{"id":171816,"date":"2025-06-10T02:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T02:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/171816\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T02:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T02:32:09","slug":"lady-marina-windsor-is-engaged-and-her-ring-is-anything-but-traditional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/171816\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Marina Windsor Is Engaged and Her Ring Is Anything but Traditional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lady Marina Windsor is engaged, the royal revealed on Instagram<\/li>\n<li>Marina, who will marry her fianc\u00e9 Nico Macauley, showed off her stunning engagement ring in a series of photos posted to her account<\/li>\n<li>The royal&#8217;s grandfather, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, is Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s cousin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Lady Marina Windsor is tying the knot!\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The British royal, 32, is engaged to her fianc\u00e9 Nico Macauley, she announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKolXW5N1OI\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> on Sunday, June 8.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Lady Marina posted three photos with the caption, &#8220;Very happy! \ud83d\udc9e\ud83c\udf8a\ud83c\udf38.&#8221; In the first, she held her hand up to show off her engagement ring, which appears to feature an onyx cushion cut stone, while smiling beside Macauley. In the second, Marina flashed her ring in a solo shot, while in the third, the happy couple celebrated with champagne.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Marina, who works as Philanthropic Executive at The Big Give, and Macauley, who is an account executive with Zscaler, have been dating for two years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/article\/royal-wedding-lady-marina-windsor-engagement\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tatler<\/a> reports.\n<\/p>\n<p> Lady Marina Windsor (L) and Nico Macauley (R).<\/p>\n<p>Lady Marina Windsor\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Her engagement was met with plenty of excitement on Instagram, where Marina&#8217;s sister <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lady-amelia-windsor-debuts-haircut-meghan-markle-stylist-salon-george-northwood-8655925\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lady Amelia Windsor<\/a> commented, &#8220;Yippeeee!&#8221; and her brother Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick, quipped, &#8220;So the hazing begins.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/queen-elizabeth-cousin-flora-vesterberg-reveals-autism-diagnosis-age-30-11741748\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flora Vesterberg<\/a>, granddaughter of Princess Alexandra, a first cousin of the late <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/queen-elizabeth\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth<\/a>, added, &#8220;Love you! Happiest news xx.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Lady Marina Windsor is second cousins with <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/person\/king-charles-iii\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Charles<\/a> \u2014 her grandfather, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, was first cousins with the late <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/queen-elizabeth\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth<\/a>. That makes Marina a second cousin once removed to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince-william\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince-harry\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Edward is 42nd in line to the throne, while Marina used to be 25th, but was removed from the line of succession when she converted to Roman Catholicism at age 16 in 2008, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/lifestyle\/celebrity-life\/queen-elizabeth-iis-first-cousin-lady-marina-windsor-announces-surprise-engagement-to-boyfriend-of-two-years-nico-macauley\/news-story\/8d6baa0252d184dc2d303de7e6b3ce71\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky News<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p> Lady Marina Windsor and fianc\u00e9 Nico Macauley.<\/p>\n<p>Lady Marina Windsor\/Instagram (2)<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <strong>Can&#8217;t get enough of PEOPLE&#8217;s Royals coverage?<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/people-royals\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Sign up for our free Royals newsletter<\/a> to get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> When the Succession to the Crown Act was changed in 2015 to permit Catholics to marry into the royal family without losing their succession to the crown, Marina remained excluded from succession, the outlet reports.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Marina announced her engagement on the anniversary of her paternal grandparents&#8217; 1961 wedding, according to Tatler, which reports that the royal &#8220;is long thought to be close&#8221; with Prince Edward and Katharine, Duchess of Kent, and often stays at their Kensington Palace residence when she visits London.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Lady Marina Windsor is engaged, the royal revealed on Instagram Marina, who will marry her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-171816","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-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-of-wales","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-princess-of-wales","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family","18":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114656729054670540","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171816","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=171816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}