Lord Mornington, 42, is the eldest son of Charles, the 9th Duke of Wellington and his wife, Princess Antonia of Prussia. He married Jemima Kidd on June 4, 2005. at St. James's Church in Holetown, Barbados. A makeup artist, Jemma is a great-granddaughter of Max Aitkin, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, founder of the Daily Express
They have three children: 10-year-old twins, Darcy, Viscount Wellesley, and Lady Mae and Hon. Alfred Wellesley, who celebrated his 5th birthday last December.
The couple has been "unhappy together for a very long time. They decided to separate during lockdown -- a time during which they were barely speaking to each other."
Lord Mornington received his MBA from Columbia Business School and an MA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Christ Church, Oxford.
He is a partner with Oakley Capital Investments, having joined the firm in 2017 and he has 15 years of private equity investing experience.
After his father succeeded to the dukedom on New Year's Eve in 2014, Lord Mornington made the decision to eschew the use of Marquess of Douro, the traditional courtesy for the heir apparent to the Wellington dukedom, and remain styled as the Earl of Mornington. The present duke had been styled as Marquess of Douro from 1972, when his father succeeded to the dukedom, until 2014.
The Duke and Duchess of Wellington are close friends of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.
The Earl is a descendant of Queen Victoria.
Victoria - Victoria - Wilhelm II -- Crown Prince Wilhelm -- Friedrich --Antonia -Arthur. He also has Guinness ancestry through his mother, Princess Antonia, whose mother, Lady Brigid Guinness, was the second daughter of the 2nd Earl of Iveagh.
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