Milly Ashford

Milly Ashford (ミレイ・アッシュフォード, Mirei Asshufōdo?), 18 years old (19 in R2), is the granddaughter of the Ashford Academy superintendent, Ruben K. Ashford, and president of the Student Council. Milly enjoys teasing Shirley and is eager to discover Lelouch's weaknesses — so much as to rally the entire school into chasing after Arthur when she suspects the cat to hold something precious to him. She is secretly in love with Lelouch, but realizes the need to restore her family's status by marrying a noble.

Character Outline
Milly is Lelouch's friend and classmate at Ashford Academy. She is the granddaughter of the school superintendent, Ruben K. Ashford, and president of the student council, Milly enjoys teasing Shirley and is eager to discover Lelouch's weaknesses - enough to organize a school chase, much to his panic. She is aware of Lelouch's identity as a former prince of Britannia, since her family were close supporters to his mother, Empress Marianne. This action, however, led to the family's nobility status being stripped.

The Ashfords, wanting to restore their status, have two options in doing so: either reinstate Lelouch and Nunnally back into the royal family or to arrange a marriage to a noble. Milly is also secretly in love with Lelouch, but realizes the need to restore her family's status by marrying a noble. The Ashfords opt for the latter, and arranges a marriage interview for Milly with Earl Lloyd Asplund.

Second Season
After the events of season one, Milly remains a student on campus because she failed her examinations, although it is noted that she did so on purpose, so as to remain on campus with her friends. In episode 5 of the second season, she was happy to hear that Suzaku had returned and in celebration, threw a party for him. While Suzaku began preperations on the big event in the middle of the party, Milly asks Suzaku about how Nina is doing, but also wanted to know if Lloyd had said anything about her, since she postponed their wedding and believes that he may have given up on her.

She eventually earns enough credits to graduate. After graduating, she becomes a reporter on the local TV news called KT Television and breaks off her engagement with Lloyd. She was in the Tokyo Concession during the second battle of Tokyo, but managed to escape from the blast radius of Nina's F.L.E.I.J.A. bomb before it was activated. She is later reunited with Rivalz in Ashford Academy. After the destruction of a majority of the Tokyo Concession, she continues her work as a reporter with Ashford Academy acting as a temporary studio for KT Television. Like many others, she was surprised that Lelouch suddenly appeared live in the capital city, Pendragon accending the throne and installing himself as the 99th emperor of Britannia. She was also surprised that both Lelouch and Suzaku have taken the U.F.N. members as hostages for the majority of the vote, since Britannia became one of its members. Milly is last seen among the many guests in Ohgi and Viletta's wedding photo.

Trivia

 * In the second picture drama special included on the DVD release, it states her grandfather and Nina's grandfather worked on the Ganymede Knightmare Frame.