The cousin crew! Lots of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s grandchildren grew up collectively.
The late regent’s solely daughter, Princess Anne, was the primary royal to increase her brood. The Princess Royal and then-husband Captain Mark Phillips welcomed son Peter Phillips in November 1977 and daughter Zara Tindall (née Phillips) in Might 1981. Lower than one yr after Zara’s arrival, King Charles III and his then-wife Princess Diana welcomed their first youngster, son Prince William. The king — who ascended the throne in September 2022 after his mom’s passing — and Diana later welcomed second son Prince Harry in September 1984.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex have since remained near their eldest cousins, incessantly sitting collectively at varied household capabilities. Zara’s husband, Mike Tindall, later let it slip that the group retains in contact due to a particular WhatsApp group.
“It’s simply what you do to attempt to arrange get-togethers and we’re going to one thing that’s the identical,” the retired rugby professional — who shares three youngsters with the Olympic equestrian — instructed Good Morning Britain in August 2019. “If you’re going to go, ‘Are you going to take the children?’ Fairly lots of people have household WhatsApp teams. I don’t assume it’s a brand new revelation.”
The royal cousin depend grew in August 1988 and March 1990, respectively, when Charles’ youthful brother Prince Andrew welcomed daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
Harry, for his half, has lengthy shared a particular bond with Eugenie. The truth is, it was the Anti-Slavery Collective founder and her now-husband, Jack Brooksbank, that have been the primary members of the royal household to satisfy the Spare creator’s future spouse, Meghan Markle.
“[Harry] stated, ‘Nicely, if it’s gonna come out tomorrow, let’s go and have enjoyable tonight!’” the Duchess of Sussex — who married Harry in Might 2018 months earlier than Eugenie and Brooksbank’s personal nuptials — recalled within the Harry & Meghan docuseries of her early romance with the navy veteran. “And we have been like, ‘Nicely, this is perhaps our final shot to only exit and have enjoyable on the planet.’”
Harry and Meghan each borrowed post-apocalyptic costumes for the Halloween bash with the artwork director and Brooksbank and had “foolish enjoyable” hours earlier than information broke of the couple’s relationship.
The Archewell cofounders — who welcomed son Prince Archie in 2019 and daughter Princess Lilibet in 2021 — ultimately took a step again from their duties as senior working royals in 2020, transferring to California with their youngsters. The royal drama quickly induced friction between Harry and William, although Eugenie all the time remained within the Invictus Video games founder’s nook.
“Princess Eugenie is a peacemaker,” royal skilled Jonathan Sacerdoti completely instructed Us Weekly in April 2022. “Eugenie might have been the particular person to counsel the assembly [between Harry and the queen earlier this month] … or to attempt to assist prepare it, make the contact.”
Sacerdoti added on the time: “She’s clearly maintained these good relations with Harry and Meghan, visiting them in California when she was on the market and publicly being seen with them. She’s additionally stated to be near the queen as nicely, and that might put her within the good place to dealer that form of assembly.”
Harry — who welcomed Eugenie to his new residence in California to observe Tremendous Bowl LVI stay from the SoFi Stadium — later reunited together with his brother and cousins on the late queen’s state funeral in September 2022. The Duke of Cornwall, for his half, led his sibling and cousins, together with Prince Edward’s youngsters Girl Louise Mountbatten-Windsor and James, Earl of Wessex, into Westminster Corridor for a particular vigil round Her Majesty’s casket.
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