On January 24, local time, Princess Eugenie, a member of the British royal family, announced the happy news that her second child with her husband Jack Brooksbank will be born this summer.
The news was first posted by Buckingham Palace, a tradition of the British royal family, and moments later, Eugenie shared a photo on her social media and reiterated the good news, "We are happy to share that our family will welcome a new member this summer".
The 32-year-old princess is smiling brightly while her soon-to-be-turned-2-year-old son, Auguste, is hugging her, seemingly looking forward to her soon-to-be-born brother or sister.
Eugenie's announcement that she is having a second child is not too surprising, because last Christmas, she saw the appearance of "thick waist".
But then again, Eugenie's pregnant belly bulged early enough, and if the due date is calculated in the summer, she is only 4 or 5 months pregnant now. And from the silhouette a month ago, it feels like she is 6 or 7 months pregnant.
Eugenie and Jack married more than two years ago, and it was also a big wedding, shortly after Harry Meghan's wedding at Windsor Castle.
Auguste, the 11th great-grandson of the late Queen Elizabeth II, usually appears occasionally in his mother's social media photos, and last year made his first public appearance at the "Platinum Jubilee" celebration, almost like a copy of his mother.
Although Eugenie is a veritable princess, because August's father Jack does not have any noble titles, some analysts point out that the boy's possibility of obtaining royal titles in the future is almost zero.
Jack, 36, met and fell in love with the princess as a club bartender. Although Jack's great-great-grandfather was also a nobleman, the title did not reach him.
Jack has not been a bartender for a short time, but since his engagement to Eugenie, his job has "improved", first as a wine merchant and now as a sales executive at a real estate development company. And this may be related to his brother-in-law Eduardo Mapelli Mozzi, the husband of Princess Beatrice, Eduardo, who took the baby to become a royal colt is an Italian real estate tycoon.
Although he was basically confirmed to be a commoner, August had the right to the throne and was currently ranked 12th, and his soon-to-be-born brother or sister was in basically the same situation as him.
When a new baby is born, Prince Edward and his children, as well as Princess Anne and her children and grandchildren, will lose one place in the order of succession.
From the succession chart, it can be seen that Princess Anne, 72, is ranked behind her two younger brothers, but Princess Charlotte, now 7, is ahead of her younger brother, Prince Louis.
It is reported that this is a change made by Queen Elizabeth II for her great-granddaughter after Charlotte's birth, only arranging the succession in the order of birth, no longer considering gender. Of course, this is also a manifestation of the trend of the times, after all, in most of the royal countries in Europe now, the principle of "primogeniture is preferred, regardless of gender".