But for his Catholic faith, Lord Nicholas Windsor is every inch what you might expect to find in a member of the Royal Family. He is bright and engaging, exuding a benign interest in the world and its affairs and in any company he finds himself in.

Occasionally, gestures such as a gentle, angled nodding of the head, can evoke comparisons with Prince Charles, for whom he served as page boy at his marriage to Diana. Perhaps they give him away, like his physical appearance, as a member of the House of Windsor, a great-grandson of King George V.