He’s previously been dubbed ‘the hidden royal’, but this Easter saw\u00a0James Mountbatten\u2013Windsor, 18, step into the spotlight with a rare prominent role at the Easter Service.<\/p>\n
He was the vision of confidence, pictured beaming along the Prince and Princess of Wales, as the family made their way into\u00a0St George\u2019s Chapel in\u00a0<\/span>Windsor Castle \u2013 an appearance that cemented his debut as one of the British royals’ newest eligible bachelors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It’s a club that includes a myriad of handsome aristocrats said to be single and looking for love.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n One is the dashing Cassius Taylor, 29 \u2013 son of\u00a0Lady Helen Taylor and art\u2013dealer Timothy Taylor \u2013 whose long tresses are almost as impressive as his DJ skills and ‘bad boy reputation’.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, athletic, 27\u2013year\u2013old Arthur Chatto<\/a>, who is the late Elizabeth II’s great\u2013nephew, has been known to wow with his sporty prowess, once being part of the youngest team to take part in the GB Row Challenge around Britain.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, for those who love a man in uniform, Alexander Ogilvy, 29 \u2013 hailed online as the ‘hottest British royal’ \u2013 recently graduated from the Royal Military Academy of Sandhurst.<\/p>\n Read on to see who are the British royal eligible bachelors you’ve never heard about…<\/p>\n Cassius Taylor, 29<\/span><\/p>\n Like other more distant members of the royal family, Cassius, who was born in 1996, has been allowed to grow up away from the spotlight. Pictured in 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Cassius, 29, is the grandson of\u00a0Prince Edward<\/a>, Duke of Kent, the late Queen’s first cousin.<\/p>\n These days, however, he is less likely to appear in group shots on the Buckingham Palace balcony and more likely to appear wearing shades on social media \u2013 often at the opening of some artistic venture or other \u2013 or DJ\u2013ing at a party.<\/p>\n This makes sense as Cassius is the son of\u00a0Lady Helen Taylor, 61, and art\u2013dealer Timothy Taylor \u2013 and like the children and grandchildren of Princess Margaret<\/a>, is a signed\u2013up member of the Royal Family<\/a>‘s creative wing.<\/p>\n He has\u00a0become something of a darling of the London art scene, in fact, and has turned his first tattoo into a whimsical art exhibition.<\/span><\/p>\n Like other more distant members of the royal family, Cassius, who was born in 1996, has been allowed to grow up away from the spotlight.\u00a0<\/p>\n As a child, he would make rare public appearances, including the balcony of\u00a0Buckingham Palace<\/a> for Trooping the Colour.<\/p>\n The second out of four children, Cassius grew up close with his brother Columbus, 31, and his younger sisters Eloise, 23 and Estella, 21.<\/p>\n He was educated at Wellington College in Berkshire, which costs \u00a335,775\u2013a\u2013year, before heading to Goldsmiths, where he got a degree in art management.<\/p>\n He caught the creative bug from his parents, who are both renowned art dealers, saying: ‘I was constantly being dragged to galleries as a child.’<\/p>\n After graduating, he worked for his father’s London gallery before joining the PR agency Purple, where he dabbled in the events business, organising glitzy receptions at Somerset House.<\/p>\n He eventually left Purple PR and set up his own events company, named ‘Telltale.\u2019<\/p>\n The royal has since curated his own show, which took at the Painting Rooms of Flitcroft Street in Soho, and celebrated the work of painter Armen Eloyan as part of Frieze.<\/p>\n In his free time, Cassius has been a big fan of immersive theatre, especially an event called Punch Drunk where guests are invited to put on VR headsets in an London abandoned warehouse, with actors moving around the participants.<\/p>\n He also shares a glimpse into his artsy life on Instagram, where snaps show him\u00a0DJing with friends or hanging out with his glamourous cousins, Lady Amelia Windsor and Flora Vesterberg (grand\u2013daughter of Princess Alexandra, the Duke of Kent’s sister).<\/p>\n Cassius has previously joked that he is the ‘annoying’ child and added he took some time to settle into a career, unable to decide which genre he wanted to dedicate himself to.