Princess Eugenie has become a patron of an arts charity dedicated to giving young people access to the creative sector through work placements and training.
The Arts Work charity announced the news on social media on Friday with a post featuring a series of photos of the princess.
Arts Work said in the statement: “We are thrilled to announce that Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie has become our new patron.
“Her support marks a significant moment in our mission to champion creativity and amplify the voices of children and young people.
“As a charity dedicated to empowering young lives through creativity, we’re so pleased to have Her Royal Highness join us in advocating for inclusive, creative opportunities that enable young people to make change happen.”
Princess Eugenie works as a director at art gallery Hauser & Wirth in London, but has royal patronages outside of her job.
She also co-founded the Anti-Slavery Collective in 2017 with her sister, Princess Beatrice, and also has patronages with the National Orthopaedic Hospital and Horatio’s Garden.
Family members’ patronages
The news comes after Princess Beatrice’s role as a trustee at a youth charity where her father Prince Andrew used to be involved came to an end.
Outward Bound Trust said that the princess will soon move to a new role at the charity, having been a trustee there since 2019.
She became trustee at the charity, which helps young people to grow through real adventure, after Andrew was forced to step down following his Newsnight interview about his past friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Princess Beatrice’s departure came after several charities last week cut ties with her mother, Sarah Ferguson, after it emerged that she had described Epstein as a “supreme friend” in a message to him in 2011.
A study published by Giving Evidence earlier this year concluded that Prince Andrew’s patronage of several charities, as well as other royals’ patronages of different organisations, had no discernible benefit to their incomes.
