Royal Wedding for Peep Show star

'Big Suze' to marry Freddie Windsor

Peep Show star Sophie Winkleman is to join the Royal Family.

Her boyfriend, Lord Freddie Windsor, proposed the 28-year-old actress on St Valentine's Day and the couple are to wed later this year.

Windsor, 29, is the son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and is 31st in line to the throne.

Winkleman plays the recurring role of Big Suze in the Channel 4 sitcom, and has appeared in other TV comedy series including Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul.

A spokesman for the Kents, who live at Kensington Palace, said: ‘It is with very great pleasure that Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and Mr and Mrs Barry Winkleman announce the engagement of Lord Frederick Windsor to Miss Sophie Winkleman.’

Prince Michael is a cousin to both the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.

Published: 15 Feb 2009

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