Who is the Duke of Norfolk? ➡️ Why Edward Fitzalan-Howard will lead the planning of the Queen’s state funeral
The 65-year-old lives in the family’s ancestral home, Arundel Castle in West Sussex.The building dates back more than a thousand years and the occupants have long been close friends of the royal family.
The Duke was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the RVO for services to the monarchy during the Queen’s Jubilee honours this summer. Mr Fitzalan-Howard and his wife Georgina have five children – Henry, Rachel, Thomas, Isabel and Philip – but last month he said their divorce has been finalised. The couple, who married in 1987, had tried to resolve their issues, particularly because Mr Fitzalan-Howard is the most senior lay person of the Roman Catholic church.
They first separated in 2011 and the split was said to be so acrimonious that they even missed the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge because they could not bear to be in the same room. The couple reconciled in 2016 but the Duke toldBoth the Duke and Duchess were close friends of the Queen who was said to have been sad that they were unable to mend the marriage.
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