Lady Gabriella Kingston
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Lady Gabriella Windsor | |
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| Born | Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Windsor 23 April 1981 |
| Parent(s) | Prince Michael of Kent Princess Michael of Kent |
Lady Gabriella "Ella" Windsor (Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia; born 23 April 1981) is an English freelance feature writer, and the only daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.
Gabriella Windsor was born at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, England and has an older brother, Frederick, born on 6 April 1979 in the same hospital. She was educated at Downe House School in Cold Ash, Berkshire.[1] In May 2004, Gabriella graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, with a BA degree in Comparative Literature. In 2012, she obtained an MPhil degree in Social Anthropology from Linacre College, Oxford.
Prince Michael's marriage to a Roman Catholic debarred him from succession to the British throne under the provisions of the Act of Settlement 1701. This was reversed by the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, which removed the disqualification of those who marry Roman Catholics. Gabriella (like her brother Frederick) was brought up in the Church of England and consequently retains her place in the line of succession.
Her paternal great-grandparents were King George V and Queen Mary. She is 49th in the line of succession to the British throne.
Ancestry
References
- ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page cxli.
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- British people of German descent
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- British people of Hungarian descent
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