Princess Eugenietook to social media to celebrate husbandJack Brooksbank’s 40th birthday, sharing rare photos of her family amid her father, formerPrince Andrew’s, scandal related to hisrelationship with the late convicted pedophileJeffrey Epstein.
“Happy 40th my love,” the royal, 36, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Sunday, May 3, over a photo of her other half laying out on a nondescript beach. In a subsequent photo, she shared a snap of her husband playing with one of the pair’s two sons. (Princess Eugenie and Brooksbank, 40,share sonsAugust Philip and Ernest George.)
Princess Eugenie then shared a throwback pic of the pair, featuring Brooksbank wearing a sombrero.
“Here’s to another 16… xx,” she wrote over the image, followed by “xx” over a more recent photo of the happy couple at a beach.
The royal’s post comes as her father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has been embattled in a scandal related to his former relationship with Epstein, whodied by suicidein 2019 while awaiting trial in New York City on child sex trafficking charges.
After the former prince was accused ofsexually assaulting Epstein victimVirginia Giuffrewhen she was a minor, was heavily featured in the so-calledEpstein filesrecently released by the U.S. Justice Department and accused of misconduct while in office, his brother,King Charles, announced he was beginning the formal process of stripping his brother of his royal titles. (Giuffre died by suicidein April 2025 at age 41. Mountbatten-Windsor has denied the claims against him,settling a sexual assault lawsuitout of court with Giuffre prior to her untimely death.)
“Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence,” a statement shared withUs Weeklyfrom the royal read in October 2025. “Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.”
In February of this year, the disgraced royal wasarrested on his 66th birthdayon charges he allegedly shared classified information with Epstein during his time in office. The United Kingdom’s Thames Valley Police confirmed they had “arrested a man in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office.” King Charles later confirmed the man was his brother via a public statement.
“I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office,” he said according to the statement obtained byUsread at the time. “What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities. In this, as I have said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and cooperation.”
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When the scandal hit one of many fever pitches in 2019,Uslearned that Princess Eugenie and her sister,Princess Beatrice, were being supported — and distracted — by their respective spouses. (Former Prince Andrew shares Beatrice and Eugenie with his ex wife,Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson.)
