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Princess Eugenie and her family were told to “prepare for the worst” after her father-in-law contracted COVID-19. George Brooksbank, father of Eugenie’s husband Jack, was put on a ventilator for five weeks following a trip to France, but the 71-year-old has now recovered from the life-threatening illness. His wife Nicola, who also contracted the disease …
Princess Eugenie and her family were told to “prepare for the worst” after her father-in-law contracted COVID-19.
George Brooksbank, father of Eugenie’s husband Jack, was put on a ventilator for five weeks following a trip to France, but the 71-year-old has now recovered from the life-threatening illness.
His wife Nicola, who also contracted the disease — but didn’t need hospital treatment — thanked the British National Health Service for saving her husband’s life, and told The Telegraph: “Without doubt, they saved him, and we could not be more grateful. We were not able to see him throughout his treatment and more than once we were told to expect the worst.”
Brooksbank’s condition finally improved following a tracheotomy, and he thanked the staff at both the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London and the Royal Brompton Hospital for saving his life.
“The point I really want to get across is that I think the NHS is absolutely magnificent. The way I was treated was incredible. Nothing was too much trouble and at no point did I get a sense of a shortage of doctors or nurses or any impression that the service was in any way overwhelmed.”
“I certainly owe them my life,” he added.
After emergency treatment following Brooksbank’s initial diagnosis, he was moved to a ward at the Royal Brompton Hospital which specializes in heart and lung conditions in people recovering from Covid-19. He then underwent a further period of rehabilitation.
The retired chartered accountant is now “absolutely fine” and said: “There was always somebody at hand. I want to offer profound thanks to everyone who was involved. It was a real eye-opener for somebody who has not been in hospital before for any length of time. I certainly owe them my life.”
Eugenie, the youngest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, married Jack — who works for George Clooney and Rande Gerber’s billion-dollar tequila brand Casamigos — in 2018.
