Friends have reacted after a royal couple who made history on their wedding day are revealed to have quietly split – but it’s believed the duo will “never get divorced”.
When King Charles, Prince William, and his wife Kate attended the funeral of the late Duchess of Kent in September, there was one family member who was notably missing from Westminster Cathedral.
The Duchess of Kent’s daughter-in-law, Paola (styled as Lady Nicholas Windsor), who is married to the Kents’ younger son, Lord Nicholas Windsor, did not attend, with reports emerging that the duo have been separated for some time.
Paola, 56, and Nicolas, 55, who is the King’s godson, had the first Roman Catholic wedding for a member of the Royal Family since the 16th century, when they wed in 2006.
As a child, Nicholas also had a starring role as a page boy in Charles’s own wedding to Princess Diana in July 1981 – standing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace alongside the beaming newly married couple.
He also proudly stood alongside Kate and William and their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, as the royals celebrated Trooping the Colour at Buckingham Palace back in 2019.
Now, friends have opened up on Nicholas’ split with Paola, revealing details for the first time.
“It’s very sad, but the couple have been separated for some time,” a friend of the family told the Daily Mail.
“They no longer attend family events together. Both are very conservative and dislike divorce, so apparently they will never actually get divorced.”
The couple shares three sons, Albert, Leopold, and Louis.
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