Lady Helen Taylor
Lady Helen Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 April 1964 |
| Occupation | Business representative |
| Spouse |
Timothy Taylor (m. 1992) |
| Children | Columbus Taylor Cassius Taylor Eloise Taylor Estella Taylor |
| Parent(s) | Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Katharine, Duchess of Kent |
Lady Helen Marina Lucy Taylor (née Windsor; born 28 April 1964) is a first cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II, and a great-granddaughter of King George V. She is currently 40th in 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 Eton End PNEU School in Datchet then 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. She was nicknamed "Melons" by the popular press.[1]
Marriage and children
On 18 July 1992, Lady Helen married Timothy Verner Taylor (b. 8 August 1963), an art dealer and the eldest son of Commander Michael Verner Taylor, RN and Susan Geraldine Percy.[2] They married at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. The bride wore a Catherine Walker design [3] inspired by the architecture of the wedding venue.[4][unreliable source?]
Lady Helen and her husband have four children, who immediately follow her in the line of succession:
- Columbus George Donald Taylor (born 6 August 1994) - He is currently 41st in line.
- Cassius Edward Taylor (born 26 December 1996) - He is currently 42nd in line.
- Eloise Olivia Katherine Taylor (born 2 March 2003) - She is currently 43rd in line.
- Estella Olga Elizabeth Taylor (born 21 December 2004) - She is currently 44th in line.
Public role
As a minor member of the royal family, Lady Helen performs no official functions, but she does attend family events such as royal weddings and Trooping the Colour. In 2012, she attended the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.
She is a patron of the CLIC Sargent children's cancer charity.[5] Her husband is a cancer survivor.[6]
Ancestry
References
- ^ People Magazine Archive: Windsor Castle Lights Up with Lasers as the 'queenyboppers'—four Royal Cousins—turn 21 July 08, 1985 Vol. 24 No. 2 "Lady Helen Windsor, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, is known as "Melons" because of her ample proportions." & "True to form, Lady Helen—"Melons"—was at the center of the party's only controversy. Her ex-boyfriend, Oakes, crashed the event and was escorted out by police."
- ^ "- Person Page 10558". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
- ^ "'Iconic royal wedding gowns". Harpers Bazaar.
- ^ Order of Splendor: Lady Helen Taylor's gown http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/wedding-wednesday-lady-helen-taylors.html
- ^ "CLIC Sargent - Caring for Children and Young People with Cancer : Midsummer party raises £400,000 for children and young people with cancer". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
- ^ Mills, James. "The day Lady Helen cracked". London: Daily Mail.
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- Daughters of British dukes
- House of Windsor
- People educated at Heathfield School, Ascot
- People educated at Gordonstoun
- British people of Austrian descent
- British people of Danish descent
- British people of German descent
- British people of Greek descent
- British people of Russian descent