In case you missed it, Princess Eugenie (whose name is pronounced completely differently to how we thought, FYI) just married Jack Brooksbank in the second royal wedding of the year.

Just like the first royal wedding - when Prince Harry wed Meghan Markle in May - the nuptials took place in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. And just like the first royal wedding, it was a very emotional affair.

Perhaps one of the most touching parts of the ceremony was when Eugenie's sister and Maid of Honour, Princess Beatrice, stood up to do a reading in front of the 850 guests. 30-year-old Beatrice read an excerpt from F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby, and it turns out there's a very good reason why she read out the quotes that she did.

"It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life," Princess Beatrice said, delivering her reading.

"It faced - or seemed to face - the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favour."

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It's a romantic quote, but thanks to Royal Correspondent Rebecca English, who shared a photograph of her order of service from the wedding, we now know exactly why Princess Eugenie chose these words for her sister to read.

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"It was soon after she and Jack had first met that Princess Eugenie read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. One particular passage in which Jay Gatsby is described reminded her immediately of Jack," the order of service read.

"She decided that she wanted eventually to let Jack know how much those words had brought him to mind. That is why they have had a special place (as the second reading) in today's wedding service."

The explanation in the order of service continued, saying: "The words that particularly reminded her of Jack concern Jay Gatsby's smile."

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Princess Beatrice arrived at today's wedding ceremony with her mother, Sarah Ferguson, as opposed to with the rest of the bridal party.

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Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's royal wedding in pictures
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