He dropped out of college and was known as 'Barman Jack'. Yes this 王室の, who turns 38 today, has built a 評判 as charming, reliable and faultlessly 控えめの...

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There is one member of the 王室の Family who has left Britain to live abroad, rubs shoulders with some of the biggest 指名するs in show 商売／仕事, makes his own living with no input from the 栄冠を与える - and still stays on impeccably good 条件 with 上級の members of 'The 会社／堅い’.

He’s even on friendly 条件 with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, whose 得点する／非難する／２０-settling memoir Spare 原因（となる）d so much upset in the 回廊（地帯）s of Buckingham Palace.

But unlike the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Jack Brooksbank - who celebrates his 38th birthday today (3 May) - has earned a 評判 for 存在 charming, reliable and faultlessly 控えめの

Since he married Princess Eugenie at St George's Chapel, Windsor 城, in October 2018, he has 証明するd to be both a dutiful 関係者 at 王室の occasions and a 激しく揺する of support for his wife during some difficult times - 含むing the death of Eugenie’s grandparents the Queen and Prince Philip, her mother the Duchess of York’s 戦う／戦い with 癌 and the dark days when the 熱狂的興奮状態 s urrounding Prince Andrew 脅すd to 影を投げかける his two daughters.

一方／合間, he has 静かに gone about the 商売／仕事 of building his career, moving his young family, 含むing Eugenie and their two young sons August, three and Ernest, eleven months, to Portugal, where he now 作品 as a marketing (n)役員／(a)執行力のある for the 排除的 Costa Terra ゴルフ and Ocean Club, an hour’s 運動 south of Lisbon.

The 排除的 訴える手段／行楽地 is the brainchild of the American 所有物／資産／財産 大君 Michael Meldman, who created the £45-a-瓶／封じ込める Casamigos tequila brand with his film 星／主役にする friend George Clooney before selling the company to the drinks 巨大（な） Diageo in a billion-dollar 取引，協定.

Jack was 雇うd by the pair and their 実業家 partner ランド Gerber as Casamigo’s European brand 外交官／大使 and even served the spirit at his wedding 歓迎会.

It is （疑いを）晴らす that Meldman thought so 高度に of him that he took him to run the marketing 味方する of his new Portuguese 事業／計画（する）, which is still in its 幼少／幼藍期. The 王室の in-法律 also runs a successful ワイン 輸入するing company based in London.

Jack, a longtime friend of Prince Harry who was one of the few members of the 王室の family to escape 批評 in ‘Spare, first met Eugenie at the Verbier ski 訴える手段／行楽地 in Switzerland in 2010, where the Princess was holidaying with her parents and older sister Princess Beatrice.

In 2018, Princess Eugenie 明らかにする／漏らすd in a BBC interview that '誘発するs flew’ from the beginning. 

The pair began dating and their 関係 生き残るd a long-distance 分離 three years later when Eugenie took a 職業 with online auction house Paddle8, based in New York.

On the 直面する of it, Jack - a commoner who had spent much of his time since leaving school working behind a 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 - was not such a 広大な／多数の／重要な match for a young woman who was born sixth in line to the 王位.

Indeed, at the time of their 会合, Jack was working as a barman and 'meeter and greeter’ at the London 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 and restaurant Devonshire Terrace, but there was always more to him than 会合，会うs the 注目する，もくろむ.

The son of Old Etonian 借り切る／憲章d accountant George Brooksbank and an 相続人 to the Brooksbank baronetcy, Jack was educated at the £15,567-a-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 Stowe public school and the University of Bristol, though he dropped out before taking his degree.

His mother Nicola is the 広大な／多数の／重要な-granddaughter of First World War general and 保守的な MP Sir Arthur Holland and Sir Frederick Charlton Meyrick, 2nd Baronet, another 上級の army officer and Torry MP.

Jack is even distantly 関係のある to Eugenie herself through his paternal 広大な／多数の／重要な-広大な／多数の／重要な grandfather Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, who lived at Holkham Hall in Norfolk and who is also an anc estor of Sarah Ferguson.

After it became （疑いを）晴らす that he wasn’t 削減（する） out for university life, Jack 伸び（る）d his parents blessing before quitting to fulfil his ambition of working in the 歓待 産業 - he has said his dream is to own a chain of pubs.

He took a 職業 at Chelsea's 海軍大将 Codrington, a gastropub just a short walk from Sloane Square in the heart of Made In Chelsea country from where he was headhunted by 実業家 Piers Adam, who 雇うd him to work around the corner at The Markham Inn.

In his three years at the Markham, Jack got to know Prince Harry and his friend Guy Pelly and began to move in 王室の circles - where he was known as ‘Barman Jack”. He then became general 経営者／支配人 of Piers Adam’s Mahiki club in Mayfair, one of the 資本／首都's most 排除的 nightclubs and an 早期に favourite of Prince Harry and the young 王室のs.