<\/p>\n He told Tatler: \u2018I always knew I’d end up in the creative industries in some capacity, due to my upbringing, similar to everyone in my family.’<\/p>\n Alexander Ogilvy, 29\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Before deciding to join the military, he was based in New York where he worked for Prove, a technology firm. Pictured in 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Alexander is the grandson of Queen Elizabeth’s cousin \u2013 Princess Alexandra \u2013 and\u00a0the son of James Ogilvy and wife Julia.<\/p>\n At 29\u2013years\u2013old, he enjoys a low\u2013key life mostly out of the royal media spotlight \u2013 having been dubbed ‘the hottest royal you’ve never heard of’.<\/p>\n He studied Economics and Computer Science at Brown University in Rhode Island and graduated in 2020.<\/p>\n Before university, Alexander was head boy at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, which costs \u00a343,000 per year to attend, and achieved A*s and As.<\/p>\n He once dated a Kennedy \u2013 Michaela Kennedy\u2013Cuomo (the granddaughter of Robert Kennedy) \u2013 and has been romantically linked to society girl Isabella Charlotta Poppius. However, it is understood that he has been single since late 2023.<\/p>\n In August, he graduated from the\u00a0Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, Berkshire \u2013 who was accepted into the Household Cavalry.<\/p>\n Alexander has followed in the footsteps of Prince William, Prince Harry and Prince Edward, who have all graduated from the military academy.<\/p>\n Before deciding to join the military, he was based in New York where he worked for Prove, a technology firm.\u00a0<\/p>\n James Wessex, 18<\/span><\/p>\n James Mountbatten\u2013Windsor, 18, was handed a more prominent role at the Royal Family’s traditional Easter service, beaming alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales during his rare outing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He’s previously been dubbed the\u00a0‘hidden royal’ \u2013 having missed occasions with his wider family in the past while concentrating on his schooling. But on Sunday, the Earl of Wessex<\/a> proved he’s firmly in the royal fold.<\/p>\n James Mountbatten\u2013Windsor, 18, was handed a more prominent role at the Royal Family<\/a>‘s traditional Easter<\/a> service, beaming alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales<\/a> during his rare outing.<\/p>\n Prince Edward and Sophie\u2019s son\u00a0walked closely behind William, Kate and their three children, Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte<\/a>, ten, and\u00a0Prince Louis<\/a>, seven, as they arrived\u00a0with other royals\u00a0<\/span>for the service at St George\u2019s Chapel in\u00a0<\/span>Windsor Castle.<\/span><\/p>\n Joining his father, the Duke of Edinburgh, James was captured joyfully chatting with the Princess of Wales outside the chapel before entering the Easter Matins service led by the King and Queen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n His sister,\u00a0Lady Louise Windsor<\/a>,\u00a022, remained at St Andrews University to concentrate on her studies, while their mother, the Duchess of Edinburgh<\/a> was reportedly set to attend the Easter service but was forced to pull out due to feeling ‘under the weather’.<\/p>\n Following his 18th birthday in December, much speculation emerged over the Earl’s future as a royal, with both\u00a0he and his sister growing up without HRH titles.<\/p>\n The youngest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II is viewed as one of the most enigmatic members of the royal family, largely because his parents went to great lengths to give both their children a \u2018normal\u2019 upbringing.\u00a0<\/p>\n Last year, writing in his Palace Confidential newsletter, the Daily Mail’s Diary Editor Richard Eden expressed how the growing contribution from Edward and Sophie’s children could be of great value to the Royal Family.\u00a0<\/p>\n He wrote:\u00a0‘When Prince William becomes King, I hope that he will follow the example of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, and ask his cousins, including Lady Louise and James, to share royal duties with him.<\/p>\n ‘Hopefully, William will realise that a “slimmed\u2013down” monarchy wouldn\u2019t safeguard the institution, as some claim, but would\u00a0lead to its irrelevance and eventual death<\/a>.