Princess Eugenie has a quick trick to help people pronounce her name

Posted by Florance Siggers on Wednesday, May 22, 2024

With Princess Eugenie announcing her engagement to Jack Brooksbank this week, news reporters around the world have been attempting to correctly pronounce the 27-year-old royal's name - with varied success.

From 'you-jenny' to 'you-jay-nee' - the correct pronunciation is of course, 'YOO-juhnee', with the emphasis on the first syllable. In an interview with the Telegraph in 2008, Princess Eugenie herself clarified the matter:

"Whenever we used to meet foreign people who were struggling with it, my mum and I would help them by saying, 'It's like Use Your Knees'."

A great tip if you find yourself momentarily tongue-tied - or in dire need of correcting someone less well-informed about all things Royal than you.

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