Congratulations are in order forPrincess EugenieandJack Brooksbank!
On Friday, the longtime couple tied the knot in a fairy tale ceremony in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle (the same venue wherePrince HarrywedMeghan Marklein May).
The newlyweds were all smiles as they left the chapel with their sweet bridal party in tow, including Eugenie’s second cousins,Prince George, 5, andPrincess Charlotte, 3, whoserved (yet again!) as an adorable page boy and bridesmaid.
Jack Brooksbank and Princess Eugenie.Press Association via AP Images
Press Association via AP Images
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The party will continue on Saturday afternoon with a festival-style event complete with a fairground and food stalls.
“He is a really lovely chap,” a family friend told PEOPLE last year of Jack. “They adore each other and are really serious.”
Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank.Press Association via AP Images
When Eugenie, who is a director at London art gallery Hauser & Wirth, left London in 2013 for New York, where she worked for online auction house Paddle8 for a few of years, the couple endured long separations. “He’s not a jet-setty type,” said the friend, but they kept up with each other via Skype. Crucially, “They have lots of lovely friends” supporting them too, added the pal.
Jack is already a fixture among the royal family. In addition to attendingPippa Middleton’s wedding last year, he has attended Royal Ascot, a royal family tradition, and Meghan and Harry’s royal wedding.
“It was quite a big thing to go to. They looked very happy,” longtime royals photographer Mark Stewart previously told PEOPLE, adding that he is comfortable in the company of Eugenie’s parents Fergie and Andrew: “They appear to be very fond of him.”
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Despite some expectation that he might work in the financial district of London, Jack headed off in a different direction: the hospitality trade. After getting his feet wet working in pubs, he caught the eye of London restaurateur Piers Adam, who asked him to join the team at the trendy Markham Inn. He is also the manager of Mahiki nightclub, which used to be popular with the young royals – including Eugenie’s cousins William and Harry.
Jack “is a really lovely, very kind, down-to-earth man,” a family friend previously told PEOPLE. “He is great fun and has a great sense of humor. He is the first to laugh with you and not at you, and he is a practical joker, in a good way!”
And Eugenie “is sure and steady like her grandmother, and then there’s this genuine warmth that comes from her mother,” another friend said.
source: people.com
