Photos: Fergie & Prince Andrew announce daughter #PrincessEugenie is engaged to ex-barman BF

After Princess Eugenie's engagement news was revealed to the world by her thrilled parents, official portraits of the happy couple were released to mark the occasion - and offer that all-important first glimpse of the bride-to-be's ring.

The 27-year-old Princess' long-term boyfriend Jack Brooksbank, 31, popped the question in Nicaragua earlier this month with the unusual ring; a padparadscha sapphire surrounded by diamonds.

The sparkler bears a striking similarity to the one Eugenie's mother, Sarah Ferguson, was presented with by her ex-husband Prince Andrew, when they became engaged back in 1986 - although Fergie's ring was set with a pink Burma ruby. 

Eugenie and Jack are now set to exchange vows in the autumn at Windsor Castle - in the same chapel that will play host to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's nuptials in May.

But unlike Harry and Meghan, who enlisted celebrity photographer Alexi Lubomirski - who has snapped everyone from Julia Roberts to Angelina Jolie - to take their enagement photos, the couple plumped for a more down-to-earth option in the form of Press Association photographer Jonathan Brady. 

Eugenie showed off her thrifty side by recycling a floral dress by Erdem she previously wore for a photo shoot with Harper's Bazaar in 2016, teamed with Jimmy Choo shoes.