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Princess Eugenie shares exciting update weeks after welcoming baby Ernest

Princess Eugenie welcomed her second son, Ernest, on 30 May


Eugenie and Jack leave thanksgiving service, 2022
Danielle Stacey
Online Royal CorrespondentLondon
On 6 July 2023
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Princess Eugenie might be in a newborn baby bubble with little Ernest, but she shared an exciting announcement with her Instagram followers on Wednesday.

The royal mum-of-two posted a video and a photo montage talking about her new role.

"Delighted to join the @goalshouse Goals House Advisory Board to strive to reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030," she wrote.

Goals House is a community of internationally renowned activists, thinkers, political figures, business leaders and entrepreneurs, that come together at significant global moments throughout the year united in the drive to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

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Like her uncle King Charles, Eugenie is a passionate advocate for environmental issues and ocean conservation.

Last month, just days after the birth of her second child, she launched her Ocean Advocate mini-series, where she speaks with experts about why we should "protect the ocean and how vital it is that we do so".

The Princess also exclusively invited HELLO! to join her at the Solent Seascape Project in Portsmouth, in her role as ambassador for the Blue Marine Foundation.

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Princess Eugenie and her son August Brooksbank attended the Platinum Pageant© Getty
Eugenie is teaching her children about protecting the planet

Eugenie, who has a full-time job as a director at Mayfair art gallery Hauser & Wirth, spoke to HELLO! about how motherhood changed how she feels about the future.

"Since August came into my life, it's positively impacted my desire to do more. Priorities change when you have children; you want to do everything you can for them - and for your grandchildren. August is only two but I hope that what I'm doing will seep through to him and that one day he takes it on, too," she said.

Pregnant Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice stepped out for a joint engagement© Getty
Pregnant Eugenie on one of her last public outings before welcoming baby Ernest

The royal also attended the World Economic Forum in Davos back in January, where she revealed how she is educating her eldest son, August, on the importance of protecting the environment.

In a conversation with Reuters editor-at-large Axel Threlfall and Arctic Humanity founder Gail Whiteman, Eugenie said at the time: "My son's going to be an activist from two years old, which is in a couple of days. So, he, everything is for them. I talked to Peter Thomson, the UN Special Envoy for Oceans and all he says to me is that I do this for my grandchildren. And that's the same.

"Every decision we now make has to be for August, what he's going to be able to look at and do and how he's going to live his life. But I think also as a mother, you all of a sudden, totally you change, your hormones change, everything changes. Like now I'm scared of flying and things like that and I would never be before."

Princess Eugenie new baby Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank© Instagram
Baby Ernest was born on 30 May
Princess Eugenie son August meeting baby brother Ernest© Instagram
August meeting his baby brother Ernest

Eugenie and her husband of nearly five years, Jack Brooksbank, welcomed their first child, August, at the Portland Hospital in London in February 2021.

The couple recently welcomed their second son, Ernest, at the same hospital on 30 May 2023, with Eugenie sharing a sweet photograph of August meeting his baby brother.

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