Princess Eugenie’s engagement to Jack Brooksbank was announced on Monday.
The younger daughter of Prince Andrew was presented with a padparadscha sapphire surrounded by diamonds, in Nicaragua earlier this month.
And when sharing the news on on Tuesday’s Sunrise, co-host David Koch couldn’t quite pronounce the royal’s name in an embarrassing gaffe.
‘Princess You-jay-nee?’ The moment Australian breakfast TV host David Koch, 61, failed at pronouncing Eugenie’s name, while reporting on her engagement on Tuesday
David, 61, began a segment looking into speculation surrounding 27-year-old Eugenie’s wedding party.
However the veteran journalist appeared to be unfamiliar in pronouncing her name.
‘Princess Eugenie or you-jay-nee or Eugenie…I’ve been told…anyway she will walk down the aisle later this year. There’s speculation Prince Harry’s former girlfriend Cressida Bonas could be in Eugenie’s wedding party.’
Awkward: The veteran journalist appeared to be unfamiliar in pronouncing her name: ‘Princess Eugenie or Eu-gen-ie or Eugenie…I’ve been told…anyway she will walk down the aisle later this year’
Princess Eugenie’s beau Jack Brooksbank, 31, popped the question in Nicaragua earlier this month with an unusual ring; a padparadscha sapphire surrounded by diamonds.
The sparkler bears a striking similarity to the one Eugenie’s mother, Sarah Ferguson, was presented with by her ex-husband Prince Andrew, when they became engaged back in 1986 – although Fergie’s ring was set with a pink Burma ruby.
Eugenie and Jack are now set to exchange vows in the autumn at Windsor Castle – in the same chapel that will play host to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s nuptials in May.
Headlines: Princess Eugenie, 27, made news on Monday with her royal wedding announcement
Unique: Princess Eugenie’s beau Jack Brooksbank, 31, popped the question in Nicaragua earlier this month with an unusual ring; a padparadscha sapphire surrounded by diamonds
The pair first met in Verbier in 2010, while Jack was on a skiing trip with friends.
They were rumoured to be engaged at the end of 2016 after Eugenie was seen with a band on her wedding finger.
Sources close to the royal shot down the rumours claiming it was a piece of jewellery she’s always worn.
Following the announcement on Monday, proud mother-of-two Fergie, 58, took to Twitter to share her delight in tweets, which were re-tweeted by the Duke of York.
She wrote: ‘Total joy!! #engagement @TheDukeOfYork’ and included a picture of the couple overlaid with the words: ‘A total embrace of goodness and joy. 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.’
Love story: The pair first met in Verbier in 2010, while Jack was on a skiing trip with friends. They were rumoured to be engaged at the end of 2016 after Eugenie was seen with a band on her wedding finger