Renewed attention has fallen on Lord Nicholas Windsor and his
\nwife, Paola, ahead of Tatler\u2018s special edition \u2013 due to be
\npublished in early December \u2013 dedicated to the Duchess of Kent, who
\ndied in September at the age of 92.<\/p>\n
Lord Nicholas, 55, the youngest child of the Duke and Duchess of
\nKent and a godson of the King, attended his mother\u2019s funeral at
\nWestminster Cathedral with their three sons, but Paola was not
\npresent. The funeral was the first public Catholic requiem for a
\nsenior member of the Royal Family in modern times.<\/p>\n
Friends cited by Tatler<\/a> and the Daily Mail<\/a> have The couple met at a Millennium celebration in New York. They Together they have three sons \u2013 Albert, Leopold and Louis \u2013 all Lord Nicholas, who shared a close bond with his mother, attended The Duchess of Kent, remembered for her humility, musical
\nconfirmed that Lord Nicholas and Paola have been living separately
\nfor some time. Those close to the couple suggest there is no
\nexpectation of divorce, and that both are understood to hold
\ntraditional views on marriage.<\/p>\n
\nbecame engaged in 2006 and were married in a civil ceremony in
\nLondon, followed by a religious wedding at the Church of St Stephen
\nof the Abyssinians in Vatican City. Their union marked the first
\npublic Roman Catholic wedding of a member of the Royal Family in
\ncenturies. Lord Nicholas had converted to Catholicism in 2001.<\/p>\n
\nraised in the Catholic faith. Albert\u2019s baptism made quiet history,
\nbecoming the first royal infant to be baptised a Catholic since
\n1688.<\/p>\n
\nthe Requiem Mass with his sons. The congregation included the
\nPrince and Princess of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Duke of
\nGloucester, and other senior royals.<\/p>\n
\ndedication and understated approach to royal duty, had spent her
\nlater years largely away from public attention, teaching music in
\nHull. Her death on 4 September marked the end of an era for this
\nquietly devoted branch of the family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Renewed attention has fallen on Lord Nicholas Windsor and his wife, Paola, ahead of Tatler\u2018s special edition \u2013…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-596080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115618857780629982","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596080","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=596080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}