Earl of St Andrews | |
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Born |
Coppins, Iver, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
26 June 1962
Other names | George Philip Nicholas Windsor |
Spouse(s) | Sylvana Tomaselli (m. 1988) |
Children |
Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor Lady Amelia Windsor |
Parent(s) |
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Katharine, Duchess of Kent |
George Philip Nicholas Windsor, Earl of St Andrews (born 26 June 1962), is the elder son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and his wife, Katharine, Duchess of Kent. He is styled Earl of St Andrews, one of his father's subsidiary titles, which he holds by courtesy as heir apparent to the Dukedom of Kent.
Lord St Andrews was educated at Eton College and Downing College, Cambridge where he earned a MA degree.
A former diplomat, he is a Trustee of the SOS Children's Villages UK charity and a Patron of the Association for International Cancer Research. In April 2012, he also became a Trustee of the Next Century Foundation, a charity working throughout the Middle East.
St Andrews is Patron of the Welsh Sinfonia, Wales' professional chamber orchestra, conducted by Mark Eager.
St Andrews is a Trustee of the Global eHealth Foundation.
On 9 January 1988, St Andrews married divorcée Sylvana Tomaselli in a register office at Edinburgh.
The couple has three children:
St Andrews' wife is a Catholic. According to the Act of Settlement 1701, no person who is Catholic or marries a Catholic could succeed to the throne of any country whose constitution subscribes to that Act. Therefore, from his marriage until 26 March 2015 St Andrews was barred from succession to the throne. After the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 came into effect on 26 March 2015, he is no longer barred from succession and is currently 35th in line, although his two older children, as Catholics, are still barred.