon, crying,” and when asked if she saw the proposal coming, replied it was a “complete surprise”.
The announcement has been marked by the release of a series of engagement photographs, with Eugenie proudly showing off her padparadscha sapphire and diamond engagement ring in pictures taken in Buckingham Palace’s Picture Gallery.
Questioned about the Queen’s involvement, Eugenie replied: “Granny actually knew right at the beginning, she was one of the very few people at the beginning, we left her this weekend and had a lovely time and she was very happy, as was my grandfather.”
Eugenie and her fiancé will tie the knot at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle – the same venue where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s will be wedded in May . A date for the marriage is yet to be made.
Speaking during a visit to the King’s Lynn Innovation Centre, the duke said: “I’m absolutely overjoyed. I’m thrilled.”
Of his future son-in-law, he said: “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.”
Eugenie, 27, and Mr Brooksbank, 31, got engaged in Nicaragua earlier this month during a private holiday.
The princess romance with the brand ambassador of Casamigos Tequila began about seven years ago after they met while skiing in the Swiss resort of Verbier.
Interviewed by the BBC’s The One Show, with her fiance by her side, the couple said the proposal took place near an undisclosed lake.
The princess said:
“The lake was so beautiful, the light was a special light I’ve never seen.
In one picture released to mark the announcement Eugenie, wearing a colourful dress by Erdem and shoes by Jimmy Choo, and her fiance gaze into each other’s eyes.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: “The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are very pleased and wish the couple all the best.”
In three tweets – which were retweeted by Andrew – Sarah, Duchess of York expressed her happiness at the news.
In one, she wrote: “Total joy!!” and included a picture of the couple overlaid with the words: “A total embrace of goodness and joy.
“We love Jack and I am so excited to have a son, a brother and a best friend. Eugenie is one of the finest people I know and so together it will be pure harmony.”
“It was like this perfect moment, we couldn’t be happier because we knew it was going to end up this way.”
She added “I was over the moon, crying.”
The announcement has been marked by the release of a series of engagement photographs, with Eugenie proudly showing off her padparadscha sapphire and diamond engagement ring in pictures taken in Buckingham Palace’s Picture Gallery.
In relation to the Queen’s involvement, Eugenie replied: “Granny actually knew right at the beginning, she was one of the very few people at the beginning, we left her this weekend and had a lovely time and she was very happy, as was my grandfather.”
Eugenie and her fiance plan to marry this autumn in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle – the same venue as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding in May – but Andrew said a date had yet to be chosen.