Name, titles and privileges – here’s what we know about Eugenie of York’s first child

At 8 am yesterday, 9 February 2020, Eugenie of York became a mother for the first time. The princess and her husband Jack Brooksbank they welcomed a boy. The newborn baby, the queen’s ninth great-grandson Elizabeth II, has already caught the attention of all the British media. Who first ask themselves: what will the baby be called? For bookmakers, before birth, the most popular name, in the case of a blue bow, was Arthur. A name much loved by the Windsors who have chosen it for various of their heirs (for example Arthur Chatto, granddaughter of Princess Margareth).

The parents will, of course, choose the baby’s name. But according to the royal expert Jennifer Moss Eugenie and Jack will have to think carefully before communicating it to the great-grandmother queen. Why His Majesty, if the name is not to your liking, could “Veto”.

We won’t have to wait long to know the baby’s name, however. It used to be different: the queen Elizabeth II waited about a month to announce the name of the firstborn Carlo. Per William, first son of Charles and Diana, it was necessary to wait about a week. The name of Harryinstead, it was communicated on the day of his birth.

Another doubt that is making the British tabloids pour rivers of ink: what titles will the first child of Princess Eugenie have? According to the Windsor house rules, the little one, eleventh in the line of succession to the throne (immediately after his mother) it will not automatically have the title of Royal Highness, which instead belongs by right to the grandchildren Elizabeth II. The queen, if she wanted, could offer him the title as a gift. “But that’s not what Eugenie and Jack want.” The princess and her husband they don’t want titles for their first child. Because they wish that “Have as normal a life as possible and work to earn a living”. Certainly fewer privileges, but also more freedom. So that he can live the life he wants.