Post #104354 by Kono on Mon, Jul 26, 2004 7:42 PM

From today's Telegraph UK online:

Maori prepares to marry into Royal Family

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Maori prepares to marry into Royal Family
(Filed: 26/07/2004)

Lady Davina Windsor, the 26-year-old daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, is to marry a Maori builder this week.

Lady Davina, who is 20th in line to the throne, met Gary Lewis, a former sheep shearer, while on holiday in Bali four years ago. Mr Lewis, 33, is believed to be the first Maori to marry into the Royal Family.

The couple, reportedly known as Denny and Gazza by their friends, will marry in a low-key ceremony at Kensington Palace on Saturday.

Mr Lewis, 33, who comes from Gisborne on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, has an 11-year-old son from a former relationship.

According to The New Zealand Herald, Mr Lewis, who has been described as a "renovator", has said his future in-laws are "no different to anyone else".

His father, Larry, was a champion shearer in New Zealand in the 1980s and his mother, Viki Carr, previously worked as a maid.

Lady Davina, whose father the Duke of Gloucester is the Queen's cousin, keeps a low profile and does not carry out any official royal duties.

She attended Kensington Preparatory School and later St George's in Ascot and was once reported to have gone out with Rupert Young, the brother of Will Young, the winner of the television gameshow PopIdol.

She and her husband are expected to settle in Britain.

If the story wasn't real it could make a great idea for a sitcom!