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{{Infobox person
| image = Lord Nicholas Windsor 2013.JPG
| caption = Windsor in 2013.
| name = Lord Nicholas Windsor
| spouse = [[Lady Nicholas Windsor]] (m. 2006)
| children = Albert Windsor (b. 2007) Leopold Windsor (b. 2009) Louis Windsor (b. 2014)
| other_names = Nicholas Charles Edward Jonathan Windsor
| parents = [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]] [[Katharine, Duchess of Kent]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|07|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[University College Hospital]], London
| christening_date = 11 September 1970
| christening_place = [[St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle|St George's Chapel]], [[Windsor Castle]]
|}}

'''Lord Nicholas Charles Edward Jonathan Windsor''' (born 25 July 1970) is the youngest child of the [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent|Duke]] and [[Katharine, Duchess of Kent|Duchess of Kent]], a great-grandson of [[George V|King George V]]. He is a first cousin once removed of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]].

==Early years==
Lord Nicholas Windsor was born in 1970 at [[University College Hospital]], London, and was the first member of the British Royal Family to be born in a hospital. He has an older brother, the [[George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews|Earl of St Andrews]], and a sister, [[Lady Helen Taylor]]. He was baptised on 11 September 1970 at [[Windsor Castle]]. His godparents included [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] and [[Donald Coggan]], at the time [[Archbishop of York]] and later [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].<ref name="indcatholicnews">{{cite news|url=http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=11167|title=Member of Royal Family to marry at the Vatican|publisher=[[Independent Catholic News]]|date=31 October 2006}}</ref>

Windsor was educated at [[Westminster School]] and then [[Harrow School]]. He later attended [[Harris Manchester College, Oxford]], where he studied theology.

==Religion==
In a private ceremony in 2001 he was received into the Roman Catholic Church, and therefore forfeited his right of [[Line of succession to the British Throne|succession]] to the British throne. The [[Act of Settlement 1701|Act of Settlement]] bars past or present Roman Catholics from the succession. Lord Nicholas became the first male blood Royal to convert to Catholicism since [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]] on his deathbed in 1685.{{fact|date=May 2015}} 

On 14 July 2011, he became an Honorary Vice-President of the Friends of the [[Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham]], an [[Anglican Ordinariate]] within the Roman Catholic Church.

==Marriage and family==
Windsor met his future wife, [[Paola Doimi de Lupis Frankopan|Princess Paola Doimi de Lupis Frankopan Subic Zrinski]], at a party in New York City in 1999 to mark the Millennium.<ref>Paola de Frankopan, [http://www.vogue.com/vogue-daily/article/my-royal-wedding-paola-de-frankopan-remembers-her-own-marriage-into-the-british-royal-family/ My Royal Wedding: Paola de Frankopan Remembers Her Own Marriage into the British Royal Family] Vogue Daily, 28 April 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Black|first1=A and C|title=British Royal Family|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/public/royals|publisher=Who's Who, Oxford University Press - 2015|accessdate=10 August 2015|quote=Nicholas Charles Edward Jonathan, (Lord Nicholas Windsor), b 25 July 1970 married - Married 19 Oct. 2006, Princess Paola Doimi de Lupis Frankopan Šubic Zrinski}}</ref> He became engaged to her in July 2006. They married on 4 November 2006 in the Church of [[St Stephen of the Abyssinians]] in [[Vatican City|the Vatican]] following a civil ceremony on 19 October 2006 in a London [[register office]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Black|first1=A and C|title=British Royal Family|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/public/royals|publisher=Who's Who, Oxford University Press - 2015|accessdate=10 August 2015|quote=Nicholas Charles Edward Jonathan, (Lord Nicholas Windsor), b 25 July 1970 married - Married 19 Oct. 2006, Princess Paola Doimi de Lupis Frankopan Šubic Zrinski}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/news/2006_1.html|title=Royal News|publisher=Paul Theroff |date=28 October 2006|accessdate= 20 August 2013}}</ref> and she became Lady Nicholas Windsor. As required by the [[Royal Marriages Act 1772]], the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom]] consented to the marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.privy-council.org.uk/files/word/Draft%20List%20-%20Oct.doc |title=Privy Council |publisher=Privy Council |date= |accessdate=2012-01-19|format=Microsoft Document}}</ref> A House of Commons Early Day Motion welcomed "the first overt marriage within the rites of the Catholic Church of a member of the Royal Family since the reign of Queen Mary I, and the first marriage of a member of the Royal Family to take place within the Vatican City State".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2005-06/2905/ |title=Early Day Motion |publisher=Parliament.uk |date= |accessdate=2006-02-11|format=Microsoft Document}}</ref>

Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor had their first child, a son, Albert Louis Philip Edward Windsor, on 22 September 2007 at the [[Chelsea and Westminster Hospital]], London. Albert is the eighth grandchild for the Duke and Duchess of Kent.<ref name="Mail">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/columnists.html?in_article_id=485512&in_page_id=1772&in_author_id=230|title=Paola's a new royal mum|work=Daily Mail |location=London |date=3 October 2007 | first=Richard | last=Kay}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/news/2007_1.html|title=Royal News of 2007, Section I|work=Paul Theroff’s Royal Genealogy Site|publisher=Paul Theroff|date=12 September 2007|accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref> The child is the first Windsor to carry the name Albert since [[George VI|King George VI]], but the couple has said he was actually named after [[Albertus Magnus|Saint Albert the Great]], according to some reports, while his middle name Philip was given in honour of [[Philip Neri|Saint Philip Neri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/f23/lord-and-lady-nicholas-windsor-and-family-july-2005-a-6540-7.html |title=Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor and family: July 2005 - Page 7 |publisher=The Royal Forums |date= |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref> The names Louis and Edward are after his maternal and paternal grandfathers, respectively.<ref name="Mail"/> An Early Day Motion in the House of Commons welcomed the Baptism of Albert as the first Royal child to be Baptised a Catholic since 1688.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2007-08/1866 |title=Early Day Motion |publisher=Paliament.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2008-06-24|format=Microsoft Document}}</ref> Albert was baptised Catholic in the Queen's Chapel in St. James's Palace.

Lady Nicholas gave birth to the couple's second child, Leopold Ernest Augustus Guelph Windsor,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nettyroyal.nl|title=Genealogical News 2009|date= 2 June 2013|work=Netty's Royalty Page|accessdate=23 July 2013}}{{deadlink|date=May 2015}}</ref> on 8 September 2009 at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1212593/Tarrants-ex-change-name.html|title=A Windsor tot |newspaper=Daily Mail|first=Richard|last=Kay|date=10 September 2009}}{{deadlink|date=May 2015}}</ref> Leopold was baptised by [[Angelo Comastri|Angelo Cardinal Comastri]] in St. Peter's in the Vatican on 29 May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lupis.it/rami%20vitali.htm#Le_Linee_di_Dalmazia_e_Fiume |title=La Casata dei Lupi |publisher=Lupis.it |date= |accessdate=2013-07-23 |language=Italiaj}}</ref>

In late April 2014, it was announced that the couple is expecting their third child<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2615479/SEBASTIAN-SHAKESPEARE-Its-miracle-The-oldest-royal-mother-birth-45.html|title=It's a miracle! The oldest ever royal mother-to-be due to give birth at 45|date= 29 April 2014|work=Daily Mail|accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref> and a third son, Louis Arthur Nicholas Felix Windsor was born 27 May 2014.

Lord Nicholas and his sons are still in the line of succession to the [[Duke of Kent#Dukes of Kent, second Creation (1934)|Dukedom of Kent]], the descent of which is not regulated by the [[Act of Settlement]].

