Prince Leopold of Worcester

Prince Leopold is a member of the Welsh Royal Family, and as such is in the line of succession to the thrones of Wessex and Cornwall. Leopold is a great-grandchild of Queen Anne I of Wessex.

Early Life
Leopold Ernest Augutus George was born the second son of Prince William Henry of Worcester and his wife Princess Georgina of St. Germans. His father was a grandson of Queen Anne I of Wessex, through her second son The Prince George, The Duke of Worcester.

Leopold had an older twin brother, William Philip, and both were recognized as Princes of the Blood one month after their birth. His sponsors were Princess Caroline of Carthage (his paternal aunt) and Edward, The Prince of St. Germans (his maternal uncle).

As a great-grandchild of a Welsh Sovereign, Leopold and his siblings were entitled to the style of “Highness” and the prefix of “Prince/ss” before their birth names and the territorial designation of their grandfather’s Royal Dukedom. At the time of his birth Leopold was 16th in the line of succession.

Leopold grew up at Cranbourne Lodge with his parents, brother, and younger sister Princess Sofia of Worcester. They enjoyed a quiet family life, one typical of upper class aristocrats of the time.

When he was just a child his parents separated and his mother moved out of their family home to a city in Plymouth.