Lady Amelia Windsor

Lady Amelia Windsor
Lady Amelia at Buckingham Palace in 2012
Born (1995-08-24) 24 August 1995 (age 29)
Cambridge, England
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
OccupationModel
Parents
FamilyHouse of Windsor

Lady Amelia Sophia Theodora Mary Margaret Windsor (born 24 August 1995) is a British fashion model and relative of the British royal family. As of May 2023, she is 43rd in the line of succession to the British throne. She is a granddaughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, so she is consequently a great-great-granddaughter of George V and Queen Mary; she is a second cousin once removed of Charles III.

Early life and family

Amelia Sophia Theodora Mary Margaret Windsor was born on 24 August 1995 at the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. She was christened in December 1995 at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.[1] She is the youngest child of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, and his wife, Sylvana Tomaselli.[2] Her paternal grandfather, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent,[3][4] is a first cousin of Elizabeth II[5] and her father is a second cousin of Charles III. Her paternal great grandparents were Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, a granddaughter of George I of Greece and first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Her paternal great-great grandparents were George V and Mary of Teck. Her paternal grandmother, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, is the daughter of Sir William Worsley, 4th Baronet. Lady Amelia descends maternally from the Austrian Tomaselli family. She is the younger sister of Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick, and Lady Marina Windsor.[6] She is a third cousin of William, Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.[7][8] In 2013 she was presented to society at le Bal des débutantes.[9]

Career

Lady Amelia is signed with Storm Model Management.[10][11][2] In 2016 she was the cover girl for Tatler.[12] In February 2017 she walked the runway for Dolce & Gabbana at Milan Fashion Week.[13][14] She also walked in Dolce & Gabbana's 2019 Spring collection.[6] She was featured on the August 2017 cover of Vogue Japan.[15] In 2018, Lady Amelia released a collaboration with Penelope Chilvers for a line of shoes, and modelled for the line in a video campaign in Spain.[16] Twenty percent of the proceeds from her shoe collection were donated to War Child, a charity that aids children in conflict areas.[12]

Lady Amelia has worked for Chanel, Azzedine Alaia, and interned at BVLGARI.[10][12][2] She is a contributing fashion editor at Tatler.com.[17] In October 2018 Lady Amelia became the spokesmodel for British make-up brand Illamasqua.[18][19][20]

In 2020, Lady Amelia began contributing to a new environmental platform called Talia Collective, writing about eco-travel and lifestyle.[21]

Succession rights

Lady Amelia's father, the Earl of St Andrews, lost his succession rights to the British throne according to the Act of Settlement 1701 as a consequence of marrying a Catholic. Although her grandmother, the Duchess of Kent, had converted to Catholicism in 1994, it did not remove her grandfather, Prince Edward, from the line of succession as the duchess was Anglican at the time of their wedding in 1961 and the Act of Settlement 1701 did not take into consideration a person married to someone in the line of succession converting to Catholicism. Her uncle, Lord Nicholas Windsor, converted to Catholicism in 2001, which removed him from the line of succession. In 2013, the Succession to the Crown Act was passed, giving Lady Amelia's father succession rights once again. Lady Amelia's two older siblings were confirmed in the Catholic faith and therefore lost their succession rights.[22] She is therefore the only one among her siblings to maintain a place in the line of succession.[23]

Personal life

After graduating from St Mary's School, Ascot,[24] Lady Amelia spent a gap year in India and Thailand[25] before studying French and Italian at the University of Edinburgh.[11][26]

Lady Amelia was named in the Vanity Fair International Best Dressed List in 2017.[27] Further stylish looks were photographed in 2017.[28][29]

In January 2021, she became the patron of Cross River Gorilla Project, an initiative that helps save the Critically Endangered Cross River gorillas from extinction.[30]

Lady Amelia lives in a flat in Notting Hill, West London.[31]

References

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  4. ^ Holt, Bethan (13 May 2018). "Meet Lady Amelia Windsor, the young British royal combining style with substance". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Rumor Has It Prince Harry's Beautiful Model Cousin Didn't Get Invited to the Royal Wedding". 14 May 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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  7. ^ "Royal snub: 'Maybe Harry didn't want anyone upstaging the bride'". Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  8. ^ Gonzales, Erica (2 August 2018). "Lady Amelia Windsor Is the Coolest Royal You Haven't Heard of Yet". Harper's BAZAAR. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Kyra Kennedy Makes Formal Debut at Debutante Ball". People. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Amelia Windsor – Storm Artists". stormmanagement.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  11. ^ a b Pike, Naomi (13 January 2017). "Amelia Windsor: Miss Vogue Meets". Vogue. UK. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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  17. ^ Cope, Rebecca (12 November 2018). "Amelia Windsor is the new face of Illamasqua". Tatler. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
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  20. ^ March, Bridget (23 October 2018). "My Beauty Edit: Amelia Windsor". Harper's BAZAAR. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  21. ^ "Lady Amelia Windsor takes editorial role at Talia Collective journal". Australian News Review. 31 October 2020. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  22. ^ "7 Intriguing Details About Lady Amelia Windsor, Britain's "Most Beautiful Royal"". Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  23. ^ O'Callaghan, Lauren (13 December 2017). "Move over Kate and Megan: Who is Lady Amelia Windsor? Royal 36th in line to the throne". Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  24. ^ Hodgkin, Emily (28 December 2017). "Lady Amelia Windsor's posh boarding school costs £39,000 a year". Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  25. ^ "Meet Amelia Windsor: Edinburgh third year and member of the royal family". 3 January 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  26. ^ "Before Bed: Lady Amelia Windsor Takes Her Sleep Seriously". 22 November 2017. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  27. ^ "Who is Lady Amelia Windsor: the most beautiful member of the royal family". 5 March 2016. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  28. ^ "Lady Amelia Windsor: Meet The Fashion World's New Favourite Royal". Grazia. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  29. ^ "As Lady Amelia Windsor celebrates her 22nd birthday look back at her most stylish looks". The Daily Telegraph. 24 August 2017. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  30. ^ "CRGP Announces Amelia Windsor as New Patron". Cross River Gorilla Project. 19 January 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  31. ^ "The surprisingly normal life of a young British royal: at home in Notting Hill with Lady Amelia Windsor". House & Garden. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
Preceded by Succession to the British throne
great-granddaughter of George, Duke of Kent
great-great-granddaughter of George V 		Followed by
Albert Windsor