Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick

Who is Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick?

Edward Edmund Maximilian George Windsor, Lord Downpatrick, is the only son and heir-apparent of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, and Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews. He is a minor member of the British Royal Family, the House of Windsor.

The Earl of St Andrews is the elder son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. Lord Downpatrick is heir, after his father, to the Dukedom of Kent. For this reason, he enjoys the courtesy title Lord Downpatrick. In 2003, following the example of his grandmother, the Duchess of Kent, and uncle, Lord Nicholas Windsor, he became a member of the Roman Catholic Church and therefore was barred from the line of succession to the British Throne. As his mother is also a Roman Catholic, his father was struck from the line of succession when he married her.

Lord Downpatrick is the most senior person excluded from the line of succession for being a Roman Catholic under the Act of Settlement 1701, followed by his younger sister Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor who also has been confirmed as a Roman Catholic. However, his younger sister Lady Amelia Windsor remains in line to the throne. He was one of Diana, Princess of Wales's 17 godchildren.