Edward Edmund Maximilian George Windsor, Lord Downpatrick (born 2 December 1988), known professionally as Eddy Downpatrick, is a British travel consultant, fashion designer, and former financial analyst. He is a member of the extended British royal family.
As second-in-line to the Dukedom of Kent, he uses one of his grandfather's subsidiary titles, Baron Downpatrick, by courtesy. A second cousin once removed of Charles III, Downpatrick is the most senior member of the House of Windsor to be excluded from the line of succession to the British throne owing to his Roman Catholic faith.
Early life and family
Edward Edmund Maximilian George Windsor was born on 2 December 1988 at St Mary's Hospital, London, and grew up in Cambridge. Diana, Princess of Wales, was his godmother.
He left JP Morgan and began working as a fashion designer in 2016. In 2017, he co-founded the fashion label FIDIR with Justine Dalby, where he serves as creative director. The brand specialises in outdoor wear and accessories, producing items such as handbags, wallets, sweatshirts, wash bags, and T-shirts. His designs are inspired by the Scottish Highlands.
In 2021, Downpatrick founded Aristeia Travel, a company that organises tours and expeditions to destinations across, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The company also arranges sporting adventures, such as heliskiing and whale watching.
Succession rights
In 2003, aged 15, following the example of his grandmother, the Duchess of Kent, and his uncle Lord Nicholas Windsor, Downpatrickwho had been baptised in the Church of Englandchose to be confirmed into the Catholic Church. He therefore lost his place in the line of succession to the British throne under the Act of Settlement 1701. As a second cousin once removed of King Charles III, Downpatrick is the most senior person excluded from the line of succession for being a Catholic.
, he would have been 44th in line. Downpatrick remains second in the line of succession, after his father, to the Dukedom of Kent.