LONDON - Britain’s Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank have welcomed their second child, a baby boy, Buckingham Palace said on Monday.

Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, the 13th in line to the British throne, was born on May 30 and weighed 3.45kg, a palace statement said.

Princess Eugenie, the younger daughter of King Charles’ brother Prince Andrew and his former wife Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, shared pictures of the newborn on Instagram. One of the photos showed the baby lying in a crib, his head covered in a blue-and-white hat.

The boy was named after his great-great-great-grandfather George, his grandfather George and Eugenie’s grandfather Ronald, she said in the post.

King George V also had Ernest as a middle name, while Mr Brooksbanks’ father, George, died in 2021. Major Ronald Ferguson, who died in 2003, is the father of the Duchess of York.

“Augie is loving being a big brother already,” Princess Eugenie, 32, wrote on the post which had another picture of the baby’s brother, August, placing a hand on the baby’s head.

August was born on Feb 9, 2021, and he was the Duke of York’s first grandchild. REUTERS