Jack and Eugenie were often spotted out together throughout the 2010s, いつかs …を伴ってd by Prince Harry - who still enjoys a の近くに 関係 with his cousin.

In September 2016, rumours of a 王室の 約束／交戦 began to 渦巻く after Jack, who had then been dating Eugenie for six years, was 招待するd to spend time with the 王室の family and the late Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral.

The same year, Jack and Eugenie were two of the first people Harry introduced to Meghan Markle - the Prince wrote in his 調書をとる／予約する that the four met at a dinner party where they drank tequila and where he saw 'Euge hugging Meg, as if they were sisters.'

Speaking of Meghan 会合 the first members of his family, he said she 'loved' Jack and Eugenie.

In the docuseries, 肩書を与えるd Harry and Meghan, the couple recounted how Eugenie and Jack （機の）カム to visit Meghan and Harry in Toronto in October 2016 before Harry’s 関係 was made public. 

They two couples …に出席するd an apocalypse-主題d party together at the city's 支店 of Soho House.

Harry also said that Meghan and he were 'deliriously happy' for Princess Eugenie when she got engaged to Jack, 追加するing: 'since Jack was one of our favorite people.'

Jack finally popped the question on a holiday to Nicaragua, with their 約束／交戦 存在 公式に announ ced on 22 January 2018.

The 公式の／役人 王室の Family Twitter account said at the time: 'The Duke Speaking the 約束／交戦 in a ビデオ for the 王室の Family's YouTube page, Jack recounted how he popped the question in 前線 of 'a beautiful 火山, sun was setting, birds were 飛行機で行くing.'

Eugenie 追加するd: 'The lake was so beautiful. The light was just a special light I had never seen. I 現実に said this is an incredible moment, and then he popped the question, which was really surprising even though we have been together seven years. I was over the moon.'

The couple were married at St Georges Chapel in 前線 of 850 guests. The bridal party 含むd Princess Charlotte as bridesmaid and Prince George as page boy, with Princess Beatrice as maid of honour.

After 交流ing their 公約するs the couple beamed as they walked out of the church and kissed in 前線 of 1,200 支持者s before their short carriage ride through Windsor and 支援する to the 城 for their 歓迎会.

によれば 報告（する）／憶測s at the time, Jack's wedding speech was ‘filled with devotion to Eugenie’ and he told his new wife she 'lights up his life and makes him feel 完全にする'.

Since becoming parents, Eugenie and Jack have enjoyed life away from the スポットライト. In fact the only (n)艦隊／(a)素早いing hint of スキャンダル （機の）カム a few months after August’s birth when he was photographed partying on a ヨット with glamorous bikini-覆う？ models while Eugenie stayed at home with their newborn child.

急ぐing to his defence, his mother-in-法律 Sarah Ferguson 主張するd the event was part of Jack’s work as a Casamiga brand 外交官／大使.

'Jack, who was on the 前線 page, is a man of such 正直さ,' she said. 'He's just one of my most favourite people, I call him James 社債 現実に.

'He's just a superhero in my 調書をとる／予約する, and he's a 広大な／多数の／重要な father, a fabulous husband, and he's never at 前線 of house, he always likes to be at the 支援する.

In April 2021, Jack was one of the handful of 王室のs who …に出席するd the 私的な funeral for the late Duke of Edinburgh in Windsor, and later …に出席するd a service of remembrance for Prince Philip in March 2022.

Jack was also by Eugenie's 味方する as she wiped 涙／ほころびs away at her grandmother's The Queen’s funeral London and Windsor.

Until recently, they had been living as a family at Frogmore Cottage, the 王室の 住居 sub-let to them by Eugenie’s cousin Prince Harry and Meghan.

The couples are known to be の近くに, with Eugenie and Jack becoming the first (and thus far, only) 王室のs to visit the Sussexes in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs.

In the 合間, Jack’s charm and discretion will be put to good use in Portugal, where it is rumoured that another privacy-shy couple may soon become their 近づく-隣人s.

His old boss George Clooney and his human 権利s lawyer wife A mal - who organised Meghan’s baby にわか雨 in 2019 - are said to be 利益／興味d in buying a 所有物／資産／財産 at the Costa Terra club.

Whether or not that comes to pass, you’ll surely not hear a whisper from Jack Brooksbank, who continues to live up to his 評判 for 存在 charming, 控えめの and an all-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 安全な pair of 手渡すs.

He dropped out of college and was known as 'Barman Jack'. Yes this 王室の, who turns 38 today, has built a 評判 as charming, reliable and faultlessly 控えめの...