Lady Marina Windsor & Nico Macauley’s wedding to take place on Saturday

 The marriage will take place on Saturday 20 June, 2026, at St Mark’s Church, on the Englefield estate, Reading, Berkshire, between Mr Nico Macauley and the Lady Marina Windsor, granddaughter of HRH The Duke of Kent.

The Englefield estate is owned By Lord Benyon, Lord Chamberlain to the Royal Household.

St Mark’s Church was the wedding venue of the Princess of Wales’s sister Pippa Middleton and James Matthews in  2017.

It is not known when Lady Marina and Nico, both 32, started dating though the socialite cousin of the King was first linked to the cyber security account executive in 2023, when she posted a selfie with Nico to mark his 30th birthday. Lady Marina recently has shared images on Instagram featuring Nico in a loving embrace at last year’s Glastonbury festival.

Nico Julian Macauley (born 6 April, 1993), is the elder son of the late William Francis Macauley (born 30 Sept, 1953), and his wife the former Nicola Jane Thompson. Nico's father died 16 June, 2019, aged 65. He was a grandson of the newspaper magnate, William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (1879-1954).

Nico was educated at the top Catholic school Ampleforth College in Yorkshire and at Newcastle University.

Nico's grandfather, William Perine Macauley (who died in 1990), of Ballward House, County Wicklow, married 7 April, 1948, the Hon Diana Phyllis Berry (1924-94), fourth daughter of the 1st Viscount Camrose. 

The 1st Viscount Camrose started his working life as a journalist and established his own paper, Advertising World, in 1901. Berry made his fortune with the publication of the First World War magazine The War Illustrated, which at its peak had a circulation of 750,000. In partnership with his younger brother, Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley (the elder brother was Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland), he purchased The Sunday Times in 1915 and was its editor-in-chief until 1937. In 1919 the pair also purchased the Financial Times.

In 1924 the Berry brothers and Sir Edward Iliffe set up Allied Newspapers and purchased the Daily Dispatch, the Manchester Evening Chronicle, the Sunday Chronicle, the Sunday News, and the Sunday Graphic, as well as a string of other newspapers across the country. In Cardiff they merged four newspapers into the Western Mail. In 1927 they purchased The Daily Telegraph from the 2nd Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham, with William Berry becoming its editor-in-chief. In 1937 they purchased its rival, The Morning Post.

In 1926, the Berry brothers/Allied Newspapers purchased Amalgamated Press (AP), which had been started by Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, in 1901 (Harmsworth had died in 1922).

Berry bought out his partners in 1937 and amalgamated The Morning Post with The Daily Telegraph, with himself as chairman and editor-in-chief. His sons Seymour, the 2nd Viscount, and subsequently Michael, continued to run the newspaper until 1986; in addition, Seymour was Vice Chairman of Amalgamated Press from 1942 to 1959 (when AP was acquired by the Mirror Group).

Camrose provided financial assistance to Sir Winston Churchill after the Second World War. He and ten other wealthy well-wishers each donated £5,000 to the Churchills, allowing them to keep their home, Chartwell, on the condition that it would be presented to the nation upon their deaths.

One of Nico's great-aunts, Sheila, Countess of Birkenhead (nee Berry) (1913-92), was a lady-in-waiting to Lady Marina's great-grandmother and namesake, Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent from 1949 to 1953. Another of Nico's great-aunts was Shelagh (nee Macauley), Countess of Lisburne (who died in 2016), wife of the 8th Earl of Lisburne, a television executive. Nico's father was a first cousin of Lady Juliet Townsend, DCVO, a Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon from 1971 to 2002.

Nico's cousin, Valerie McNair-Scott was wife of the 8th Earl of Longford. She died 22 January, 2023. Another cousin is the actor Joshua Sasse (born 9 December, 1987).

Lady Marina Charlotte Alexandra Katharine Helen Windsor (born 30 September, 1992), is a great-great granddaughter of King George V and a second cousin once removed of King Charles III. She is the second child, and eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of St Andrews. Her father is the elder son and heir of HRH The Duke of Kent, who is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

Lady Marina’s only brother is Edward, styled Baron Downpatrick, who will one day succeed to the dukedom of Kent. Marina’s sister, Lady Amelia, is a mannequin. Both Edward and Amelia are single. 

Nico's parents married in Westminster, 5 February, 1992. They have a younger son, Alexander Ronnie Macauley born in 1995.

Lady Marina is a Roman Catholic and excluded from the line of succession to the Throne.

