Edward Windsor

**Edward Edmund Maximilian George Windsor, Lord Downpatrick** (born 2 December 1988), known professionally as **Eddy Downpatrick**, is a British travel specialist, adventurer, photographer, and writer. He is a co-partner of an expedition and adventure travel company called Wheeler-Windsor Expeditions and the founder of Aristeia Travel, an exclusive travel curator. He has led expeditions to various locations worldwide, including the Himalayas of Nepal - the Himalaya Helicopter Expedition, Central Asia, Scottish Highlands, Norwegian Arctic, Ethiopia, British Columbia, and Balkans. 

In August 2022, Lord Downpatrick was elected as a Member International of The Explorer's Club, a professional society promoting scientific exploration and field study, founded in 1904 in the United States.

Downpatrick is a member of the British Royal Family, and holds the title of Baron (Lord) Downpatrick. He is second-in-line to the Dukedom of Kent, and his grandfather was a first cousin to Queen Elizabeth II. The late Diana, Princess of Wales, was his godmother. A second cousin once removed of Charles III, Downpatrick is the most senior member of the House of Windsor to be excluded from the line of succession to the British throne due his Roman Catholic faith. He, along with his sisters, holds Canadian citizenship through his mother.

## Early life and family 
Downpatrick was born on 2 December 1988 at St Mary's Hospital, London, and grew up in Cambridge. He is the eldest child of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, son and heir apparent of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. He is a member of the British Royal Family and was a first cousin and confidant of the late Queen Elizabeth II. His mother is Sylvana, Countess of St Andrews, who is a Canadian historian with Austro-Italian and French heritage and a fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge, where she holds the position of Sir Harry Hinsley Lecturer in History. Diana, Princess of Wales, was Downpatrick's godmother, but she died before he got to know her well. He has curated, designed, and led private expeditions during his 20s and early 30s, which led to the establishment of his own business, Aristeia Travel in 2021. Later that year, he partnered with Dr. Jack Wheeler to create Wheeler Windsor Expeditions. Central Asia, and old-world Europe. He is an avid hiker, mountaineer, skier, wild swimmer, linguist, and horseman. The brand is a collection of outdoor-wear and accessories. His designs were inspired by the Scottish Highlands.

## Succession rights 
In 2003, aged 15, following the example of his grandmother the Duchess of Kent and his uncle Lord Nicholas Windsor, Downpatrick, who was baptised in the Church of England, chose to be confirmed into the Catholic Church. He was therefore barred from the line of succession to the British throne according to the Act of Settlement 1701. As a second cousin once removed of King Charles III, Downpatrick is the most senior person excluded from the line of succession for being a Catholic. , he would have been 42nd in line. He remains second in the line of succession, after his father, to the Dukedom of Kent.

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2 December 1988 Lord Downpatrick 

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