<\/p>\n ‘What better way to build on its strengths than with an injection of energy from young people who have had values of public service and duty instilled in them from birth?’<\/p>\n James, who is 16th in line to the throne, falling from eighth after Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie expanded their families,<\/span>\u00a0is currently completing his studies at the prestigious Radley College in Oxfordshire.<\/p>\n And while his sister has started stepping out at royal events more often, James has kept rather a low profile \u2013 until now.\u00a0<\/p>\n Yet royal commentators know little about whether James will follow the footsteps of his older sister\u00a0and attend the University of St Andrews, or step into the public arena as a working royal after his A\u2013levels.<\/p>\n His mother\u2019s own words echo that uncertainty, with Sophie once admitting she could clearly see the path her daughter was taking but remained unsure what her son might ultimately choose.<\/p>\n \u2018Louise is working hard and will do A\u2013levels. I hope she goes to university. I wouldn\u2019t force her, but if she wants to. She\u2019s quite clever, so I think probably,\u2019 Sophie told The Times in 2020. \u2018Whereas James I don\u2019t know.’\u00a0<\/p>\n Charles Linley, 26<\/span><\/p>\n The son of furniture maker David Armstrong\u2013Jones \u2013 son of the late Princess Margaret \u2013 and socialite Serena Stanhope also has a sister, Lady Margarita Armstrong\u2013Jones, 23. Pictured in 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Twenty six\u2013year\u2013old Charles Linley leads a largely private life; but is known for his love of music.<\/p>\n The son of furniture maker David Armstrong\u2013Jones \u2013 son of the late Princess Margaret \u2013 and socialite Serena Stanhope also has a sister,\u00a0Lady Margarita Armstrong\u2013Jones, 23.<\/p>\n While he doesn’t make many public appearances, Charles in 2012 was made the first Page of Honour to the late Queen Elizabeth II, his great\u2013aunt, giving him duties such as carrying her robes at state occasions.\u00a0<\/p>\n The monarch was close with Margaret’s children after her sister’s passing, and they have been invited to\u00a0Sandringham for Christmas.<\/p>\n He will one day inherit the title of Earl of Snowdon \u2013 currently held by his father.\u00a0<\/p>\n After going to Eton for his secondary school education, Charles went to study product design engineering\u00a0at Loughborough University, but since graduating in 2021, has been working as a musician.\u00a0<\/p>\n According to OK!<\/a> Magazine, his sister\u00a0Margarita has said of her brother: ‘He is very into his orchestral music.<\/span><\/p>\n ‘He is self\u2013taught and he can sing, play the piano and the guitar. It\u2019s wonderful. Somehow he combines it all together \u2013 including online choirs \u2013 on his laptop into one piece of music.’<\/span><\/p>\n Louis Spencer, 32<\/span><\/p>\n His resemblance to Prince Harry even earned him the nickname ‘Harry Lite’. Pictured in 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Raised in South Africa<\/a> and largely kept out of the public eye, Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp, is the fourth child of Charles, the 9th Earl Spencer<\/a>, and his first wife, Victoria Lockwood.<\/p>\n This makes him the nephew of Princess Diana<\/a> and the first cousin of Prince William<\/a> and Prince Harry<\/a>.<\/p>\n He has three sisters \u2013 Lady Kitty, and twins Lady Eliza and Lady Amelia \u2013 as well as half\u2013siblings from his parents’ other marriages.\u00a0<\/p>\n Unlike his sisters, who frequently grace magazine covers, Louis prefers to maintain a low profile, steering clear of social media and high\u2013profile events.<\/p>\n In 2019, Tatler named him one of Britain’s most eligible bachelors, describing him as ‘tall, debonair and very handsome’ but also ‘super private’.<\/p>\n His resemblance to Prince Harry even earned him the nickname ‘Harry Lite’.<\/p>\n Born on March 14, 1994 at St Mary’s Hospital in London<\/a>,\u00a0Louis is the heir to the 13,000\u2013acre Althorp estate in Northamptonshire, the ancestral home of the Spencer family.<\/p>\n In 1995, to escape intense media scrutiny, his family relocated to Constantia, one of Cape Town’s most exclusive suburbs.