Princess Eugenie ‘reached out to King Charles after Zara Tindall’s advice’

The King subsequently reached out personally to his niece

Princess Eugenie chose to reveal her pregnancy to King Charles through an Easter card paired with a thoughtfully composed letter, according to a royal source.

The decision to inform her uncle in this manner came after Zara Tindall, her cousin and one of only a handful of people aware of the news, encouraged her to reach out to the monarch directly, the insider added.

Eugenie and her husband Jack had been weighing up whether to announce the news through the media independently, without Palace involvement.

However, the couple found themselves pleasantly surprised by the reaction they received.

Princess Eugenie chose to reveal her pregnancy to King Charles through an Easter card paired with a thoughtfully composed letter, according to a royal source.

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“She and Jack were quite surprised by the warmth of the Palace response,” a well-placed source told the Mail.

The King subsequently reached out personally and instructed officials to issue a formal announcement.

Buckingham Palace confirmed the pregnancy through a social media post on the official Royal Family account on Monday.

The statement said: “Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank are very pleased to announce that they are expecting their third child together, due this summer.

The decision to inform her uncle in this manner came after Zara Tindall, her cousin and one of only a handful of people aware of the news, encouraged her to reach out to the monarch directly, the insider added.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor discovered he would become a grandfather for the fifth time not through his daughter, but in a telephone conversation with his former wife, Sarah Ferguson, a source has claimed.

The 66-year-old former Duke of York was informed of Princess Eugenie’s third pregnancy news by Ms Ferguson, who was among the first people Eugenie told about the expected arrival of another Baby Brooksbank.

“Andrew found out that he was to be a grandpa again via Sarah,” the source said.

Eugenie chose to have her mother relay the happy news rather than contact her father directly, leaving Ms Ferguson to make the call to share the announcement about the upcoming summer arrival.

The King subsequently reached out personally and instructed officials to issue a formal announcement.

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The source indicates that Eugenie has maintained limited communication with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor following the removal of his royal titles and his departure from Royal Lodge in Windsor.

Despite their divorce in 1996, Ms Ferguson and Andrew remain in regular contact, though they now find themselves on opposite sides of Europe.

The former duke currently resides at Marsh Farm Cottage on the Sandringham Estate.

Meanwhile, his ex-wife has positioned herself thousands of miles away in Austria, where she has been staying at a chalet costing £2,000 per night in the Alps.

Ms Ferguson was last photographed in Austria the previous month and has not made any public appearances since then.