The four similarities between Princess Eugenie and Meghan Markle’s birth you probably missed
PRINCESS Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank welcomed their first child together on Tuesday.
And the birth shared several similarities to that of Eugenie’s cousin, Prince Harry’s son Archie back in May 2019.
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From opting for the same hospital to raising their sons in the same home - here are the surprising links between the royal births that you probably missed.
Born in the same hospital
The Queen's granddaughter Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank welcomed their son, who weighed 8lbs 1oz, on Tuesday February 9 at 8.55am.
He arrived at The Portland Hospital in London, the same place where Meghan Markle had baby Archie in May 2019.
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It is also the hospital where Eugenie herself was born in 1990.
Black & white announcement
The new parents announced the birth of their son via Instagram yesterday, sharing a tender black and white snap of their son’s hands alongside their own.
The snap is similar to the one shared on the Sussex’s now defunct Instagram account following Archie’s birth in 2019.
Harry and Meghan shared their “first public moment as a family” in the form of a black and white photograph of themselves tending to Archie at Windsor castle.
Baby's first Insta-post
Rather than relying on Buckingham Palace to announce the birth of their son, Eugenie and Jack chose to share it with the princess' 1.3 million Instagram followers alongside the official announcement.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle did the same once Archie was born.
The couple shared a simple navy blue box with the words 'It's a boy!' printed in white over the top.
Post-birth privacy
Neither new mum wished to fall in line with the royal tradition of posing on the steps of the hospital with their newborn.
All three of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s children have been presented to the public on the steps of the Lindo Wing, just days, and sometimes hours after the birth.
Equally Eugenie’s parents Prince Andrew and the Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson posed with their newborn daughter’s outside Portland hospital.
But it seems that the Princess of York is following in the footsteps of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry and choosing to give their son a more private welcome to the world.
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