Prince Richard of Hanover

Richard Turlington

Personal information
Full name	Richard Thomas Charles Alexander
Date of birth	(1999-08-05) August 5, 1999
Place of birth	London, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Arsenal
Number	99
Youth career
2011 - 2019	Arsenal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019 -	Arsenal	118	(70)
International career
2016	England U18	5	(7)
2019	England U20	0	(0)
2020 -	England	40	(40)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Prince Richard of Hanover (Richard Thomas Charles Alexander; born 5 August 1999), alternatively known as Richard Turlington, is an English footballer and a member of the British royal family. The only son of King Thomas and the American supermodel, Christy Turlington, Richard currently plays as an attacking midfielder for the Premier League club, Arsenal. Known for his pace, creativity, vision, dribbling ability, as well as his clinical finishing, Richard is considered to be one of the best young midfielders in the world, and at Arsenal, is often considered to be the successor to longtime former Arsenal midfielder, Mesut Özil.

A product of the Arsenal youth academy, Richard, following an almost decade-long spell at the academy, gained promotion to the senior team in 2019, where he helped secure the club qualification to the UEFA Europa League in his debut season, while also winning the FA Cup through a 4-1 victory over Chelsea. Then, in the following 2020-21 season, despite ultimately achieving no trophies in the end, Richard, in addition to being the leading overall club goalscorer of the season, otherwise notably helped Arsenal qualify for the UEFA Champions League following a three-season long absence from the tournament.

On the international level, Richard has come to represent England from the youth level, where as part of the U18 squad, they finished as runner-up at the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Then, in 2020, following a brief spell with the U20 squad the previous year, Richard gained promotion to the England senior team, with his first major tournament being the UEFA Euro 2020, where England ultimately finished as runner-up following a narrow 2-3 loss to Italy in the finals. Following this, Richard went on to represent England at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, in which England later exited the tournament in the quarter-finals following a 1-2 loss to France.

Titles & Honours

• 5 August 1999 - Present His Royal Highness The Prince Richard

Honours

National & Commonwealth

• United Kingdom - Royal Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
• United Kingdom - Recipient of the Medal of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of King Charles III
• United Kingdom - Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle
• United Kingdom - Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order
• United Kingdom - Member of the Order of St. George

Professional Football

Arsenal

• FA Cup: 2019-20

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Richard of Hanover
8. Frederick of the United Kingdom and of the Netherlands 4. Charles III and I of the United Kingdom and of the Netherlands 9. Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia 2. Thomas of the United Kingdom and of the Netherlands 10. William Perske 5. Lauren Bacall 11. Natalie Bacall 1. Prince Richard of Hanover 6. Dwain Turlington 3. Christy Turlington 7. Elizabeth Turlington