The Baroness Glenarthur 1945-2026

The Baroness Glenarthur, wife of the 4th Baron, has died aged 81. Susan Barry was born 5 May, 1945, a scion of the Barry baronets, daughter of Commander Hubert Wyndham Barry, and his wife Violet Agatha Ruggles-Brise, scion of that family of baronets, and married 12 Nov, 1969, the then Hon Simon Mark Arthur, who succeeded as 4th Baron Glenarthur, in 1976. Lady Glenarthur is survived by her husband and a son, Edward, and daughter, Emily. -~-

Penelope Anne Greenwood (nee Burrell) 1932-2026

Penelope Anne Greenwood, who died 25 May, 2026, aged 94, was a scion of the Burrell baronets.

She was born 21 March, 1932, the elder daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Raymond Burrell, 8th Baronet (1903-1985), and his wife the former Hon Anne Judith Denman (1907-1987), daughter of the 3rd Baron Denman (1874-1954); and married 25 July, 1953, John Richard Greenwood (1926-2014), head of that landed gentry family, son of John Eric Greenwood (1891-1975), and his wife the former Doris Mary Radford (1897-1973), by whom she had issue, two sons, John and James, and two daughters, Anne and Fiona.

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Humphrey/Antony engagement

 The engagement was announced 13 June, 2026, between Rory D.M. Humphrey, eldest son of Edward Charles Marcus Humphrey (born 1965), of Dinnet, Aboyne, and his former wife the former Serena Jean Wolfe-Murray (born 25 June, 1964, now Mrs Serena McIvor, of Edinburgh), & Samantha D. Antony, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ronald Antony, of Canby, Minnesota.

Rory Humphrey is descended from the Murray of Blackbarony baronets.

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Anthony David Gibson-Watt 1975-2026

 Anthony David Gibson-Watt, who died 2 June, 2026, was a grandson of the life peer the Baron Gibson-Watt, and descended from the Hambro banking dynasty.

He was born in 1975, the eldest son of the Hon Robin Gibson-Watt (born 1949), and his wife the former Marcia Susan Cary (born 12 Sept, 1949), daughter of Sir Roger Cary, 2nd Baronet (1926-2011); and was twice married, firstly, in 2005, Alice Amaryllis Montagu Douglas Scott (1978-2013), a scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry (Duke, Peerage of Scot, cr 1684), the only child of Thomas Walter Montagu Douglas Scott (born 1 July, 1943), by his former wife the Hon Marion Miranda Phillimore (b 9 May, 1946), a daughter of the 4th Baron Phillimore (1911-94) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1918). He married 2ndly, Charlotte Lucy Tyson (born 1972), a daughter of Graham B.M. Tyson [born 1948], by his wife the former Sarah T. Bailey [b.1945].

Anthony Gibson-Watt leaves a daughter from his first marriage, Chiara Charlotte (born 11 Oct, 2012), and a daughter from his second marriage, Kitty Eliza (born 2 May, 2019).

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Verena Elizabeth Anne Hanbury, MBE, DL 1933-2026

 Verena Elizabeth Anne Hanbury (nee Kimmins), MBE, DL, died 30 May, 2026, aged 93. 

She was born in March, 1933, a daughter of Capt Anthony Martin Kimmins, OBE, RN (1901-64), of the family of Kimmins of Marks Barn, by his wife the former Elizabeth Hodges; and married 8 May, 1962, Benjamin John Hanbury, a scion of the landed family, of Hanbury of Hitcham & Melgate; who was born 19 Jan 1934, and educated at Eton and Oxford, son of Christopher Lionel Hanbury, MBE, DL, by his wife the former Lettice Charrington, scion of that landed family. Her husband died 27 September, 2012.

Verena was a president of the Chailey Heritage Foundation, the granddaughter of the Founder, Dame Grace Kimmins, and was involved with the charity as a child when she visited her grandmother on site.  She became a Governor in 1962 and was Chair of Governors from 1968 to 2004 when she became a Trustee. Verena remained a Trustee until she retired in 2018.  Chailey Heritage was always very close to Verena’s heart, and she kept up with everything going on there, even when she moved from the family home in Piltdown to Gloucestershire.  

She leaves four sons, Marcus, Simon, James and Timothy, and a daughter, Lucinda.

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Garthwaite/Bunting engagement

 The engagement was announced 13 June, 2026, between Philip William Roger Garthwaite (born 1997), scion of the Garthwaite baronets, son of Andrew William David Garthwaite (born 1 April, 1962), of Fairstead, Essex, and his wife the former Georgina Barrington Hadlee, and Imogen Tessa Bunting (born 1998), daughter of Timothy B. Bunting, of Rotherwick, Hampshire, and his wife the former Sarah S. Hunt.

Philip Garthwaite is a grandson of Sir William Garthwaite 2nd Baronet (1906-1993).

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Squadron Leader Michael Vansittart Bowater 1928-2026

 Michael Vansittart Bowater, who died 8 May, 2026, aged 97. was a scion of the Bowater family of baronets.

