Margarita Armstrong-Jones
Quick Facts
Biography
Lady Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones (born 14 May 2002) is the only daughter and youngest child of the Earl and Countess of Snowdon. She is the granddaughter of Princess Margaret and the 1st Earl of Snowdon. She is currently 23rd in the line of succession to the British throne, after her father and brother.
Biography
Lady Margarita was born on 14 May 2002 at The Portland Hospital for Women and Children in London, and is 23rd in the line of succession to the British throne as of June 2018. She was christened Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne, named after her paternal grandmother, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, both of whom died shortly before her birth. "Rose" was, according to her father in an interview with Majesty Magazine, selected by her brother, Charles. "Alleyne" is also one of her mother's middle names. Her godparents are Lady Sarah Chatto, her father's sister, and William Stanhope, Viscount Petersham, her maternal uncle.
At age 8, Lady Margarita was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
At age 14, she attended her first society fashion show at the Dior Cruise show at Blenheim Palace. She and cousin and classmate Eloise Taylor, daughter of Lady Helen Taylor, modelled for the first time in a fashion show in aid of Kids Company, organised by Chelsea Ballet Schools.
She attended Garden House School (an independent school in Turks Row, Chelsea, in London) as well as Tudor Hall School (to complete GCSE and A-Levels).
Styles
- 14 May 2002 – 13 January 2017: The Honourable Margarita Armstrong-Jones
- 13 January 2017 – present: Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones