As Princess Eugenie gears up to welcome baby number three, it seems she’s banning one family member from joining her in the delivery room: her mother, Sarah Ferguson. Ever since ex-Prince Andrew and Ferguson’s ties to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein hit the news again in 2025, they’ve been cut out of the royal fold (and seemingly, the delivery room)!
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“Eugenie’s number one priority is having this baby with the absolute minimum of fuss,” an insider told Heat World UK. “She doesn’t want the hospital turning into a circus and she’s made that very clear.”
They added, “Unfortunately, her parents are not taking it well and she’s getting a ton of pushback from Andrew and Sarah. Andrew is fuming and taking it as a personal insult. He doesn’t seem to care that if he’s there, it will become the main focus, which is the last thing Eugenie wants.”
This also comes months after it was reported that Eugenie’s husband, Jack Brooksbank, wants them to keep their distance from Ferguson. “Eugenie and Jack are resisting any suggestion from her mother that she should come and live with them,” insiders told the Mirror. “Because, to be frank, Sarah is difficult to live with and they don’t want the responsibility of looking after her at the moment.”
Insiders told Heat World more about how Brooksbank feels, saying, “Jack’s been encouraging Eugenie to stick to her guns but of course it’s very difficult because she hates upsetting her parents. The hope is Sarah might quietly be allowed to sneak in at some point, but Andrew has been told he has to stay away, giving birth is already hard enough the last thing she needs is to be worrying about the fallout that will inevitably happen if he shows up.”
Princess Eugenie attends day five of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 21, 2025 in Ascot, England.
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For those who don’t know, Eugenie and her husband married in 2018 after dating for seven years.
They have since welcomed two children named August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, born in Feb 2021, and Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, born in May 2023. Then, in May 2026, they announced they were expecting baby number three. They shared the update to her Instagram with the caption reading, “Baby Brooksbank due 2026! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👶🏻♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️.”
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