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Princess Eugenie is one of the few royal family members active on social media - and it's fair to say she makes the most of the platform.
The youngest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson uses her Instagram to share snaps of her charity work, fun throwbacks and more recently pictures of her beautiful sons, August and Ernest
The granddaughter of the late Queen also regularly posts pictures of her family, including big sister Princess Beatrice and her parents.
But Eugenie once admitted that a photo she shared got her into hot water with the rest of the royal family as it showed an "off-limits" area of the palace.
During her interview with Vogue in 2019, the princess spoke about the photo she shared of her dad to mark Father's Day.
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The photo was taken at Buckingham Palace (Instagram)She explained how she had struggled to choose a photo to celebrate the occasion, thinking a Balmoral snap would be 'too personal' and an Ascot photo 'too formal'.
In the end she settled on a photo of her dad behind the scenes at Buckingham Palace as he prepared for his first Trooping the Colour as Colonel in Chief of the Grenadier Guards.
She shared the photo with the caption: "A wonderful and proud day celebrating Her Majesty's birthday and @hehthedukeofyork for his first Trooping the Colour as Colonel in Chief of the Grenadier Guards.".
Eugenie was close to her late grandmother the Queen (Getty Images)But she soon realised it wasn't the right picture after all.
She told Vogue: "I recently got in trouble for posting a picture of Papa in a corridor of the palace that was off-limits to the public."
More recently Eugenie used her Instagram page to reveal the birth of her second son Ernest, who she had with husband Jack Brooksbank.
She shared an adorable snap of the newborn, as well as a photo of older brother August dotingly stroking his head as he lay in a cot.
She captioned the picture: "Jack and I wanted to share the news that we had our little boy, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank on 30th May 2023 at 8.49 weighing 7.1lbs.
"He is named after his great great great Grandfather George, his Grandpa George and my Grandpa Ronald.
"Augie is loving being a big brother already."
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As well as family snaps, Eugenie uses her social media page to promote her charity work, especially her role as co-founder of The Anti-Slavery Collective.