<\/p>\n He attended Diocesan College, a prestigious private school founded in 1849 on British educational principles, where the fees cost up to \u00a313,955 a year.<\/p>\n Louis returned to the UK to enroll at the University of Edinburgh, before studying acting at the ArtsEd drama school in Chiswick,\u00a0where he graduated as the valedictorian\u00a0in September 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n Now performing under the stage name Louis John Lyons, he is represented by Tavistock Wood talent agency, which also manages Dominic West and Lily James.<\/p>\n Louis shares a close relationship with his siblings. He walked his eldest sister, Kitty, down the aisle at her lavish Italian wedding \u2013 stepping in for their father, who controversially did not attend.<\/p>\n Growing up in South Africa, they enjoyed a relatively normal childhood with their mother, following their parents’ divorce in 1997.\u00a0<\/p>\n They often went on camping trips to the Cederberg mountains, where they embraced the natural surroundings, completely off\u2013grid and without electricity.\u00a0<\/p>\n With their father back at the family’s ancestral home, Althorp, the siblings also spent many visits there.\u00a0<\/p>\n The magnificent Grade I listed Georgian mansion has been in the Spencer family for over 500 years.<\/p>\n With 90 rooms, an extensive art collection, and 28 listed buildings within its grounds, the estate is valued at over \u00a3100million. It was Princess Diana’s childhood home and remains her final resting place, with her grave located on a secluded island on the Round Oval Lake.<\/p>\n For much of his childhood, Louis was shielded from media attention, only making occasional public appearances alongside his father.<\/p>\n His first major appearance came in 2011 when he attended the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at age 17 \u2013 though his glamorous sisters stole much of the attention.<\/p>\n In 2015, he unexpectedly appeared on Nicki Minaj’s Instagram, with the rapper posting an image of them alongside the playful caption: ‘Check out our wedding photo’.<\/p>\n But it was at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding in 2018 that Louis truly caught public attention.<\/p>\n Dressed in a morning suit, he became a sudden heartthrob, receiving numerous marriage proposals from social media admirers.<\/p>\n As the eldest son, Louis is set to inherit the Spencer title and the Althorp estate under the traditional primogeniture system, which favours male heirs regardless of birth order.\u00a0<\/p>\n His sister, Kitty, previously acknowledged the tradition in an interview with Town & Country, saying: ‘Primogeniture can be a tricky topic because, as times are changing, so are attitudes.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘We’ve grown up understanding that it’s Louis who will inherit, and Louis will do an incredible job.’\u00a0<\/p>\n With years of preparation already under way \u2013 attending trustee meetings and learning about the estate’s management \u2013 Louis is poised to take on his future role as the 10th Earl Spencer.\u00a0<\/p>\n While he may keep a low profile, his legacy as heir to one of Britain’s most historic estates is firmly set.\u00a0<\/p>\n Arthur Chatto, 27<\/span><\/p>\n Today action man Arthur Chatto makes his living as a member of the Royal Marines, the first royal to join the regiment. Pictured in 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It seems a world ago when, on February 5, 1999, <\/span>Princess Margaret<\/a>‘s grandson\u00a0made his first royal appearance to the public as a Page of Honour for the late Queen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Holding the role between 2009 to 2015, he<\/span>\u00a0was responsible for carrying his great\u2013aunt’s gown at ceremonial events.<\/p>\n Today action man Arthur Chatto<\/a> makes his living as a member of the Royal Marines, the first royal to join the regiment.<\/p>\n After attending Westminster Cathedral Choir school, Arthur followed in the footsteps of\u00a0Princes Harry<\/a> and William<\/a>\u00a0footsteps by attending Eton College.<\/p>\n At Eton, he was in its Combined Cadet Force, which teaches pupils a range of military skills. Afterwards, he\u00a0followed his older brother Sam to Edinburgh<\/a> University.