He was born 7 October, 1928, a son of Norman Vansittart Bowater (1862-1934), and his second wife the former Jessie Faithfull Frampton (1900-1989); married 20 August, 1955,  Joan Edith Hughes (1929-2017), daughter of Joseph Hughes, of Osterley, Middlesex, by whom he had issue, three sons, David, Michael and Nigel, and a daughter, Sara.

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Alison Faith Crommelin (née Eyre) 1942-2026

Alison Faith Crommelin (née Eyre), who died 2 June, 2026, aged 84, was a scion of the Eyre landed gentry family. 

She was born 8 May, 1942, the second daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel John Stewart Eyre (1909-1992), and his wife the former Patricia Marguerite Wilson(1912-1994); and married 24 April, 1965, Geoffrey Arden Crommelin (1932-1982), son of Wing Commander Henry Arden Crommelin (1899-1976), and his wife the former Emily Mona Mary Festing-Smith (1906-1986), a granddaughter of the 26th Baron Kingsale (1855-1931); by whom she had issue, a son James (born 1965, deceased), and a daughter, Sophie (1969-2000).

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Seward/Groves engagement

The engagement was announced 12 June, 2026, between Alexander Nicholas Mark Seward (born 3 November, 1991), the only son of Paul Kenneth Seward (born 1956), of Walton-on-Thames, and his wife the former Susan Caroline Taylor (born 1959), & Georgina Mary Charteris Groves (born 1993), youngest daughter of Richard William Lewis Groves (born 1957), of Fontmell Parva, Dorset, and his wife the former Helen Mary Keppel Charteris (born 10 January, 1956), scion of the Earls of Wemyss & March.

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Michael Patrick William Young 1944-2026

 Michael Patrick William Young, died 23 May, 2026, aged 81.

He was born 18 August, 1944, son of Wing Commander Michael James Beaumont Young, DFC (1916-1979), and his wife the former Nina Mary Aline Seely (1911-1981), scion of the Seely baronets; and married 1stly, 1970, Sonia M Smith; married 2ndly, 1988, Diane Hall.

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Brigadier Desmond Richard Henry Longfield 1931-2026

Brigadier Desmond Richard Henry Longfield, who died 6 June, 2026, was a scion of that landed gentry family (Irish). He was 95.

He was born 24 February, 1931, the son of Colonel Richard James Longfield (1901-1987), and his wife the former Charlotte Mary Portal (1903-2002), scion of the Portal baronets; and married 8 August, 1959, Jennifer Spencer-Thomas (1940-2025), daughter of Clement William Robert Spencer-Thomas (1905-1989), and his wife the former Betty Potter (1914-2010), by whom he had issue, a son, James (born 2 March, 1964), and three daughters, Melanie (born 29 May, 1961), Harriet (b 9 Aug, 1965), and Charlotte (b 1970).

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Nicola Cookson (née Cathcart Walker Heneage) 1939-2026

Nicola Cookson, who died 30 May, 2026, aged 87, was a scion of the Heneage landed gentry family, shs was born in 1939, daughter of Michael William Walker Heneage (1907-1946), and his wife the former Dulcibel Effie Davies; and married in 1962, Philip Francis Cookson, RN 1931-2014, by whom she had 2 sons.

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Robert Peter Philip Charteris (born 2026)

  Rose Susanna Charteris (born 1992), scion of the Barons Ampthill, and wife of Michael John Samuel Charteris (born 27 July, 1990), scion of the Earls of Wemyss & March, gave birth to a son, Robert Peter Philip, 30 May, 2026, a brother for Frederick Martin Johnnie, who was born 10 November, 2023.

Rose is a daughter of the Hon John Hugo Trenchard Russell [born 13 October, 1950] , of Dorset, and Mrs Susanna Russell [nee Merriam], of London; and Michael is a son of Mr Martin Ian Charteris [born 31 May, 1960], of Harare, Zimbabwe, by his wife the former Dr Helen Heath.

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Georgina Madeleine Mary Grattan-Bellew (nee Milner) 1939-2026

 Georgina Madeleine Mary Grattan-Bellew, who died 25 May, 2026, aged 86, was a scion of the Milner baronets.

She was born 3 September, 1939, daughter of Sir George Edward Mordaunt Milner, 9th Baronet (1911-1995), and his 1st wife the former Barbara Audrey Belsham (who died 17 January, 1951); and she married 20 June, 1961, Arthur Henry Bertram (Bertie) Grattan-Bellew (1937-2011), scion of the Grattan-Bellew baronets, and a great-grandson of the 7th Earl of Granard, son of Sir Arthur John Grattan-Bellew, Knt, CMG (1903-1985), and his wife the former Winifred Mary Mahony, by whom she had issue, a son, Charles (born 11 Nov, 1964), and a daughter, Sophie (born 14 December, 1962).

