Margarita Armstrong-Jones

The Honourable Margarita Armstrong-Jones
Margarita (far right) at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2011
Personal details
Born	Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones 14 May 2002 London, England
Parents	David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley Serena Stanhope
Known for	Grandniece of Queen Elizabeth II and granddaughter of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

The Hon. Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones (born 14 May 2002) is the only daughter and youngest child of Viscount and Viscountess Linley. She is the only granddaughter of Princess Margaret and the first of three granddaughters of the Earl of Snowdon.

Biography

She is 20th in the line of succession to the British throne and the thrones of the 15 other Commonwealth realms. She is 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.^[1]

In September 2006, according to a 25 December 2006 article in the Daily Telegraph, "Margarita was photographed sitting on the luggage rack of her father's bicycle in rush hour traffic." The photograph provoked complaints from advocates of traffic safety.^[2]

On 14 February 2011, it was announced that Margarita would be a bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince William of Wales, her second cousin, and Catherine Middleton, a duty she performed on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London.

Margarita attended Garden House School, an independent school in Turks Row, Chelsea, in London; before moving to St. Mary's School in Ascot, which she currently attends.^[3][4]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

• 14 May 2002 – present: The Honourable Margarita Armstrong-Jones

When her father becomes the Earl of Snowdon, she will be known as Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Margarita Armstrong-Jones

16. Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones CBE               8. Major Ronald Armstrong-Jones MBE QC                       17. Margaret Roberts               4. Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon                             18. Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel               9. Anne Messel, Countess of Rosse                       19. Maud Sambourne               2. David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley                                   20. George V of the United Kingdom               10. George VI of the United Kingdom                       21. Princess Mary of Teck               5. Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom                             22. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne               11. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon                       23. Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck               1. Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones                                         24. Charles Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington               12. William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington                       25. Margaret Trelawney Seaton               6. Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington                             26. Sir John Foley Grey, 8th Baronet               13. Lady Eileen Foley Grey                       27. Jean Jessie May de Sales la Terrière               3. Lady Serena Stanhope                                   28. Freeman Astley Jackson               14. Harry Freeman-Jackson                       29. Florence-Josephine van Cutsem               7. Virginia Alleyne Freeman-Jackson                             30. Louis Antoine d'Aubigny d'Engelbronner               15. Dorothy Alleyne d'Aubigny d'Engelbronner                       31. Anna Chickering Sumner

She is 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.

Notes

1. Pierce, Andrew (2002). "Margarita makes her debut". The Times. London , England. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
2. Davies, Caroline (26 December 2006). "Margarita Swings In To Steal Sandringham Show". The Daily Telegraph (UK). Retrieved 28 December 2006.
3. "Fashion Show In Aid Of Kids Company". Tatler. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
4. "Royal Education - Page 14". The Royal Forums. Retrieved 2016-03-30.

References

• Caroline Davies, "Margarita Swings in To Steal Sandringham Show," a 25 December 2006 Telegraph
• An Online Gotha, a genealogy of the royal family of Great Britain.

External links

Media related to Margarita Armstrong-Jones at Wikimedia Commons