The Lady Rose Gilman is a member of the extended British Royal Family

British Royal Family

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. She is the younger daughter of The Duke

Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

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 and Duchess of Gloucester, and is in the line of succession to the British Throne

Line of succession to the British Throne

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.

Early life

Lady Rose was born at St Mary's Hospital

St Mary's Hospital (London)

St Mary's Hospital is a hospital located in Paddington, London, England that was founded in 1845. Since the UK's first academic health science centre was created in 2008, it is operated by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, which also operates Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital,...

, Paddington

Paddington

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, London

London

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, and at birth was 12th in line of succession to the British Throne. She was baptised on 13 July 1980 at Barnwell Church

Barnwell, Northamptonshire

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, Northamptonshire

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. Her godparents included The Prince Edward

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

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 and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones

Lady Sarah Chatto

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. She attended St. George's School, Ascot

St. George's School, Ascot

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 and grew up at her parents' apartment in Kensington Palace

Kensington Palace

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. Gilman works in the film industry as an art assistant and worked on the 2007 film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)

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, credited as Rose Windsor.

Marriage

The Lady Rose Windsor announced her engagement on 16 November 2007 to 26-year-old George Gilman, son of property developer Peter J. I. Gilman. They married on 19 July 2008 at Queen's Chapel

Queen's Chapel

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, St. James's Palace

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 in London

London

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. Apart from her immediate family, amongst those attending the wedding were The Earl

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

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 and Countess of Wessex, The Princess Royal

Anne, Princess Royal

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, Peter

Peter Phillips

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 and Autumn Phillips

Autumn Phillips

Autumn Patricia Phillips is the wife of Peter Phillips, who is the son of Anne, Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips, and the oldest grandchild of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh....

, Daniel

Daniel Chatto

Daniel St. George Chatto born Daniel Chatto St. George Sproule, is a British artist and former actor. He is best known as the husband of Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, who is the only daughter of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and the only niece of Queen Elizabeth II .-Biography:His parents...

 and Lady Sarah Chatto

Lady Sarah Chatto

The Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto, née Armstrong-Jones , is the only daughter of the 1st Earl of Snowdon and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, the second daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. She is 17th in line of succession to the thrones of each of the Commonwealth Realms;...

 and Catherine Middleton, who attracted media interest for attending without her then boyfriend, now husband Prince William.

Lady Rose and her husband have a daughter, Lyla Beatrix Christabel Gilman, born 30 May 2010.

Ancestry