Princess Eugenie pregnant: Royal announces she is expecting her second child this summer

Princess Eugenie has announced that she is expecting her second child this summer.

The royal made the announcement on Instagram posting a picture taken by her husband James Brooksbank.

In the picture Princess Eugenie's son August is hugging her stomach as she beams.

Princess Eugenie wrote on Instagram: "We're so excited to share that there will be a new addition to our family this summer."

The baby will be 13th in line to the throne.

Eugenie married Brooksbank in 2018 and their son, August Philip Hawke Brooksbank was born in February 2021.

Princess Eugenie, 32, is the youngest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.

Earlier this month the royal opened up about her decision to have no plastic in her house.

Princess Eugenie said the decision was motivated by the birth of her son during a speech as part of the Reuters Impact Arctic Warning series at WEF.

She said: “My son's going be like an activist from two years old, which is in a couple of days.

“Everything is for them, right? I talked to Peter Thompson, the UN Special Envoy for oceans, and all he says to me is that ‘I do this with my grandchildren,’ and that's the same.

“Every decision we now make has to be for whether 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. But like now I'm scared of flying and things like that. I would never be before. It's the same with how you view the world.

“I think now all I think about is what happens to rising sea levels and the communities that are on the beaches, who depend solely on the sea, as well as what August can do about it in the future. You know what his education will be.

“At home we have no plastic and we're trying to, as much as possible, have no plastic. I'm trying to teach him that, but you know, it is a battle.”