Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank are getting ready to tie the knot on Oct. 12 [1], but their love story began almost eight years ago. The royal first met the wine merchant [2] during a ski trip in Verbier, Switzerland — where her family [3] has taken annual trips to since she was a kid — and the chemistry between them was almost instantaneous. "[It] was love at first sight," Jack said during their first interview as an engaged couple [4] in January. "We met when I was 20, he was 24," Eugenie added. "[We] fell in love. We have the same passions and drive for life."
It wasn't long after their first meeting that they made their public debut as a couple [5]. In June 2011, the pair attended the Royal Ascot together, followed by a number of sweet date nights around London. Now 28 and 32, respectively, Eugenie and Jack are getting ready to embark on the next chapter of their lives as a married couple, and the palace recently released a new clip of the couple describing their first meeting ahead of their wedding.
"We were skiing at a friend's place in Switzerland and I saw you first," Jack told Eugenie. "And we just stared at each other." "And I thought, what a silly hat," Eugenie added. "I remember being like, 'I really, really like this guy and I really want him to like me too.' And then you gave me this huge windscreen-wiper wave and I was like, 'Right he likes me.'" Aw!
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