Princess Eugenie Shares Heartwarming New Photos of Baby Adelaide as Her Daughter Reaches a Special Four-Week Milestone

Princess Eugenie has offered one of her sweetest glimpses yet into life as a mother of three, sharing a collection of intimate family photographs as her newborn daughter, Adelaide Elizabeth Annina Brooksbank, reaches four weeks old.

The 36-year-old royal marked the milestone on Monday, August 31, with new images of Adelaide alongside her older brothers, August and Ernest. In one particularly tender photograph, Eugenie gazes down at her daughter, while another shows the newborn swaddled beside her two brothers.

“4 weeks of you!” Eugenie wrote alongside the photographs, before summing up the family’s first weeks together with another simple message: “Happy days with my babies.”

Adelaide was born in Lisbon, Portugal, on August 3, becoming Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank’s third child and first daughter. She weighed 6 lbs. 9 oz. at birth and is currently 15th in line to the British throne.

Adelaide’s First Four Weeks

The latest pictures provide a rare look at the Brooksbank family adjusting to its newest member.

Eugenie appears relaxed as she looks down at her baby daughter, while the photographs of Adelaide alongside August, 5, and Ernest, 3, suggest the two boys are settling comfortably into their new roles as big brothers.

That relationship was something Eugenie highlighted when she publicly revealed her daughter’s name two weeks after the birth, describing August and Ernest as already being “the best big brothers.”

The new four-week photographs appear to capture exactly that family dynamic, with all three children together during the newborn’s first month at home.

For Eugenie, Adelaide’s arrival also represents a new experience after five years raising two boys. August Philip Hawke Brooksbank was born in February 2021, followed by Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank in May 2023.

The Meaning Behind Adelaide Elizabeth Annina

Eugenie and Jack waited two weeks after their daughter’s arrival before announcing her full name: Adelaide Elizabeth Annina Brooksbank.

When introducing Adelaide to the world, Eugenie explained that she and Jack had chosen names connected to three people they “love and admire,” both past and present. She also said the name reflected English and Portuguese history — fitting for a family whose life is now divided between the two countries.

The clearest family tribute is Elizabeth.

Eugenie confirmed that the middle name honors her late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, continuing a long royal tradition of descendants carrying the late monarch’s name. Eugenie’s sister, Princess Beatrice, has similarly given Elizabeth as a middle name to both of her daughters, Sienna and Athena.

Adelaide also has historical royal connections. Queen Adelaide was the wife of King William IV, and the name has another intriguing connection to Eugenie herself.

At her 2018 wedding to Jack Brooksbank, Eugenie wore diamond wheat-ear brooches originally commissioned by William IV for Queen Adelaide. Queen Elizabeth II, who inherited the pieces, loaned them to her granddaughter for the wedding reception.

The name may additionally reflect the family’s connection to Portugal through Maria Adelaide, while the precise inspiration for Annina has not been publicly confirmed. Royal historian Marlene Eilers Koenig has suggested it could reference Eugenie’s friend Countess Annina Bruges von Pfuel, but that remains an interpretation rather than confirmation from Eugenie herself.

A Baby Born in Portugal

Adelaide’s birth also marked a notable departure from recent family tradition.

Rather than welcoming her third child in Britain, Eugenie gave birth at a hospital in Lisbon on August 3 at 6:20 p.m. Buckingham Palace announced that both mother and baby were doing well and said King Charles, Queen Camilla and other members of the Royal Family were delighted by the arrival.

Portugal has become an important second home for Eugenie, Jack and their children.

The family began spending significant time there after Jack took a role connected to Discovery Land Company’s CostaTerra Golf & Ocean Club in 2022. Eugenie has previously spoken warmly about the lifestyle her sons enjoy in Portugal, particularly their connection to the outdoors and the sea.

Her latest family pictures arrive almost exactly four weeks after Adelaide’s Portuguese birth and two weeks after Eugenie finally introduced her daughter by name.

August and Ernest Become Big Brothers

Adelaide may be the newest member of the family, but Eugenie has frequently offered occasional glimpses of August and Ernest as they grow.

August, affectionately called Augie, is the couple’s eldest child. His full name, August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, contains a tribute to his great-grandfather Prince Philip.

Ernest’s full name, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, similarly contains family references, with Ronnie honoring Eugenie’s maternal grandfather, Ronald Ferguson.

The same combination of personal affection and family history can now be found in Adelaide’s name.

But Eugenie’s newest photographs focus less on royal lineage and more on ordinary family life.

Four weeks after becoming a mother for the third time, the princess appears to be enjoying the quieter moments: holding her newborn, watching her sons bond with their little sister and documenting a period that will disappear remarkably quickly.

For a royal baby whose name carries connections across generations of British and Portuguese history, Adelaide’s latest milestone was celebrated in the simplest possible way — at home, surrounded by her mother and two big brothers.