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Barrioseta/Philipps engagement

 The engagement was announced 10 June, 2026, between Valentino Barrioseta, son of Mr Valentin Barrioseta and Mrs Elsa Fassbender, of Alicante, Spain, and Emma Philipps, scion of the Barons Milford, daughter of Charles Edward Laurence Philipps (born 20 January, 1959), of Dalham, Suffolk, and his former wife the former Fiona Land, now Mrs Fiona Langley, of Birdbrook, Essex.

1st Baron Milford (1874-1961) > Hon James Philipps (1905-84) > Peter Philipps (1933-2018) > Charles Philipps (b 1959) > Emma Philipps

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The funeral of Lady Pamela Hicks

 The funeral of Lady Pamela Hicks, a cousin of the King, is to take place on Saturday 13 June, 2026, at Brightwell Baldwin Church, Oxfordshire, close to her home.

From The Times.

The funeral takes place on the King's official birthday when he will preside over his Birthday Parade (Trooping the Colour) at London's Horse Guards Parade.

It is not known whether the King will attend his cousin's funeral. His Buckingham Palace balcony appearance is usually at about 1pm, and Lady Pamela's funeral is to be held at 3pm.

Last week the King attended his nephew's wedding in Gloucestershire, and several hours later was at Epsom for the running of the Derby, and so logistically the happy and mournful occasions could be combined. We shall see.

Lady Pamela Hicks, who died 5 June, 2026, aged 97, was the younger daughter of Admiral of the Fleet the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS (1900-1979).

She was a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, thus related to all the crowned heads of Europe, and served Queen Elizabeth II as a Lady-in-Waiting, and was with the then Princess Elizabeth in Kenya in 1952 when Her Majesty ascended the throne.

In late 1953 and early 1954, she accompanied the Queen as lady-in-waiting on the royal tour to Jamaica, Panama, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Libya, Malta and Gibraltar. 

Lady Pamela was the Corps Commandant of the Girls' Nautical Training Corps from around 1952 to around 1959.

Lady Pamela was a bridesmaid to the then Princess Elizabeth, her third cousin, on her marriage to the Duke of Edinburgh, 20 November, 1947.

Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten was born in Barcelona, 19 April, 1929, second daughter of the then Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was second son of Admiral of the Fleet the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, GCB, GCVO, PC (1854-1921), and his wife Princess Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie of Hesse (1863-1950).

Her mother was the heiress the Hon Edwina Ashley, GBE, DCVO, CI (1901-1960), younger daughter of the 1st and last Baron Mount Temple (1867-1939), and his wife Amalia Mary Maud Cassel (1881-1911), the only child of the multi-millionaire, Sir Ernest Cassel, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC (1852-1921).

Pamela was christened 12 July, 1929, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. Her godparents were:  Alfonso XIII, King of Spain; Prince George, Duke of Kent; Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven; Marjorie, Countess of Brecknock (Edwina Mountbatten's first cousin); and the Duchess of Peñaranda (María del Carmen Saavedra y Collado, Marqués de Villaviciosa). She was given the middle name Carmen in honour of the Duchess of Peñaranda.

 Through her father, Lady Pamela was a first cousin of The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021), and a grandniece of the last Tsarina of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918),  and, at the time of her death was Queen Victoria's oldest living descendant.

She was "Miss Mountbatten" from birth and until her father was created a Viscount in 1946, when she became the Hon Pamela Mountbatten, and from 28 October, 1947, she was styled Lady Pamela Mountbatten, following her father's creation as the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

Lady Pamela served as a Lady-in-Waiting (Temp.) to HM Queen Elizabeth II.

She married at Romsey Abbey, 13 January, 1960, David Nightingale Hicks (1929-1998), son of Herbert Hicks (1863-1940), of The Hamlet, Coggeshall, Essex, by his wife Irene Elsie Platten (1886-1966), by whom she had issue, a son, Ashley Louis David (born 18 July, 1963), and two daughters, Edwina Victoria Louise (born 24 December, 1961), and India Amanda Caroline (born 5 September, 1967).

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Georgiana Elizabeth Mary Frazer (born 2026)

Anna Mary Frazer (nee Coreth born 1993), wife of William Frazer, gave birth to a daughter, Georgiana Elizabeth Mary, 3 June, 2026, a sister for Alice Iona Sophia, who was born 9 April, 2024.

Anna Frazer is a daughter of Major Mark Rudolph Coreth (born 1958), of Tisbury, Wiltshire, late The Blues & Royals, the sculptor, and his wife the former Seonaid Mary Goodbody (born 1961), scion of that Irish landed gentry family.

William D. Frazer is a son of the Rev Dr Richard and Mrs Frazer, of Edinburgh.

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