==Ancestry==
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|5= 5. [[Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark]]
|6= 6. [[William Worsley|William Worsley, 4th Baronet]]
|7= 7. Joyce Morgan Brunner
|8= 8. [[George V|George V of the United Kingdom]]
|9= 9. [[Mary of Teck|Princess Mary of Teck]]
|10= 10. [[Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark]]
|11= 11. [[Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia]]
|12= 12. William Henry Arthington Worsley, 3rd Baronet Worsley
|13= 13. Augusta Chivers Bower
|14= 14. [[Sir John Brunner, 2nd Baronet|John Brunner, 2nd Baronet]]
|15= 15. Lucy Marianne Vaughan Morgan
|16= 16. [[Edward VII|Edward VII of the United Kingdom]]
|17= 17. [[Alexandra of Denmark|Princess Alexandra of Denmark]]
|18= 18. [[Francis, Duke of Teck]]
|19= 19. [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]]
|20= 20. [[George I of Greece]]
|21= 21. [[Olga Konstantinovna of Russia|Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia]]
|22= 22. [[Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia]]
|23= 23. [[Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Maria Pavlovna of Russia)|Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
|24= 24. Arthington Worsley
|25= 25. Marianne Hely-Hutchinson
|26= 26. Edward Chivers Bower
|27= 27. Amelia Mary Bennett-Martin
|28= 28. [[Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet|John Brunner, 1st Baronet]]
|29= 29. Salome Davies
|30= 30. [[Octavius Vaughan Morgan]]
|31= 31. Katherine Anne Simkin

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==Royal Family role==
Lord Nicholas has no official or state role. As a close blood relative of the royal family, he is invited to family events such as royal weddings and birthdays. He was in the Royal Box at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee concert in June 2012.<ref>{{cite news|work=Daily Mail|date=5 June 2012|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2154875/Diamond-Jubilee-Concert-Who-sat-Queen-Royal-Box.html|title=The princes, princesses, knights of the realm (and a cook): So who WAS who in the Royal Box at the Diamond Jubilee Concert?|author=Rob Preece}}</ref>

==Work for charity==

In 2011, Windsor was appointed to the [[Pontifical Academy for Life]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.academiavita.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=472%3Anuove-nomine-di-membri-corrispondenti&catid=85%3Aultime-notizie&lang=en |title=Nomination of New Corresponding Members |publisher=academiavita.org |date=1994-02-11 |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref> He is co-signatory of the San José Articles which promote the protection of the unborn child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanjosearticles.com |title=SanJoseArticles |publisher=SanJoseArticles |date= |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref>

In 2007, Windsor accepted the invitation to become Patron of Bromley Mind. The position is a public statement of his support for its work, and he makes a practical contribution from time to time by supporting special events and fundraising campaigns.

Windsor has worked for the [[Refugee Council]] in London, the DePaul Trust for the homeless and in a school for autistic children. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Centre in Washington DC. He is a Trustee of the Catholic National Library UK and [http://www.righttolifetrust.org.uk/patrons-trustees The Right to Life Charitable Trust], an educational body whose goal is the full protection of the unborn child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.righttolifetrust.org.uk/patrons-trustees |title=Patrons and Trustees | RTLCT |publisher=Righttolifetrust.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref> Windsor is the Royal Patron, along with his wife [[Lady Nicholas Windsor|Paola]] of the Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst.<ref>http://www.christianheritagecentre.com/whoweare.html</ref> A Charitable endeavour to make the historic collections of [[Stonyhurst College]] and the story they tell more widely accessible particularly to young people in the surrounding areas.<ref>http://www.christianheritagecentre.com/index.html</ref>

He wrote for the American journal ''First Things'' on the subject of abortion,<ref>{{cite web|author=Lord Nicholas Windsor |url=http://www.firstthings.com/article/2010/11/caesarrsquos-thumb |title=Article |publisher=First Things |date= |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref> an article which was entered into the United States Congressional Record by Congressman Chris Smith.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrlc.org/NewsToday/Windsor.html |title=Lord Nicholas Windsor Urges New Abolitionism |publisher=nrlc.org |date=2010-12-22 |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lifesitenews.com/blog/rep-chris-smith-lord-windsors-article-a-must-read-for-pro-life-human-right/ |title=Rep. Chris Smith: Lord Windsor's article a "must read" for pro-life, human rights advocates |publisher=LifeSiteNews.com |date=2010-12-22 |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref> He has written in the ''[[The Daily Telegraph|Telegraph]]''<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8817337/The-world-doesnt-have-a-right-to-abortion.html</ref> and the ''[[The Catholic Herald]]''<ref>http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2011/10/27/if-we-can-abolish-slavery-we-can-end-abortion/</ref> on Pro Life issues.

