Princess Eugenie of York has decided to give the world a very revealing glimpse into the lifestyle of a modern royal.
Not one to be locked away in a castle, this contemporary member of the British monarchy details her day-to-day routine as she poses up for US fashion mag, Harper’s Bazaar.
In a lengthy interview the Queen’s 26-year-old granddaughter told of her humdrum lifestyle – which wouldn’t normally include the $12,800 Alberta Ferretti gown and Harry Winston jewels she wore for the shoot.
Princess Eugenie candidly talks make-up, moving back from New York and how she manages to juggle a career with her royal family obligations…
She works a 9-5 job
Since spending two years in New York working at auction house, Paddle8 Eugenie is now an associate director for contemporary-art gallery Hauser & Wirth – a firm she says are “very accommodating and understanding” with her after-hours royal duties.
Princess Eugenie tells Bazaar: “I’ll work until 5 P.M., then leave to do the engagement. My sister, Bea, and I have charities we’re patrons of. We also try to support Granny and Grandpa in any way we can because that is what family is for.”
She doesn’t mind getting photographed in the same thing twice
“I love trying new looks,” says Eugenie. “I don’t want to be pigeonholed. You wear the same thing twice? Great. If you don’t, great! And if that means wearing a green Sandro dress, great. I wore that to Granny’s birthday parade, with a Vivien Sheriff hat. I also wore this amazing red Eponine dress for Granny’s 90th-birthday service at St. Paul’s.”
Princess Eugenie with her sister, Princess Beatrice of York.
Princess Eugenie with her grandmother, Queen Elizabeth.
She likes to work out first thing – sometimes at a very fancy gym
Eugenie says she bounces out of bed after less than seven hours sleep to start working out at about 7am.
“I go to the park from 7 to 8. I do circuits, which I love because they’re quick: burpees, squat jumps, lunges, the whole lot,” she says. “It’s much better, as I can’t run for a long time. Or I go with my best friend to this amazing, women-only gym called Grace Belgravia.”
By-the-by, Grace Belgravia costs a pretty penny – about £ 5500, or $9000 AUD.
Princess Eugenie with her mother, Sarah, the Duchess of York.
She loves her “mumsy”, Sarah, the Duchess of York, but doesn’t always listen to her
Eugenie says that often times her mother, Sarah, the Duchess of York is the first person she speaks to in the mornings – after she looks at her personal emails of course. Eugenie jokes her mother warns that doing this “can ruin the first few hours of your morning” – but she does it anyway.
Eugenie says she treasures her mum: “My mum always says that we’re the only ones who know exactly what’s going on in each other’s lives.”
The princess is a fashion fan – and is happy to wear luxury brands, as well as high street labels.
She does her make up on the run too
“I do my makeup in the car,” says the down-to-earth royal of her morning routine. “I’m really good at doing it on the move! I use Charlotte Tilbury and Bobbi Brown—Charlotte’s mascara and Bobbi Brown bronzer. They are geniuses.”
She’s not a fan of wearing heels to work
“I wear a dress and boots to work,” Eugenie explains. “I’ve started wearing high heels, which is so grown-up. But they’re painful by the end of the day. I look at people wearing heels in movies and I’m like, ‘How do they do that?'”
Princess Eugenie’s interview appears in the latest issue of Harper’s Bazaar US, which features Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on the cover.
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