Princess Eugeniehas returned to a place that has a special place in her heart.
The 29-year-old royal joined her grandmother,Queen Elizabeth, for thetraditional Royal Maundy Serviceon Thursday at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, where Eugenie wedJack Brooksbankin afairy tale ceremonyback in October.
Wearing a floral Erdem dress that she previously wore to the Royal Ascot last June and to a U.N. meeting last July paired with a navy headband and heels, Eugenie walked the church’s black and white floors that marked her recent walk down the aisle. She stayed close to the monarch, who stuck to her trademark bold colors and wide-brimmed hat for the occasion, opting for a yellow coat over a printed dress.
The outing marks just the second time a royal besidesPrince Philipappeared with the Queen for the service that takes place the Thursday before Easter. (In 2012, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year, Eugenie’s older sisterPrincess Beatrice, 30, joined her grandparents as service.)
Each recipient of Maundy money – one male and one female for every year the Queen has been alive – was given two small leather purses, one red and one white.
The first contains a small amount of coinage which symbolizes the monarch’s gift for food and clothing – this year in the form of newly two minted cousins: a £5 piece, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria and a 50p coin portraying Sherlock Holmes. The white purse contains Maundy coins up to the value of the Queen’s age. Recipients at Thursday’s service were given 93p in silver Maundy coins.
Princess Eugenie.Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty
Eugenie and the monarch, who turns 93 this weekend, also posed for photos holding Nosegays, a bouquet made up of daffodils, primroses, stocks, purple statice, freesias, ivy, hebe and the herbs rosemary and thyme. The flowers were originally used to disguise odors as the monarch washed the feet of recipients.
Princess Eugenie and Queen Elizabeth.DAVID HARTLEY/REX/Shutterstock
Eugenie’s mother, Sarah Ferguson,shared a photofrom the traditional service on her personal Instagram page.
“So proud of Her Majesty and Eugenie at the Maundy Thursday Service at St. George’s Chapel today,” Fergie captioned the snap.
Jack Brooksbank and Princess Eugenie.Press Association via AP Images
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During the couple’s October wedding reception,Andrew had a little fun at his new son-in-law’s expenseduring his speech and had the crowd chuckling.
“The Duke told a story about their dog Jack [a Norfolk terrier],” a source at the wedding tells PEOPLE. “One day, I think it was early in the relationship, he shouted, ‘Jack, get off the chair!’ And the dog didn’t move. But Jack did!”
source: people.com