Lord Nicholas is Patron of The [[Society of King Charles the Martyr]].

==Footnotes==
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Nicholas Windsor

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{{Use British English|date=October 2011}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Lord Nicholas Windsor 2013.JPG
| caption = Windsor in 2013.
| name = Lord Nicholas Windsor
| spouse = [[Lady Nicholas Windsor]] (m. 2006)
| children = Albert Windsor (b. 2007) Leopold Windsor (b. 2009) Louis Windsor (b. 2014)
| other_names = Nicholas Charles Edward Jonathan Windsor
| parents = [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]] [[Katharine, Duchess of Kent]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|07|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[University College Hospital]], London
| christening_date = 11 September 1970
| christening_place = [[St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle|St George's Chapel]], [[Windsor Castle]]
|}}

'''Lord Nicholas Charles Edward Jonathan Windsor''' (born 25 July 1970) is the youngest child of the [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent|Duke]] and [[Katharine, Duchess of Kent|Duchess of Kent]], a great-grandson of [[George V|King George V]]. He is a first cousin once removed of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]].

==Early years==
Lord Nicholas Windsor was born in 1970 at [[University College Hospital]], London, and was the first member of the British Royal Family to be born in a hospital. He has an older brother, the [[George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews|Earl of St Andrews]], and a sister, [[Lady Helen Taylor]]. He was baptised on 11 September 1970 at [[Windsor Castle]]. His godparents included [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] and [[Donald Coggan]], at the time [[Archbishop of York]] and later [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].<ref name="indcatholicnews">{{cite news|url=http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=11167|title=Member of Royal Family to marry at the Vatican|publisher=[[Independent Catholic News]]|date=31 October 2006}}</ref>

Windsor was educated at [[Westminster School]] and then [[Harrow School]]. He later attended [[Harris Manchester College, Oxford]], where he studied theology.

==Religion==
In a private ceremony in 2001 he was received into the Roman Catholic Church, and therefore forfeited his right of [[Line of succession to the British Throne|succession]] to the British throne. The [[Act of Settlement 1701|Act of Settlement]] bars past or present Roman Catholics from the succession. Lord Nicholas became the first male blood Royal to convert to Catholicism since [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]] on his deathbed in 1685.{{fact|date=May 2015}} 

On 14 July 2011, he became an Honorary Vice-President of the Friends of the [[Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham]], an [[Anglican Ordinariate]] within the Roman Catholic Church.

==Marriage and family==
Windsor met his future wife, [[Paola Doimi de Lupis Frankopan|Princess Paola Doimi de Lupis Frankopan Subic Zrinski]], at a party in New York City in 1999 to mark the Millennium.<ref>Paola de Frankopan, [http://www.vogue.com/vogue-daily/article/my-royal-wedding-paola-de-frankopan-remembers-her-own-marriage-into-the-british-royal-family/ My Royal Wedding: Paola de Frankopan Remembers Her Own Marriage into the British Royal Family] Vogue Daily, 28 April 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Black|first1=A and C|title=British Royal Family|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/public/royals|publisher=Oxford University Press - 2015|accessdate=10 August 2015|quote=Nicholas Charles Edward Jonathan, (Lord Nicholas Windsor), b 25 July 1970 married - Married 19 Oct. 2006, Princess Paola Doimi de Lupis Frankopan Šubic Zrinski}}</ref> He became engaged to her in July 2006. They married on 4 November 2006 in the Church of [[St Stephen of the Abyssinians]] in [[Vatican City|the Vatican]] following a civil ceremony on 19 October 2006 in a London [[register office]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/news/2006_1.html|title=Royal News|publisher=Paul Theroff |date=28 October 2006|accessdate= 20 August 2013}}</ref> and she became Lady Nicholas Windsor. As required by the [[Royal Marriages Act 1772]], the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom]] consented to the marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.privy-council.org.uk/files/word/Draft%20List%20-%20Oct.doc |title=Privy Council |publisher=Privy Council |date= |accessdate=2012-01-19|format=Microsoft Document}}</ref> A House of Commons Early Day Motion welcomed "the first overt marriage within the rites of the Catholic Church of a member of the Royal Family since the reign of Queen Mary I, and the first marriage of a member of the Royal Family to take place within the Vatican City State".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2005-06/2905/ |title=Early Day Motion |publisher=Parliament.uk |date= |accessdate=2006-02-11|format=Microsoft Document}}</ref>

Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor had their first child, a son, Albert Louis Philip Edward Windsor, on 22 September 2007 at the [[Chelsea and Westminster Hospital]], London. Albert is the eighth grandchild for the Duke and Duchess of Kent.<ref name="Mail">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/columnists.html?in_article_id=485512&in_page_id=1772&in_author_id=230|title=Paola's a new royal mum|work=Daily Mail |location=London |date=3 October 2007 | first=Richard | last=Kay}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/news/2007_1.html|title=Royal News of 2007, Section I|work=Paul Theroff’s Royal Genealogy Site|publisher=Paul Theroff|date=12 September 2007|accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref> The child is the first Windsor to carry the name Albert since [[George VI|King George VI]], but the couple has said he was actually named after [[Albertus Magnus|Saint Albert the Great]], according to some reports, while his middle name Philip was given in honour of [[Philip Neri|Saint Philip Neri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/f23/lord-and-lady-nicholas-windsor-and-family-july-2005-a-6540-7.html |title=Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor and family: July 2005 - Page 7 |publisher=The Royal Forums |date= |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref> The names Louis and Edward are after his maternal and paternal grandfathers, respectively.<ref name="Mail"/> An Early Day Motion in the House of Commons welcomed the Baptism of Albert as the first Royal child to be Baptised a Catholic since 1688.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2007-08/1866 |title=Early Day Motion |publisher=Paliament.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2008-06-24|format=Microsoft Document}}</ref> Albert was baptised Catholic in the Queen's Chapel in St. James's Palace.

Lady Nicholas gave birth to the couple's second child, Leopold Ernest Augustus Guelph Windsor,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nettyroyal.nl|title=Genealogical News 2009|date= 2 June 2013|work=Netty's Royalty Page|accessdate=23 July 2013}}{{deadlink|date=May 2015}}</ref> on 8 September 2009 at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1212593/Tarrants-ex-change-name.html|title=A Windsor tot |newspaper=Daily Mail|first=Richard|last=Kay|date=10 September 2009}}{{deadlink|date=May 2015}}</ref> Leopold was baptised by [[Angelo Comastri|Angelo Cardinal Comastri]] in St. Peter's in the Vatican on 29 May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lupis.it/rami%20vitali.htm#Le_Linee_di_Dalmazia_e_Fiume |title=La Casata dei Lupi |publisher=Lupis.it |date= |accessdate=2013-07-23 |language=Italiaj}}</ref>

In late April 2014, it was announced that the couple is expecting their third child<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2615479/SEBASTIAN-SHAKESPEARE-Its-miracle-The-oldest-royal-mother-birth-45.html|title=It's a miracle! The oldest ever royal mother-to-be due to give birth at 45|date= 29 April 2014|work=Daily Mail|accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref> and a third son, Louis Arthur Nicholas Felix Windsor was born 27 May 2014.

Lord Nicholas and his sons are still in the line of succession to the [[Duke of Kent#Dukes of Kent, second Creation (1934)|Dukedom of Kent]], the descent of which is not regulated by the [[Act of Settlement]].

==Ancestry==
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|5= 5. [[Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark]]
|6= 6. [[William Worsley|William Worsley, 4th Baronet]]
|7= 7. Joyce Morgan Brunner
|8= 8. [[George V|George V of the United Kingdom]]
|9= 9. [[Mary of Teck|Princess Mary of Teck]]
|10= 10. [[Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark]]
|11= 11. [[Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia]]
|12= 12. William Henry Arthington Worsley, 3rd Baronet Worsley
|13= 13. Augusta Chivers Bower
|14= 14. [[Sir John Brunner, 2nd Baronet|John Brunner, 2nd Baronet]]
|15= 15. Lucy Marianne Vaughan Morgan
|16= 16. [[Edward VII|Edward VII of the United Kingdom]]
|17= 17. [[Alexandra of Denmark|Princess Alexandra of Denmark]]
|18= 18. [[Francis, Duke of Teck]]
|19= 19. [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]]
|20= 20. [[George I of Greece]]
|21= 21. [[Olga Konstantinovna of Russia|Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia]]
|22= 22. [[Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia]]
|23= 23. [[Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Maria Pavlovna of Russia)|Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
|24= 24. Arthington Worsley
|25= 25. Marianne Hely-Hutchinson
|26= 26. Edward Chivers Bower
|27= 27. Amelia Mary Bennett-Martin
|28= 28. [[Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet|John Brunner, 1st Baronet]]
|29= 29. Salome Davies
|30= 30. [[Octavius Vaughan Morgan]]
|31= 31. Katherine Anne Simkin

