Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones

Lady Margarita was born The Honourable Margarita Armstrong-Jones on 14 May 2002 at Portland Hospital in London.[1] She is the daughter of David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, who was styled as Viscount Linley at the time of her birth, and The Honourable Serena Stanhope.[2] On her father's side, she is the granddaughter of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon and a great-granddaughter of George VI.[3][2] On her mother's side, she is the granddaughter of Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington and a descendant of Charles II.[4][5] She was baptized Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne, and was named after her grandmother and great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.[1]

She grew up at her family's three homes: a flat in Chelsea, London, a cottage on the grounds of the Daylesford Estate in Gloucestershire, and the Château d'Autet in France.[6][7] As a close relative of the British royal family, she spent Christmases at Sandringham House and summers at Balmoral Castle throughout her childhood.[8][2]

Her father succeeded his father as the Earl of Snowdon in 2017, which entitled her to use the title Lady. Lady Margarita's parents separated in 2020.[8]

Lady Margarita was educated at Garden House School, a private school in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea before attending St Mary's School Ascot, a Catholic all-girls boarding school.[8] She later transferred to Tudor Hall School, an all-girls boarding school in Oxfordshire, where she studied art history, jewellery design, and photography for her A-Levels.[8]

She studied photography at Oxford Brookes University, later switching to event management after the university moved its courses online due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom in her first year.[8][9] Lady Margarita took life drawing, pottery, and watercolour painting courses at a small art school near Oxford University.[8]

In September 2022, Lady Margarita enrolled as a student at La Haute École de Joaillerie, a feeder school for BVLGARI and Boucheron, to study jewellery design, stonesetting, and wax carving.[8]

Armstrong-Jones (far right) on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

In 2011, Lady Margarita served as a bridesmaid at the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton alongside Lady Louise Windsor, Eliza Lopes, and Grace van Cutsem.[10][11][12] Her elder brother, Viscount Linley, served as a page of honour to Elizabeth II.[8] During the festivities, she was guided by Pippa Middleton, whom she accompanied in the carriage ride to the abbey and sat with during the church service.[8][13]

Lady Margarita (middle) on her way to Westminster Abbey for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton

She attends Christmas services at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham with the royal family and attended the annual Queen's Christmas Lunch at Buckingham Palace.[13]

In 2008 attending the wedding of Peter Phillips, son of the Princess Royal, to Autumn Kelly at St George's Chapel, Windsor and appeared with the royal family for photographs the following day.[13] That same year, she accompanied her aunt, Lady Sarah Chatto, to the 60th birthday brunch for Charles, Prince of Wales at the Goring Hotel.[13] Lady Margarita also attends the annual Trooping of the Colour, having accompanied Elizabeth II in the past.[13]

On 30 March 2012, she attended a Service of Thanksgiving for the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret at St George's Chapel.[13]

In 2018, Lady Margarita attended the Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and the Wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank.[14][12]

Along with other members of the extended royal family, she attended the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 2021 and the state funeral of Elizabeth II in 2022.[8][2]

Lady Margarita attended the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla on 6 May 2023.[15]

Lady Margarita made her modelling debut in 2011 for Kids Company.[12] In 2022, she worked at Fiona Finds, an interior design shop on Lowndes Street, for five months.[8] In 2023, she was the March cover girl of Tatler, photographed by Luc Braquet, and was featured in a spread in the magazine modelling couture gowns.[8][16]

She is the founder and designer of Matita, a bespoke jewellery brand based in Paris.[12][1] She also is a photographer and runs a photography brand called Atira.[12][8]

In September 2022, Lady Margarita moved to Paris, renting a flat near the Bastille.[8][2] She is a prominent socialite, and attends various society events including Tatler's annual Little Black Book party.[13]

As of 2023, she is twenty-seventh in the line of succession to the throne and the third-highest person in line, after her father and brother, to not be descended from Elizabeth II.[8][5]