Royal wedding: Who will perform ceremony to marry Lady Gabriella and Thomas Kingston?
LADY GABRIELLA WINDSOR will marry Thomas Kingston at St George’s Chapel this weekend, but who will perform the wedding ceremony?
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The third royal wedding in just one year will take place on Saturday, May 18 at St George’s Chapel in Windsor. Lady Gabriella Windsor will marry long-term partner Thomas Kingston, and a number of senior royals are expected to attend. The Queen, Kate Middleton and her sister Pippa are expected to be on the guest list.
Who will officiate the ceremony?
This is the third wedding to take place in St George’s Chapel in just less than a year.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry married in St George’s Chapel on May 19, 2018, and five months later Princess Eugenie married Jack Brooksbank in the same venue.
Meghan and Harry’s ceremony was officiated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby - whilst for Kate and Prince William's wedding it was the Dean of Westminster, John Hall.
Princess Eugenie’s wedding was conducted by the Dean of Windsor, the Right Reverend David Conner.
Lady Gabriella’s ceremony will also be conducted by the Right Reverend David Conner, the Dean of Windsor.
Unlike Meghan and Eugenie’s weddings, Lady Gabriella’s will not be televised and royal fans will not be invited into the grounds of the castle.
Instead, the nuptials will be a much more private affair, as Lady Gabriella, 38, and her husband-to-be wish.
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Who is Lady Gabriella?
Lady Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Windsor is 52nd in line to the throne and the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.
She is the Queen’s first cousin once removed, and as she is not a working royal has a job outside of royal duties.
Gabriella, known as Ella to friends and family, works as a Senior Director for Branding Latin America as well as writing and contributing to The London Magazine.
Her father Prince Michael of Kent is a paternal first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and is 48th in the line of succession to the throne.
Prince Michael often represents the Queen at Commonwealth events but also manages his own business, as well as previously presenting documentaries on the royal families of Europe.
He is married to Gabriella’s mother Baroness Marie Christine Reibnitz and they also have a son, Lord Frederick - Freddie - Windsor.
Baroness Marie, also known as Princess Michael of Kent is of German, Hungarian and Austrian descent.