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Royal family shares adorable childhood snaps of Eugenie and Jack

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Couple first met at the Swiss resort seven years ago; it was "love at first sight". Photo / Getty Images

Couple first met at the Swiss resort seven years ago; it was "love at first sight". Photo / Getty Images

The Royal family has released a set of never-before-seen snaps of Princess Eugenie and fiancé Jack Brooksbank just three days before the couple tie the knot at Windsor Castle.

In the run-up to their big day, the couple decided to share a selection of private photographs including some early snaps of them young children via Twitter, reports the Daily Mail.

Another image shows the couple enjoying a walk on the grounds of Balmoral castle two years ago, on the week of Jack's 30th birthday.

And in one remarkably informal snap, Jack and Eugenie are pictured celebrating New Year's Eve in Verbier, Switzerland - the place where they first met seven years ago - just a few weeks before they announced their engagement in January this year.

Ahead of their special day, Princess Eugenie, Mr. Jack Brooksbank & their families have today shared a selection of photographs – including these images of The Couple as children: https://t.co/LAK9JCiufn #RoyalWedding pic.twitter.com/exYIHCefzj

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) October 9, 2018
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The Palace also shared the couple's official engagement portrait, first released in January and taken at Buckingham Palace.

Some 800 guests are expected to descend upon St. George's Chapel to watch Princess Eugenie, 28, walk down the aisle on Friday before dancing the night away at a lavish private party at the Royal Lodge.

Fresh from their annual Scottish break, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are set to make an appearance at their second royal wedding in less than six months following the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's nuptials in May.

This photograph was taken last year when Princess Eugenie and Mr. Jack Brooksbank were celebrating New Year’s in Verbier. #RoyalWedding pic.twitter.com/tfWb5kamso

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) October 9, 2018

Prince George and Princess Charlotte are rumoured to be taking on pageboy and flower girl duties for the ceremony, after being part of the pint-sized bridal party that followed Meghan down the aisle on May 19th.

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In their first interview since announcing their engagement in January, the couple revealed they first met while on a skiing holiday in Verbier - with Jack, 32, admitting it was "love at first sight".

"We met when I was 20 and Jack was 24 and fell in love. We have the same passions and the same drive for life," said Eugenie.

The couple will tie the knot on Friday morning at the same venue where Meghan and Harry, Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly and Sophie and Edward exchanged vows, and is expected to last around an hour.

The Couple have also shared several photographs of them together. This one shows Princess Eugenie and Mr. Jack Brooksbank at Balmoral in Scotland during the summer of 2016. #RoyalWedding pic.twitter.com/sD47kVTAor

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) October 9, 2018

The happy couple will exchange vows in front of the Dean of Windsor, the Right Rev David Conner.

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Eugenie appears to have paid a sweet tribute to her parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, by choosing the Archbishop of York John Sentamu to lead the prayers.

Princess Eugenie is due to arrive at St George's Chapel at 11am and, although it's tradition for the bride to be fashionably late, royal weddings run to a strict schedule.

After the ceremony, the couple will leave from the Royal Mews out of Windsor Castle and travel on to part of the High Street, before returning via Cambridge Gate, but they will not travel down the Long Walk like Eugenie's cousin and his bride.

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