Lady Helen Taylor
The Lady Helen Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 April 1964 |
| Occupation | Business representative |
| Spouse | Timothy Taylor |
| Parent(s) | Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Katharine, Duchess of Kent |
The Lady Helen Taylor (Helen Marina Taylor , née Windsor; born 28 April 1964) A first cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II, she is a great-granddaughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and is in the line of succession to the British throne.
Early life and youth
Born at Coppins, a country house in Iver, Buckinghamshire, Lady Helen is the only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. She was educated at St Mary's School, Wantage and Gordonstoun. Between 1987 and 1991, Lady Helen worked with the art dealer Karsten Schubert and confessed in a television interview that she had turned down representing artist Damien Hirst. In her youth, she was tagged with the nickname of Melons owing to her large breasts [1][2][3] and was often referred to as the wild child of the Windsors as a result of her active social life and choice of friends. One of her friends, Olivia Channon, the daughter of Paul Channon, Baron Kelvedon, died of a drug overdose while at Oxford. Lady Helen has been quoted as saying that this death and that of another friend served as a wake-up call concerning her own lifestyle choices.[4]
Marriage and children
From her birth until her marriage, she was styled "The Lady Helen Windsor." She married Timothy Verner Taylor (b. 8 August 1963), an art dealer and the eldest son of Commander Michael Verner Taylor, RN and Susan G. Percy, on 18 July 1992 at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Upon her marriage, Lady Helen was styled "The Lady Helen Taylor." She and her husband have four children:
- Columbus George Donald Taylor (born 6 August 1994)
- Cassius Edward Taylor (born 26 December 1996)
- Eloise Olivia Katherine Taylor (born 2 March 2003)
- Estella Olga Elizabeth Taylor (born 21 December 2004)
She is the only one of the Duke of Kent's children who remains in the British line of succession given that both of her brothers married Catholic women.