Sleeping soundly in his Moses basket, the royal family’s adorable new addition was introduced to the world last week.
Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank took to social media to announce the birth of their second son, whom they have named Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank.
In a break from royal tradition, whereby such announcements are usually made by Buckingham Palace, Eugenie instead posted two photos on Instagram. One shows the newborn fast asleep in a knitted blue-and-white hat, while in the other, Eugenie and Jack’s two-year-old son August lovingly strokes his baby brother’s head.
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Sharing the news with her 1.8 million followers, the King’s niece said that Ernest had been born several days earlier, on 30 May, weighing 7lb 1oz. She explained that his names were in honour of his great-great-greatgrandfather George V, whose third given name was Ernest, Jack’s late father “Grandpa George” Brooksbank and “my
