Looks like the most eligible single girl in the British royal family may be off the dating market: the Daily Mail’s Richard Kay reports this week that Princess Eugenie has a new boyfriend.

The lad in question is 24-year-old Otto Brockway, a polo player, filmmaker, and nephew of Virgin entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson.  Kay writes, “The pair are said to have met at the Sussex Polo Club through a group of party-loving pals that revolves around the wealthy Pearson family – owners of the 17,000-acre Cowdray Park.”

The royals are no strangers to the Branson family.  Princess Eugenie’s older sister, Princess Beatrice, has been dating one of Sir Richard’s employees, Dave Clark, for some time now.  Sir Richard’s daughter, Holly, is also one of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s pals.  Holly was once even pipped as a possible future bride for William.

It seems that more than just proximity and polo has drawn Eugenie and Otto together, however.  Kay’s unnamed source notes, “Eugenie and Otto get on fabulously. He is good fun  -  a real party animal, rather like Eugenie herself.”

Read more from Richard Kay at the Mail Online.