The Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor (Marina Charlotte Alexandra Katharine Helen Windsor; born 30 September 1992) is the elder daughter of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews

George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews

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 and Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews

Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews

Sylvana Palma Windsor, Countess of St Andrews , is the wife of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, the eldest son and heir of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Lady St Andrews was born in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, the daughter of Maximilian Karl Tomaselli, formerly of Salzburg, and Josiane...

. She was born at the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge

Cambridge

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 and named for her great-grandmother, Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent

Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent

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. Until 2008 she was 25th in the line of succession to the British Throne

Line of succession to the British Throne

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, bypassing her father, an Anglican who married a Roman Catholic, and her elder brother, who is a Roman Catholic. In 2008, The Observer

The Observer

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reported that she had been confirmed as a Roman Catholic, and had therefore forfeited her place in the line of succession. She is currently a pupil at St Mary's Ascot

St Mary's Ascot

St Mary's, Ascot is a Roman Catholic independent boarding school for girls in South Ascot, Berkshire, England founded in 1885. The school now has about 360 pupils. -History:...

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