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St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle has quite the pull for royal weddings! It is set to be the venue forLady Gabriella Windsor‘sbig day this spring, a palace source confirms.
Lady Gabriella and Thomas Kingston are followingPrince HarryandMeghan Markleas well asPrincess EugenieandJack Brooksbank– who made 2018 the year ofroyal weddings– in picking their venue.
Like Meghan and Harry’s big day, the walk down the aisle is likely to take place in late spring in April or May, PEOPLE understands.
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However, Lady Gabriella’s ceremony and reception will be a more intimate affair.
“It will be a private wedding for family and friends,” says a Buckingham Palace source – and there won’t be any carriage ride or view from outside the castle for members of the public. It is also likely that there will only be minimal media access, with only pictures released of the couple and wedding party as they leave the chapel.
Lady Gabriella — the 37-year-old daughter of one ofQueen Elizabeth‘s cousins,Prince Michael of Kent– is currently51st in line to the throne(she’ll be moved back a spot when Harry’s child arrives). It is unconfirmed whether the Queen will attend the nuptials, but the 92-year-old monarch did not attend the wedding of Lord Freddie Windsor, the brother of Gabriella (or “Ella” as she is known to pals). However, that wedding was not at one of her homes.
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Lady Gabriella, a Senior Director at Branding Latin America, and Kingston, who works in frontier market investment,got engagedin August. Kingston popped the question on Sark, one of the Channel Islands just off the coast of France.
Prince Michael and his wife Princess Michael are “delighted” with the news, the palace said in a statement.
source: people.com
