The Making Of A Party Princess

As Eugenie steps out of the shadows, AmyIgguldenreveals a young woman determined to do it her way and discovers whats next for the warmest, nicest royal.

FOR ONCE, SHE WAS centre stage. After 28 years in a supporting role, Princess Eugenie of York last week married her former bartender prince, Jack Brooksbank, in a lavish, two-day wedding extravaganza that could yet be seen as her breakthrough act. Thanks to her so-called ‘pushy’ parents, Prince Andrew and Fergie, we were finally offered a glimpse inside the court of party princess ‘Euge’ (her family nickname).

And it offered a tantalising insight into the girl with a gilded life. Yes, there may have been dodgems, coconut shies and Italian opera star Andrea Bocelli. But the ninth-in-line to the throne also extended an invite to the NHS surgeon who, 16 years ago, cured the curvature of her spine, caused by scoliosis, and apparently insisted that the entire event was plastic-free.

Variously described as ‘edgy and sassy’, ‘mischievous and conscientious’ and with a wicked sense of humour, the Queen’s sixth grandchild is clearly very much a modern woman. From frolicking naked at midnight at Marlborough College – alma mater of the more straitlaced Kate Middleton – to sunbathing apparently topless in Thailand during her gap year, to jokingly demanding a chance to do a 4am pole dance in a London strip club, Eugenie has been doing it her own way for a while now. And that doesn’t just mean the 16th birthday party that ended with her parents’ house looking rather the worse for wear; or the recent Ibiza hen party where phones were allegedly banned (what happens in Ibiza…).