{"id":169263,"date":"2025-06-09T03:44:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T03:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169263\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T03:44:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T03:44:14","slug":"prince-williams-cousin-announces-surprise-engagement-to-rarely-seen-boyfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169263\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William’s cousin announces surprise engagement to rarely-seen boyfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Messages of congratulations have flooded in for Prince William<\/a> and Prince Harry<\/a>‘s cousin,\u00a0Lady Marina Windsor<\/a>, who announced her engagement on Sunday 8 June.<\/p>\n

The royal took to Instagram to share her exciting news with her followers, writing: “‘Very happy!” alongside a series of three photos showing off her engagement ring, snuggled up to her fianc\u00e9 Nico Macauley.<\/p>\n

Sister Amelia penned: “Yippeeee!” on the post, and many others wrote sweet messages like: “Congratulations!!! Very happy for you both,” and: “Congratulations beautiful ring.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"manCongratulations to the happy couple
\nMarina’s engagement ring\u00a0<\/p>\n

The ring appears to have an onyx gemstone in the middle, making it a unique and beautiful choice.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"WomanMarina posed to show off her gorgeous new ring<\/p>\n

It was not revealed where the couple got engaged, but it appeared they celebrated with a meal out at a restaurant and with a glass of fizz at home.<\/p>\n

While it is not known how long the couple have been together, they have been publicly linked since 2023.<\/p>\n

\"womanThe couple celebrated with a drink <\/p>\n

It was a special date for the royal to announce her engagement to the world as it falls on her grandparents’ wedding anniversary. The Duke and Duchess of Kent said ‘I do’ on 8 June 1961, in York, England.<\/p>\n

In May, Marina went on a romantic trip to Connemara, West Ireland with her then-boyfriend, who works in cybersecurity. The pair appeared to enjoy walks along the rugged coastal paths, soaking in the scenery.<\/p>\n

Passionate advocate\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marina has taken a keen interest in Princess Eugenie’s Blue Marine Foundation<\/a> and advocates for this on her social media accounts. She stepped out in support of OCEAN with David Attenborough and called it “an extraordinarily important and breathtaking film”.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Messages of congratulations have flooded in for Prince William and Prince Harry‘s cousin,\u00a0Lady Marina Windsor, who announced her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,39198,533,70662,447,2832,532,2831,48014,7710,519,7711,672,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-169263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-engagement-rings","12":"tag-kate-middleton","13":"tag-lady-marina-windsor","14":"tag-prince-harry","15":"tag-prince-of-wales","16":"tag-prince-william","17":"tag-princess-of-wales","18":"tag-royal-engagements","19":"tag-royal-families","20":"tag-royal-family","21":"tag-uk-royal-family","22":"tag-weddings","23":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114651350085964772","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}