Sarah Ferguson cried over Princess Eugenie's baby name tribute

Sarah Ferguson revealed she cried after finding out Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's son was named after her father in her new podcast.

The mother-of-two opened up about the birth of her third grandchild, Ernest George Ronnie, on the latest episode of Tea Talks, with co-host Sarah Jane Thomson.

Born last week and weighing 7lbs 1oz, Ernest's middle name also pays tribute to his late grandfather, Jack's dad George, who died aged 72 in 2021, and Fergie's father Major Ronald Ferguson, as well as King George V, the grandfather of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

'He is a very, very, seriously beautiful little boy. Of course everyone says that, but of course he is,' she said. 'He's called Ernest George Ronnie. He's Ernest because George III's middle name was Ernest and also because it's a fabulous name.

'And then George after Jack's father and Ronald - Ronnie - after my father. [I was] really touched. When Jack and Eugenie told me, it was so moving that they put my dad in there. It was very kind, I thought, made me cry of course.'

Fergie, who is also a grandmother to Eugenie’s older son August, and Princess Beatrice’s daughter Sienna, launched her podcast, Tea Talks, last week.

The new arrival is 13th in line to the throne moving the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward down to 14th place.

How sweet is that tribute!