Overview
- The Royal Family’s account and Eugenie’s Instagram announced the pregnancy Monday, with the palace saying the baby is due this summer and that the King is delighted.
- Multiple outlets report Eugenie has had limited contact with her father, and that Andrew learned of the news through a phone call from Sarah Ferguson.
- HELLO! and others attribute the formal palace statement to Zara Tindall persuading Eugenie to write to the King with the news.
- Since the announcement, Eugenie and her sister Beatrice have inched back into public view, including a rare appearance at Poppy Delevingne’s 40th birthday in London.
- Commentators expect any christening to draw scrutiny over Andrew and Sarah’s attendance, while the child is set to become 15th in the line of succession without an HRH title.