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Relative of the British royal family (born 1964)
Lady Helen Taylor
Born
Helen Marina Lucy Windsor
(1964-04-28 ) 28 April 1964 (age 60 ) Occupation Business representative Spouse
(m. ) Children 4 Parents
Katharine Worsley (mother)
Relatives House of Windsor Education
Gordonstoun
Lady Helen Marina Lucy Taylor (née Windsor ; born 28 April 1964) is a relative of the British royal family . She is the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent , and Katharine, Duchess of Kent , and a great-granddaughter of George V . She is currently 47th in the line of succession to the British throne .
Early life and youth [ edit ]
Born at Coppins , a country house in Iver , Buckinghamshire , Lady Helen is the only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent . She was educated at Eton End[1] Datchet , then at St Mary's School, Wantage ,[2] Gordonstoun .[3] sixth form girls "in the robustly masculine environment of Gordonstoun," wrote Alan Hamilton.[4]
She was called "Melons" in the popular press.[5] [6]
"I was slightly chubby, it was the boys at Gordonstoun who called me that. I think there are only about two people who call me that now. The original context has long gone" [7]
During the 1980s her boyfriend was Nigel Oakes , who "appalled the Queen" after she smuggled him into her parents' grace-and-favour home, York House, St James's Palace .[8] [9]
According to Lol Tolhurst of The Cure , Lady Helen was a "mad Cure fan" who visited the band backstage at a gig in Bath in 1983.[10]
After she left Gordonstoun (where she had art class), she was desperate[11] [12]
Lady Helen worked with the art dealer Karsten Schubert between 1987 and 1991, behind the front desk, and was later credited with discovering Rachel Whiteread and Gary Hume , but confessed in a television interview that she had turned down representing artist Damien Hirst .[13]
For 17 years, Lady Helen was a fashion ambassador and muse to Giorgio Armani .[14]
Marriage and children [ edit ]
At 19, Lady Helen met[11] RN St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle . The bride wore a Catherine Walker design.[15] Giorgio Armani provided an outfit for her wedding.[16]
In 1998, her husband was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease .[11]
Lady Helen and her husband have four children, who immediately follow her in the Line of succession to the British throne :
Columbus George Donald Taylor (born 6 August 1994)
Cassius Edward Taylor (born 26 December 1996)
Eloise Olivia Katherine Taylor (born 2 March 2003)
Estella Olga Elizabeth Taylor (born 21 December 2004)
Charity work [ edit ]
She is a patron of the CLIC Sargent children's cancer charity.[17]
She is a trustee of The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity .[12]
She is on the advisory board of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera after being a trustee.[12] [18] [19]
References [ edit ]
^ Express, Sunday (July 1983). A Week in the life of the royal family 143 . ISBN 9780026154307
^ Hamilton, Alan (1986). The Royal 100: a who's who of the first 100 people in line of succession to the British throne ISBN 9780907516934
^ People Magazine Archive: Windsor Castle Lights Up with Lasers as the 'queenyboppers'—four Royal Cousins—turn 21Archived 13 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine 8 July 1985 Vol. 24 No. 2 "Lady Helen Windsor, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, is known as "Melons" because of her ample proportions." & "True to form, Lady Helen—"Melons"—was at the center of the party's only controversy. Her ex-boyfriend, Oakes, crashed the event and was escorted out by police."
^ Dolby, Karen (14 November 2017). The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II ISBN 9780451492272 . Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via Google Books.
^ "How Lady Helen said farewell to Melons" . scotsman.com . Retrieved 21 May 2018 .
^ "why so wild about harry?" . scotsman.com . Retrieved 21 March 2018 .
^ "The Londoner: The naked truth of Mary Beard at college" . standard.co.uk . 20 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018 .
^ Tolhurst, Laurence (2016). "Chapter 15: The Top". Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys ISBN 978-1-78429-339-0
^ a b c "Portrait of a Lady" . standard.co.uk . 13 April 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2018 .
^ a b c "Who we are" . The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity . Retrieved 21 May 2018 .
^ The Anniston Star. 19 July 1992. Anniston, Alabama Page 23 "Lady Helen is a director of London's Karsten Schubert gallery of contemporary art. Taylor, 29, is a dealer with the Waddington Galleries..."
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"BULGARI ENDS ITS £500,000 CONTRACT WITH LADY HELEN TAYLOR" . www.hellomagazine.com . Retrieved 21 May 2018 .
Eden, Richard (21 November 2009). "Art is new fashion for Lady Helen Taylor" . Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
"Armani and muse part ways" . FashionUnited . 4 July 2009. Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via archive.org.
Potvin, John (5 July 2017). Giorgio Armani: Empire of the Senses ISBN 9781351565547 . Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via Google Books.
"In the June issue: Giorgio Armani lunch" . www.tatler.com . 8 February 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2018 .
"Shanghai In Style" . newsweek.com . 16 May 2004. Retrieved 21 May 2018 .
"The Rich, the Famous and the Royal" . Royalty Magazine . 26 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2018 .
Dean Starkman. "Stretched Ethics" . Columbia Journalism Review . Retrieved 21 May 2018 .
^ " . Harper's Bazaar . 13 April 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018 .
^ "Armani and muse part ways" . FashionUnited . 4 July 2009. Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via archive.org.
^ "CLIC Sargent – Caring for Children and Young People with Cancer : Midsummer party raises £400,000 for children and young people with cancer" . Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2016 .
^ "Glyndebourne Annual Report 2016" (PDF) . Cloudinary.com . Retrieved 2 July 2022 .
^ "Glyndebourne Annual Report 2015" (PDF) . Cloudinary.com . Retrieved 2 July 2022 .
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