The Duke of Kent’s granddaughter Lady Marina Windsor is the second member of the extended British royal family to marry this year
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Lady Marina Windsor married Macauley on Saturday, June 20, 2026, at All Saints Church in Hovingham, North Yorkshire. The private ceremony came just weeks after the wedding of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson, Peter Phillips, making it the second royal wedding of the year.
Following the church service, guests gathered for a reception at the family home of Lady Marina’s late grandmother, the Duchess of Kent, in North Yorkshire. The celebration also came almost exactly one year after Lady Marina and Macauley announced their engagement.
For her wedding day, the 33-year-old bride wore a bespoke gown designed by Larissa Von Planta. She completed the elegant look with a veil fashioned from antique Habsburg lace and wore her mother’s sapphire brooch reimagined as a necklace.
In a touching tribute to her late grandmother, the Duchess of Kent, who died in September 2025 at 92, Lady Marina also chose to wear a treasured family heirloom. She wore the Duchess of Kent’s Pearl and Diamond Fringe Tiara, a historic piece with deep royal connections.
According to The Royal watcher, the tiara was created during the 1970s by combining Queen Mary’s Diamond Crochet Bandeau with the Pearl and Diamond Fringe Tiara once owned by Princess Louise. The piece had not been seen in public since the 1990s, making its appearance at Lady Marina’s wedding especially significant.
Members of the extended royal family gathered to celebrate the occasion. Among those attending were Lady Marina’s sister, Lady Amelia Windsor, her brother, Lord Downpatrick, Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones, Lady Gabriella Windsor and Flora Vesterberg, the granddaughter of Princess Alexandra. Lady Marina’s grandfather, the Duke of Kent, was also present, having recently appeared at both Trooping the Colour and the Order of the Garter service.
The bride’s parents, George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, and Canadian academic Sylvana Tomaselli, reportedly watched the ceremony with great emotion as their daughter exchanged vows with Macauley before family and close friends.
After the ceremony, guests enjoyed a private reception celebrating the newlyweds, with photographs capturing the relaxed and joyful atmosphere of the day.
Flora Vesterberg later shared a heartfelt tribute on Instagram alongside a photograph with the bride. She wrote: “Our luminous bride. Congratulations to my cousin and divine maid-of-honour @marinacwin on her marriage to the wonderful @nicomacauley. We’re truly overjoyed for you both.”
She also posted other images from the celebrations showing Lady Marina smiling as she posed with friends and relatives following the church service.
Lady Marina works as a Philanthropic Executive at The Big Give, while Macauley is an Account Executive at Zscaler. The couple had been dating for around two years before becoming engaged in 2025, according to Tatler.
Earlier this year, Lady Marina had her hen party, as seen in People. She and a group of close friends, including her younger sister Lady Amelia, travelled to the Isle of Sheppey, off the Kent coast, for a weekend of festivities ahead of the wedding.
Born at the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge on September 30, 1992, Lady Marina was given the full name Marina Charlotte Alexandra Katharine Helen Windsor. She is the granddaughter of the Duke of Kent, first cousin to the late Queen Elizabeth II, making Lady Marina a second cousin once removed of King Charles III. Over the years she has attended numerous high-profile royal events alongside members of the wider royal family.
Until 2008, Lady Marina was in the line of succession to the British throne. However, she relinquished her place when she was received into the Roman Catholic Church, alongside her elder brother, Lord Downpatrick. Their younger sister, Lady Amelia Windsor, did not convert and therefore remains in the line of succession.
The wedding marked not only a joyful family celebration but also the return of a remarkable royal tiara that had not been publicly worn for decades, adding an extra touch of history to one of the year’s most notable royal occasions.
