Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster
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Natalia Ayesha Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster (née Phillips) (born 8 May 1959) is the wife of Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, the 3rd richest person in the United Kingdom according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2007. She is one of the godmothers of Prince William of Wales.
She is the younger daughter of Lt.-Col. Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips and his wife, Georgina. Her older sister is Duchess of Abercorn. Her paternal grandparents were Joseph Harold John Phillips and wife Mary Mercedes Bryce, whose niece Janet Mercedes Bryce (daughter of Major Francis Bryce of Hamilton, Bermuda and wife Gladys Jean Mosley) married David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven.
Natalia is a descendant of the Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin and therefore of Abram Petrovich Gannibal, an African captive who grew up at the Russian court as the godson of Peter the Great [1] [2].
The Duke and Duchess of Westminster have four children:
- The Lady Tamara Katharine Grosvenor (born 20 December 1979) married Edward van Cutsem (November 2004)
- The Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor (born 4 November 1981)
- Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (born 29 January 1991), the Duke's heir apparent.
- The Lady Viola Georgina Grosvenor (born 12 October 1992)