Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster
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Her Grace The Duchess of Westminster |
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Natalia Ayesha Phillips 8 May 1959 |
| Spouse(s) | Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (m. 1978 - 2016) |
| Children | Lady Tamara Grosvenor Lady Edwina Grosvenor Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster (b. 1991) Lady Viola Grosvenor |
| Parents | Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips Georgina Wernher |
Natalia Ayesha Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster (née Phillips; born 8 May 1959) is the widow of Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster. The Duchess will assume the style of Dowager Duchess only upon the marriage of her son. At the time of her husband's succession to the title, there were four Duchesses of Westminster, the current Duchess, Sally Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster, Anne Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster and Viola Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster.
On 7 October 1978, Natalia Phillips married Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
They had four children:
As Duchess of Westminster, Natalia has presided over the remodeling of the traditional family seat, Eaton Hall, and has been closely involved in the redesign of its formal gardens and park. She also takes an interest in the family's fine art collection.
The Duchess is a director of Alex Moulton Bicycles.
She is patron of a number of charities based in the north west, near the family home in Cheshire, including:
From October 1997 to October 2007, she was Patron of the Chester Childbirth Appeal.
The Duchess is one of the Duke of Cambridge's six godparents.
She is the youngest of five children of Lt.-Col. Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips (1909–1980) and his wife, Georgina Wernher (1919–2011). Her eldest sister is Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn and another sister is Marita Crawley, who wrote the libretto for the opera The Poet and the Tsar about their great-great-great-grandfathers, Alexander Pushkin and Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. Natalia is one of three godmothers to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Her family have long been close to the British Royal Family, being distantly related to both Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. They are also descendants, through non-Catholic marriages, of Sophia, Electress of Hanover, in whose Protestant descendants is vested the right of succession to the British throne according to the Act of Settlement 1701.
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