Lady Amelia Windsor

Lady Amelia Sophia Theodora Mary Margaret Windsor (born 24 August 1995) is an English fashion model and a relative of the British royal family. She is currently 43rd in the line of succession to the British throne, as of September 2021.

Early Life and Family

Amelia Sophia Theodora Mary Margaret Windsor was born on 24 August 1995 at Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. She was christened in December 1995 at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She is the youngest child of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, and Sylvana Tomaselli. Her paternal grandfather, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, is a first cousin of Elizabeth II. 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 Tack. Her paternal grandmother, Katherine, Duchess of Kent, is the daughter of Sir William Arthington Worsley of Hovingham, 4th Baronet. Windsor descends maternally from Austrian Tomaselli family. Lady Amelia is the younger of Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick, and Lady Marina Windsor.

She is a third cousin of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. In 2013 she was presented to society at Le Bal des Debutantes.

Career

Windsor is signed with Storm Model Management. In 2016 she was the cover girl for Tatler. In February 2017 she walked the runway for Dolce & Gabbana at Milan Fashion Week. She also walked in Dolce & Gabbana's 2019 Spring collection.

She was featured on the August 2017 cover of Vogue Japan. 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. Twenty percent of the proceeds from shoe collection were donated to War Child, a charity that aids children in conflict areas.

Windsor has worked for Chanel, Azzedine Alaia, and interned at BVLGARI. She is a contributing fashion editor at Tatler.com.

In October 2018 Lady Amelia became the spokesmodel for British make-up brand Illamasqua.

In 2020, Windsor began contributing to a new environmental platform called Talia Collective, writing about eco-travel and lifestyle.

Succession Rights

Windsor's father, the Earl of St Andrews, lost his succession rights to the British throne as a consequence of marrying a Roman Catholic according to the Act of Settlement 1701.

Although her grandmother, the Duchess of Kent, had converted to Roman Catholic 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. Her uncle, Lord Nicholas Windsor, converted to Roman Catholic in 2001, which removed him from the line of succession. In 2013 the Succession to the Crown Act was passed, granting Lady Amelia's father succession rights once again. Lady Amelia's two siblings were confirmed in the Catholic faith and therefore gave up their succession rights. She is therefore the only one among her siblings to maintain a position in the line of succession.

Personal Life

After graduating from St Mary's School, Scot, Windsor spent a gap year in India and Thailand before studying French and Italian at the University of Edinburgh.

Windsor was named in the Vanity Fair International Best Dressed List in 2017. She was dubbed "the most beautiful member of the royal family" by Tatler.

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