SISTERLY SUPPORT ON TAP

ALTHOUGH their parents separated when they were just two and four, Beatrice and Eugenie still benefit from a strong family unit. Sarah and Andrew, both 58, remain close — so much so, in fact, that Eugenie once described them as ‘the best divorced couple I know’.

The Duke has described himself as ‘completely overjoyed’ at his daughter’s engagement, while Sarah has tweeted of her ‘total joy’.

Both girls are also close to their ‘granny’ the Queen, and share a deep sibling bond.

‘We are each other’s rocks,’ says Eugenie, who has made Beatrice her maid of honour. ‘We’re the only person in each other’s lives who can know exactly what the other one is going through.’