Sarah Ferguson has reportedly travelled to Portugal to be with her daughter Princess Eugenie, who gave birth to her third child on Monday 3 August 2026.

According to a report by the Daily Mail, cited by HELLO! magazine, Ferguson arrived in the village of Melides, near Lisbon, where Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank have made their home. The couple had already confirmed the birth themselves, posting on Instagram that they were "delighted to announce the safe arrival of their daughter." The baby girl was born at 18:20 BST, weighing 6 lbs 9 oz, at a private hospital in Lisbon. BBC News · People

Eugenie is now recovering at the family's £3.6 million home in the 722-acre Costa Terra community. The stretch of Portuguese coast has attracted media attention as the so-called "Iberian Hamptons," and HELLO! describes it as a "breakaway royal power base" for royals seeking distance from the Windsor spotlight. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle own a holiday home in the same area, as do George and Amal Clooney. HELLO!

For Ferguson, the trip marks a rare public movement at a difficult moment. She has retreated from public life following renewed speculation over her long-standing association and financial ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to HELLO! magazine. She was last reported to be staying at a Swiss chalet called Les Gais Lutins, owned by her close friend and former partner, businessman Paddy McNally, who died in July 2026 at the age of 88. In March, she was photographed at the £14,000-per-week MayrLife Clinic in Austria, before her 90-day European Union stay ran out. HELLO!

HELLO!'s royal editor Emily Nash wrote in May that Ferguson would find it hard to stay away from a new grandchild. The prediction appears to have held. The new baby is Eugenie and Brooksbank's first daughter, joining two older sons.

Eugenie, 36, is the younger daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, and a granddaughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II. She married Jack Brooksbank, a brand director and former hospitality executive, at St George's Chapel, Windsor, in 2018. The family relocated to Portugal in 2022 while Brooksbank took up a role linked to a Costa Terra property development, though they have kept a residence in the UK as well.

The birth and Ferguson's arrival place the family's Portuguese life back in the news. What remains private is everything the household has chosen not to disclose: the baby's name has not yet been announced, and no details of a christening have been confirmed.