On first glance, Princess Eugenie is a young woman with the world at her feet.
The 29-year-old daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson married her longtime love Jack Brooksbank in a fairytale royal wedding straight out of a Disney picture book last October, and the young Princess is making serious waves in the charity field.
Yesterday Eugenie announced her patronage of Horatio’s Garden, an organisation which creates flower beds for NHS spinal care centres, and looked positively glowing whilst doing it.
But the Queen‘s granddaughter hasn’t always lived life through a rose tinted lens.
WATCH to learn how Princess Eugenie overcame massive childhood struggles to become the woman she is today!
At the tender age of 12, Eugenie underwent corrective spinal surgery to treat scoliosis, with two eight-inch titanium rods inserted on either side of her spine.
The operation left her with a significant scar down her back and the Princess has admitted she did “everything to hide it” at first.
It took Eugenie some time to accept her new body and all that came with it.
She remembered feeling angry about her new reality which left her unsure if she would ever be able to play sports or run again.
Eugenie came full circle by proudly displaying her spinal marking in a custom Peter Pilotto wedding dress.
In an interview before her marriage last year, she said: “I think you can change the way beauty is. You can show people your scars and I think it’s really special to stand up for that.”
The sister of Princess Beatrice even invited the surgeon who fixed her scoliosis to be part of her and Jack’s big day!
In recent months, Princess Eugenie has been the focus of pregnancy rumours and royal fans are convinced her mum Fergie actually confirmed the happy news with a subtle photo from the York’s Easter celebrations.
The flame haired Duchess, 59, shared a sweet shot of a yellow ring cake decorated with pink and blue flowers leading many to believe she was hinting at a gender reveal for her youngest daughter.
“Lovely! Am wondering if there’s a hidden message in your post… 🤔,” one fan questioned.
The comment certainly could be true – many baby celebration cakes are a gender neutral colour like yellow.
And the addition of the pink flower certainly has some thinking the next royal baby could be a girl!
