It's not often that we get to enjoy a royal wedding, but this year, we are getting treated to not one but two! Princess Eugenie and fiancé Jack Brooksbank are set to get married on Oct. 12 at St. George's Chapel in Windsor, the exact same spot where Meghan Markle and Prince Harry tied the knot earlier this year. While the pair have been together for about seven years now, they like to keep their relationship out of the public eye, so you might not know too much about the princess's commoner fiancé. To help you get to know Jack better before the wedding, we've rounded up 20 fun facts about the groom-to-be.
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Jack was born on May 3, 1987, in London to parents George, who is an accountant and company director, and Nicola.
He has an younger brother named Thomas.
He attended the prestigious private school Stowe in Buckinghamshire, but skipped attending University. Instead he went straight into working in the hospitality field.
He used to manage the popular London hotspot Mahiki, which was a favourite nightclub of the young royals.
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She also told the magazine her dog has the same name as her fiancé, saying it was a "total accident."
Prince Andrew is a fan of his future son-in-law. Following their engagement announcement, he said, "Jack is an absolutely outstanding young man and Eugenie and he have got to know each other over a number of years, and I'm really thrilled for them."
Sarah Ferguson approves as well. She has tweeted, "We love Jack and I am so excited to have a son, a brother and a best friend. Eugenie is one of the finest people I know and so together it will be pure harmony."
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Jack may technically be a commoner, but his family does have some royal ties. They are descended from the Brooksbank baronets.
Sarah Ferguson, also happens to be the great-great-granddaugther of Lady Julia Coke, who is the daughter of Jack's great-great-grandfather, Thomas William Coke, meaning Eugenie and Jack are third cousins once removed.
He has already attended several royal functions with Eugenie, the first being the Royal Ascot, back in 2011.
Jack proposed while the couple were on holiday in Nicaragua while they were walking by a lake, Eugenie explained, "The light was just a special light I had never seen. I actually said, 'This is an incredible moment,' and then he popped the question, which was really surprising, even though we've been together seven years. I was over the moon. [It was a] complete surprise. But it was the perfect moment; we couldn't be happier. We knew it was going to end up this way."
He did not have a ring with him when he proposed, as he wanted Eugenie to help design the ring of her dreams. "We designed the diamonds around this padparadscha sapphire . . . And what's amazing about it is that it changes colour from every different angle that you look at it, which is what I think of Eugenie — that she changes colour and is just so amazing," said Jack.
![He and Princess Eugenie recently moved into Ivy Cottage in Kensington Palace, which is right next door to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Jack proposed while the couple were on holiday in Nicaragua while they were walking by a lake, Eugenie explained, "The light was just a special light I had never seen. I actually said, 'This is an incredible moment,' and then he popped the question, which was really surprising, even though we've been together seven years. I was over the moon. [It was a] complete surprise. But it was the perfect moment; we couldn't be happier. We knew it was going to end up this way."
He did not have a ring with him when he proposed, as he wanted Eugenie to help design the ring of her dreams. "We designed the diamonds around this padparadscha sapphire . . . And what's amazing about it is that it changes colour from every different angle that you look at it, which is what I think of Eugenie — that she changes colour and is just so amazing," said Jack.
While their wedding is set to be a spectacular affair with royals and celebrities in attendance, Jack and Eugenie also invited 1,200 members of the public to also attend their nuptials.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/08Crxh71WcUOxlL6P981ju2mQxI/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2018/08/17/861/n/44285655/119d93eaffe293ee_GettyImages-978889106/i/He-Princess-Eugenie-recently-moved-Ivy-Cottage-Kensington.jpg "He and Princess Eugenie recently moved into Ivy Cottage in Kensington Palace, which is right next door to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Jack proposed while the couple were on holiday in Nicaragua while they were walking by a lake, Eugenie explained, \"The light was just a special light I had never seen. I actually said, 'This is an incredible moment,' and then he popped the question, which was really surprising, even though we've been together seven years. I was over the moon. [It was a] complete surprise. But it was the perfect moment; we couldn't be happier. We knew it was going to end up this way.\"
He did not have a ring with him when he proposed, as he wanted Eugenie to help design the ring of her dreams. \"We designed the diamonds around this padparadscha sapphire . . . And what's amazing about it is that it changes colour from every different angle that you look at it, which is what I think of Eugenie — that she changes colour and is just so amazing,\" said Jack.
While their wedding is set to be a spectacular affair with royals and celebrities in attendance, Jack and Eugenie also invited 1,200 members of the public to also attend their nuptials.")
