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Princess Eugenie will get married to her long-term boyfriend Jack Brooksbank on Friday October 12.
While preparations are underway for the second Royal Wedding of the year, a person very close to Jack still can’t believe he is about to marry into royalty.
Joanna Newton, the 91-year-old grandmother of Princess Eugenie’s fiance, told the MailOnline: “I never thought he would get married to a royal.
“He’s a charming boy and all that but not the most intelligent and I would never have thought this would happen.”
Jack’s grandmother also believes Eugenie’s love for her adored grandson “says a lot” about the princess’s personality.
Describing Jack as a “good egg”, Mrs Newton added: “I think it says a lot about Eugenie that it’s him she wants and it’s lovely.”
Jack and Eugenie met seven years ago in Switzerland on a skiing holiday.
As their relationship flourished with the passing of time and even survived when Princess Eugenie moved to New York for her work, Jack was welcomed by Eugenie’s parents, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.
Prince Andrew, said after the engagement announcement: “Jack is an absolutely outstanding young man and Eugenie and he have got to know each other over a number of years, and I’m really thrilled for them.
“I’m just completely overjoyed for them and wish them every happiness.”
And the princess’ mother, Sarah Ferguson, went as far as calling Jack a “son”.
She wrote on Twitter: “We love Jack and I am so excited to have a son.”
The 32-year-old and Eugenie, 28, will exchange vows at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, the same venue that saw Prince Harry and Meghan Markle become the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on May 19.
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However, unlike Meghan, Jack is not expected to be given a title.
Royal titles are governed by the 1917 letters patent set up by King George V, the founder of the House of Windsor and Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather.
This ruling states royal titles should be given only to senior members of the Royal Family or those in direct line of male succession.
But this doesn’t bother the loved-up pair at all.
Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, a source said: “Eugenie couldn’t care less about titles and is perfectly happy to be Mrs Brooksbank.”
The pair will be joined in the church by more than 850 guests, including some high-profile celebrities, according to the Mail on Sunday.
Among them, there are Eugenie’s close friends model Cara Delavigne, singer Ellie Goulding and the Duke of Sussex’s former girlfriends, Cheesy Davy and Cressida Bonas.
And some 1,200 lucky royal fans, chosen by the wedding organisers, will be cheering for the bride and groom inside the grounds of Windsor Castle.
More than 10,000 people applied to attend the Royal Wedding.
The celebrations will last all night, with two wedding receptions already planned – the first hosted by the Queen and the second by the Duke of York.
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