[1] She comes from a military family and her grandfather, who served in the British Army, was stationed in Egypt, Gibraltar, and India.
Godwin was awarded an army scholarship and a spot at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
[1] She studied nursing at King's College London while working at Great Ormond Street Hospital and serving in the Army Reserves.
[1] She was present at the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla as part of the Sovereign's Escort during the processions.
[5] In 2023, Godwin led an escort of forty-seven soldiers and thirty-three horses for Anne, Princess Royal at CHIO Aachen in Germany.