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Alistair Mason

James, Viscount Severn, the Queen's youngest grandchild's hobbies, 'normal childhood' and Royal role

James, Viscount Severn, the youngest of the Queen's grandchildren, is one of the lower profile members of the royal family. Indeed many may not even have known who he was if they spotted him at Saturday's vigil at Westminster Hall, where he stood alongside his sister and better known cousins, including the Prince of Wales, Prince Harry and Zara Tindall.

The sight of the 14-year-old standing with his head bowed during the vigil was a striking one. Many noted a similarity to a young Prince William, who was 15 when his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, died.

As the son of the of the Earl and Countess of Wessex, he is the nephew of the King and is 14th in line to the throne. But what else is known about the teenager?

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