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==Royal Family role==
Lord Nicholas has no official or state role. As a close blood relative of the royal family, he is invited to family events such as royal weddings and birthdays. He was in the Royal Box at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee concert in June 2012.<ref>{{cite news|work=Daily Mail|date=5 June 2012|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2154875/Diamond-Jubilee-Concert-Who-sat-Queen-Royal-Box.html|title=The princes, princesses, knights of the realm (and a cook): So who WAS who in the Royal Box at the Diamond Jubilee Concert?|author=Rob Preece}}</ref>

==Work for charity==

In 2011, Windsor was appointed to the [[Pontifical Academy for Life]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.academiavita.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=472%3Anuove-nomine-di-membri-corrispondenti&catid=85%3Aultime-notizie&lang=en |title=Nomination of New Corresponding Members |publisher=academiavita.org |date=1994-02-11 |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref> He is co-signatory of the San José Articles which promote the protection of the unborn child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanjosearticles.com |title=SanJoseArticles |publisher=SanJoseArticles |date= |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref>

In 2007, Windsor accepted the invitation to become Patron of Bromley Mind. The position is a public statement of his support for its work, and he makes a practical contribution from time to time by supporting special events and fundraising campaigns.

Windsor has worked for the [[Refugee Council]] in London, the DePaul Trust for the homeless and in a school for autistic children. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Centre in Washington DC. He is a Trustee of the Catholic National Library UK and [http://www.righttolifetrust.org.uk/patrons-trustees The Right to Life Charitable Trust], an educational body whose goal is the full protection of the unborn child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.righttolifetrust.org.uk/patrons-trustees |title=Patrons and Trustees | RTLCT |publisher=Righttolifetrust.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref> Windsor is the Royal Patron, along with his wife [[Lady Nicholas Windsor|Paola]] of the Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst.<ref>http://www.christianheritagecentre.com/whoweare.html</ref> A Charitable endeavour to make the historic collections of [[Stonyhurst College]] and the story they tell more widely accessible particularly to young people in the surrounding areas.<ref>http://www.christianheritagecentre.com/index.html</ref>

He wrote for the American journal ''First Things'' on the subject of abortion,<ref>{{cite web|author=Lord Nicholas Windsor |url=http://www.firstthings.com/article/2010/11/caesarrsquos-thumb |title=Article |publisher=First Things |date= |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref> an article which was entered into the United States Congressional Record by Congressman Chris Smith.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrlc.org/NewsToday/Windsor.html |title=Lord Nicholas Windsor Urges New Abolitionism |publisher=nrlc.org |date=2010-12-22 |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lifesitenews.com/blog/rep-chris-smith-lord-windsors-article-a-must-read-for-pro-life-human-right/ |title=Rep. Chris Smith: Lord Windsor's article a "must read" for pro-life, human rights advocates |publisher=LifeSiteNews.com |date=2010-12-22 |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref> He has written in the ''[[The Daily Telegraph|Telegraph]]''<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8817337/The-world-doesnt-have-a-right-to-abortion.html</ref> and the ''[[The Catholic Herald]]''<ref>http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2011/10/27/if-we-can-abolish-slavery-we-can-end-abortion/</ref> on Pro Life issues.

Lord Nicholas is Patron of The [[Society of King Charles the Martyr]].

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| NAME = Windsor, Nicholas, Lord
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION =Member of the British Royal Family
| DATE OF BIRTH = 25 July 1970
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[University College Hospital]], London
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