Lady Gabriella Windsor
| Lady Gabriella Windsor | |||||
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| Born | 23 April 1981 | ||||
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| House | House of Windsor | ||||
| Father | Prince Michael of Kent | ||||
| Mother | Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz | ||||
| Religion | Church of England | ||||
Lady Gabriella Windsor (Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia; born 23 April 1981), known both professionally and personally as Ella Windsor, is an English freelance feature writer, and the only daughter of Prince Michael of Kent and his wife, née Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz.
Her paternal great-grandparents were King George V and Queen Mary. She is a member of the British Royal Family, where members of the Royal Family belong to (are born into), or are married into, the House of Windsor. Her maternal grandparents are Baron Günther Hubertus von Reibnitz and Countess Maria Anna Szapáry of Muraszombath and Szapár.
Lady Gabriella was born at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, England and has an older brother, Lord Frederick Windsor, born on 6 April 1979 in the same hospital. Her father is a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and so Lady Gabriella is a first cousin once removed of the Queen. She is also related to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, since he and her paternal grandmother, Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, were first cousins. That is, Lady Gabriella and Prince Philip are first cousins, twice removed. She is 48th in the line of succession to the British throne.
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. Lady Gabriella (like her brother, Lord Frederick) was brought up in the Church of England and consequently retains her place in the line of succession.
Lady Gabriella was educated at Downe House School in Cold Ash, Berkshire.[1] In May 2004, Lady 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.
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.
External links
- Official site of Ella Windsor
- Various photos
- Voted Most Elegant Woman in October 2007
- Lady Gabriella Windsor interviews Joaquín Cortés for Hello
- Lady Gabriella Windsor in a video interview
- Official line of succession to the British throne
| Lines of succession | ||
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| Preceded by | Line of succession to the British throne granddaughter of George, son of George V |
Succeeded by Princess Alexandra |
- Use British English from October 2011
- Use dmy dates from October 2011
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Paddington
- People educated at Downe House School
- Alumni of Linacre College, Oxford
- Brown University alumni
- English journalists
- House of Windsor
- British people of German descent
- British people of Austrian descent
- British people of Hungarian descent
- British people of Russian descent
- British people of Danish descent
- British people of Greek descent
