In 1978, in Vienna, Prince Michael married Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz, daughter of Baron von Reibnitz and the former Countess Marianne Szapary.

Prince and Princess Michael have two children: Lord Frederick Windsor and Lady Gabriella Windsor. The family live at Kensington Palace in London.

Eighth in line to the throne at the time of his birth, the Prince lost his right of succession, under the 1701 Act of Settlement, following his marriage because the Princess is a Roman Catholic. His children, however, still have a claim to the throne having been obliged to be brought up in the Church of England.

Photographer Mark Stewart © Office of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent

Lord Frederick Windsor, born in 1979, was an Oppidan Scholar at Eton and graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford in 2002 with a 2:1 in Classics and now works for JPMorgan in London.

Lady Gabriella Windsor, born in 1981, was educated at Downe House. On completion of her Degree reading Comparative Literature and Hispanic Studies at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, Ella began a career in writing for British Publications.

Prince and Princess Michael with Lady Gabriella and Lord Frederick Windsor