Hugh and Olivia Grosvenor made a rare public outing, perhaps even one of the first since their marriage so much mediated last year. The Duke and the Duchess of Westminster, who await their first child, visited the University of Chester this Monday, allowing to see for the first time the rounded belly of Olivia.
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The Duchess of Westminster appears for the first time with her rounded belly
He was long considered the most coveted British aristocrat. Less than a year ago, Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster, one of the richest men in the United Kingdom, united her destiny to Olivia Henson. Just a month ago, a brief press release announced that the new Duchess of Westminster was pregnant with their first child. If it is a boy, he will be the heir to the ducal title. The title of Duke of Westminster was granted to the 3rd Marquis de Westminster in 1847. It was the last ducal title which was created in the United Kingdom, with the exception of the draws granted to members of the royal family.

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Before his marriage on June 7, 2024 with the wealthy Duke of Westminster, who is also the godson of King Charles III, Olivia was a perfect unknown of the general public. Even today, the couple is very discreet and no one could imagine that we would have photos of the Duchess of Westminster before childbirth. And yet, Hugh and Olivia Grosvenor have done an outing together, which made it possible to see the rounded belly of the Duchess. The couple visited the Queen’s Park campus of the University of Chester.

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The Duke and the Duchess of Westminster visit the University of Chester
The Duke and the Duchess of Westminster were part of a VIP group which visited the Chester Business School, a renowned school of the University of Chester, as well as the Wheeler building, located along the Dee river, which houses the faculty of health, medicine and society.

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The vice-chancelier Eunice Simmons welcomed the ducal couple and, surrounded by teachers, showed his establishment to Hugh and Olivia. Prince George de Wales’s godfather has heard of the increasingly growing attraction than this international university had. In the business school, the couple met teachers and students.

The guests of honor, of which the Duke and the Duchess of Westminster were part, were also able to discover an anatomage table. It is an interactive life -size tablet, such as a virtual autopsy table, which displays 3D graphic representations of human anatomy. Vice-Chancelière said they had “Was delighted to welcome the Duke and the Duchess of Westminster at university”. This informal visit was an opportunity “To present them with some of the university’s exceptional facilities and to discuss our positive contribution to the region and beyond. »» For his part, the Duke of Westminster whose mother is the godmother of Prince William, said: “It was a pleasure for Olivia and I to visit the University of Chester and to see in our own eyes the incredible facilities and the inspiring work carried out there. »»
The Duke of Westminster is the godson of King Charles III and he is himself the godfather of Prince George de Gales, the son of Prince William. The mother of the Duke of Westminster, Natalia Phillips, is one of Prince William’s godmothers, and one of the Duke’s sisters had Diana for godmother. The Duke of Westminster is also a distant cousin of the royal family, descending from Tsar Nicolas 1er and King Frédéric-Guillaume II of Prussia. Her mother Natalia is a descendant of Alexandre Pouchkine and the granddaughter of Countess Anastasia de Torby, herself a daughter of the Grand Duke Michaël Michaïlo from Russia.