<\/p>\n Arthur, who studied History of Art, juggled his studies with working as a personal trainer at the BoundFitness gym in the city.<\/p>\n In a profile of the young royal shared on Instagram, Arthur wrote: ‘I’m a level 3 personal trainer, I specialise in strength and endurance training with a military focus.’<\/p>\n Princess Margaret’s grandson is also said to be a fan of outdoor sports, including mountain climbing.\u00a0The adventurous royal has even been ice diving in Greenland and climbing in the Alps.<\/p>\n Arthur, who is a keen environmentalist like Prince William and Harry, was also part of a four\u2013man squad that completed an epic row around the UK to raise money for The British Red Cross and Just One Ocean in 2020.<\/p>\n Speaking about the 2,000\u2013mile GB Row Challenge which took 38 days, Arthur said that preparing for the challenge had been ‘mental’ and very physically demanding.<\/p>\n Preparation did not come easy, as he reportedly went on 20\u2013mile hikes and camped in the Scottish Highlands in preparation for his uniformed role.<\/p>\n Arthur has also made royal history, as in 2021, he became the first member to join the Marines. The late Queen was said to be ‘pleased and proud’ of her great\u2013nephew’s achievements.<\/p>\n Since then, he has attracted attention as a royal heartthrob, as he sported his Marines uniform for the Service of Thanksgiving for the Queen at St Paul’s Cathedral in 2022.<\/p>\n Arthur racked up followers on his now\u2013deleted Instagram account after he would often post revealing snaps, including one topless photo taken during a ‘Scottish swim’ alongside older brother Samuel during his university Freshers week.<\/p>\n Although there is no official Instagram account, it has not stopped Arthur’s pictures from popping up, as adoring fans have kept his online presence alive by creating fan pages where they share photos and videos of the royal.<\/p>\n The royal seems to have enjoyed watching the The Crown, as he admitted to The Telegraph.<\/p>\n Arthur said: ‘Yes, I have watched it, I guess it’s only an interpretation. So I just kind of remember what they’re actually like and don’t let the TV persona mar my judgment of any of them.’<\/p>\n Albert Windsor, 18<\/span><\/p>\n Albert Windsor, who celebrated his 18th birthday in September, has now suddenly found himself at the centre of society’s interest \u2013 having been crowned the leader of Tatler’s ‘hottest young eligibles’ last year<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He’s remained largely out of the spotlight despite sparkling royal connections and his position as a successor to the Dukedom of Kent.\u00a0<\/p>\n But Albert Windsor, who celebrated his 18th birthday in September, has now suddenly found himself at the centre of society’s interest \u2013 having been crowned the leader of Tatler<\/a>‘s ‘hottest young eligibles’ last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n Joining the likes of\u00a0‘eventing golden girl’ Lady Araminta Spencer\u2013Churchill,\u00a0a jet\u2013setting Bhutanese prince, and even Rod Stewart<\/a>‘s son, Albert was forecast to soon have the world at his feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n Described as a ‘dashing royal’, the youngster appears to be Britain’s newest most eligible bachelor as the son of Lord Nicholas Windsor, son of the current Duke of Kent \u2013 who himself is the direct cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, and Lady Nicholas Windsor.<\/p>\n He’s also the great\u2013great\u2013grandson of King\u00a0George V<\/a> and, with speculation he could even follow in his father’s footsteps to study Theology at Oxford, it’s perhaps no surprise he’s been declared the ‘catch of the season’.\u00a0<\/p>\n In September, Albert, who grew up in Rome, made his ‘royal debut’ \u2013 per Tatler \u2013 at the funeral of his beloved grandmother, Katharine, Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral in London<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n He was seen, for the first time, in the company of senior royals<\/a> including King Charles, Prince William<\/a> and Kate \u2013 and, unsurprisingly, interest piqued.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Before](\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/04\/07\/12\/107709027-15712051-image-m-15_1775560570095.jpg\")
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