{"id":435297,"date":"2025-09-19T05:07:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T05:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/435297\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T05:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T05:07:16","slug":"king-charles-iiis-godson-lord-nicholas-windsor-separates-from-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/435297\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles III’s Godson Lord Nicholas Windsor Separates From Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

King Charles III<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s godson Lord Nicholas Windsor<\/strong> has reportedly split from his wife following the death of his mother, Katharine, Duchess of Kent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Nicholas, 55, and wife Paola Frankopan<\/strong> (otherwise known as Lady Nicholas Windsor), separated \u201cfor some time\u201d after 19 years of marriage, the Daily Mail <\/a>reported on Wednesday, September 17.<\/p>\n

The news of their split came after Nicholas attended his mother\u2019s funeral solo on Tuesday, September 16. According to the Daily Mail, the estranged couple \u201cno longer attend family events together,\u201d with a friend close to the situation claiming that Nicholas and Paola, 56, will \u201cnever\u201d officially divorce.<\/p>\n

Nicolas and Paola married in 2006 and share three sons: Albert Louis Philip Edward (born in September 2007), Leopold Ernest Augustus Guelph (born in September 2009) and Louis Arthur Nicholas Felix Windsor (born in May 2024).<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tKatharine, the Duchess of Kent was the oldest member of the royal family prior to her death at age 92, but what was her relation to King Charles III? Buckingham Palace confirmed Katharine\u2019s death in a statement released on Friday, September 5. \u201cHer Royal Highness passed away peacefully last night at Kensington Palace, surrounded by [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

Their wedding broke tradition as it was the first time a member of the royal family got married in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Vatican City since the 16th century.<\/p>\n

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Nicholas is the youngest son of the late Katharine and her husband, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Buckingham Palace confirmed that Katharine died at age 92 earlier this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with deep sorrow that Buckingham Palace announces the death of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent,\u201d the palace shared in a statement to Us Weekly on September 5. \u201cHer Royal Highness passed away peacefully last night at Kensington Palace, surrounded by her family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tPrince Andrew reunited with the royal family for a rare appearance at the funeral of Katharine, Duchess of Kent. Video footage of Andrew, 65, at the memorial on Tuesday, September 16, showed him standing next to Prince William. Andrew appeared to speak to his nephew, who politely nodded before turning away from the conversation. Andrew [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

Nearly all senior members<\/a> of the royal family were present for the funeral on Tuesday. Queen Camilla was noticeably absent from the event as she was \u201crecovering from acute sinusitis,\u201d Buckingham Palace told E! News in a statement.<\/p>\n

Princess Kate Middleton<\/strong> made headlines for her appearance<\/a> on Tuesday by wearing the late Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong>\u2019s four-strand Japanese pearl necklace with a diamond clasp, which had previously been worn by the late Princess Diana.<\/p>\n

The funeral kicked off the royal family\u2019s busy week as they welcomed President Donald Trump<\/strong> on his second state visit to the U.K.<\/a> on Wednesday. Prince William<\/strong> and Kate, 43, greeted the president before he took a carriage-led procession around the Windsor Castle grounds with Charles. Charles, 76, hosted a state banquet for Trump, 79, on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles III\u2019s godson Lord Nicholas Windsor has reportedly split from his wife following the death of his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,4082,7730,7731,1760,12,7710,519,14066],"class_list":{"0":"post-435297","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-celebrity-news","10":"tag-charles","11":"tag-charles-iii","12":"tag-king-charles","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-royal-families","15":"tag-royal-family","16":"tag-the-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115229232358569269","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435297","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=435297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}