Who is Princess Margaretha of Sweden?
31 October 1934 marks the birth of Princess Margaretha of Sweden. This took place at Haga Palace, Solna, Sweden.
Family
She was the eldest child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten and his wife Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Her paternal grandparents were Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden and his late wife Princess Margaret of Connaught.
Her maternal grandparents were Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein.
Princess Margaretha had other siblings:
Princess Birgitta of Sweden (born 19 January 1937);
Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (born 2 June 1938);
Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson (born 3 August 1943);
and Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (born 30 April 1946).
Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson (born 3 August 1943);
and Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (born 30 April 1946).
She is a member of the house of Bernadotte.
Love and Marriage
In the 1950s Margaretha had a relationship with Robin Douglas-Home, a Scottish aristocrat and the nephew of the future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Alec Douglas-Home. He came to visit
her in Sweden, but they never married. There was speculation in the press that this was due to Sibylla forbidding the match, but Margaretha's nanny and confidante Ingrid Björnberg states categorically in her memoirs that the breakup between the two was caused by Margaretha's reluctance to enter into an engagement with Douglas-Home.
She met her future husband, the businessman John Ambler, ten years her elder, at a dinner party in the United Kingdom in 1963 and their engagement was announced on 28 February 1964.
They were married on 30 June 1964, in Gärdslösa Church, on the island of Öland. The Princess wore a wedding gown from the Stockholm couture school, Märthaskolan, where she had previously been a student, and a traditional wedding crown from Öland.
The couple for a time let Winslow Hall in Buckinghamshire. They settled at Chippinghurst Manor in Oxfordshire. As a result of her unequal marriage, she lost her style of Royal Highness and the King
gave her the courtesy title of Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler.
gave her the courtesy title of Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler.
Under the Swedish constitution of that time, she, as a woman, and her descendants were not eligible to inherit the throne. Thus they still are not.
Ambler and her husband separated in 1994, but never divorced. He died on 31 May 2008.
Margaretha and John Ambler's marriage produced three children:
Sybilla (b. 1965),
Edward (b. 1966),
and James (b. 1969).
Sybilla (b. 1965),
Edward (b. 1966),
and James (b. 1969).
Her daughter married Baron Henning von Dincklage and has two children, of whom Madeleine Charlotte Margaretha von Dincklage is the goddaughter of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and was a bridesmaid at her wedding.
Life
In June 1960, Margaretha, with her first cousin Princess Margrethe of Denmark and Princess Astrid of Norway, toured the United States on the occasion of the first transatlantic flight by Scandinavian Airlines. During their visit, the three Scandinavian princesses toured Disneyland and Hollywood and also visited Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles where they met Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Elvis Presley.
Ambler lives near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, in the UK. Apart from taking part in family events and milestones, she does not have any official role or obligations either on behalf of Sweden or the royal family.
All about royal Family: ties
Princess Margaretha of Sweden is a descendant of Queen Victoria of The United Kingdom. Through her mother, Princess Sibylla of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, she is a granddaughter of Charles Edward of
Saxe Coburg and Gotha. He is through, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany a grandson of Queen Victoria of The United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha.
Source pictures: Wikipedia
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