Eugenie’s Jack bags tequila deal with film star Clooney

WIDELY tipped to marry Princess Eugenie, Jack Brooksbank is making sure that he’s well-positioned to take advantage of joining ‘The Firm’.

After seven years as her boyfriend, Brooksbank has set up a company called Jack Brooksbank Ltd, which he hopes will make his fortune.

The business will distribute alcoholic drinks and he has managed to win the support of a famous client. Brooksbank, below with Eugenie, has landed an exclusive distribution deal for Casamigos tequila, the brand part-owned by Hollywood star George Clooney, who, by coincidence, shares an ex-girlfriend with Prince Andrew, Eugenie’s father.

Brooksbank has big plans for his new company, with his spokesman telling me: ‘In time, Jack will utilise his experience to expand the business.’

While Eugenie, 26, attended Newcastle University, Brooksbank, 30, learned his trade in a string of Chelsea pubs frequented by Prince Harry and his court jester Guy Pelly. When Pelly went to work at Harry’s favourite Mayfair nightspot Mahiki, Brooksbank followed, becoming the club’s manager. Pelly has since set up a Mexicanthemed club in Chelsea called Tonteria, so he’ll be delighted his old friend Jack is giving a career as a tequila salesman his best shot. It’s not clear if Eugenie’s parents put in a good word for Brooksbank with Clooney, but Andrew and the Duchess of York, both 57, share some intriguing connections with the 55year-old actor, who lives in Sonning, Berkshire, with British wife Amal. Andy was reported to have enjoyed a fling in 2014 with Monika Jakisic, a Croatian model previously courted by Clooney. The actor is a member of Mayfair members’ club 5 Hertford Street, where Jack and Eugenie let their hair down with Fergie. Brooksbank has previously spoken of his dream of opening a chain of country hostelries, saying: ‘I have fond memories of Sunday roasts in pubs with log fires, and it’s something I want to recreate.’ The Queen’s Head has a nice ring to it . . .