Margarita Armstrong-Jones

Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones (born 14 May 2002) is the only daughter of Viscount Linley and Viscountess Linley. She was born three months after the death of her grandmother, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. She is the only granddaughter of Princess Margaret. She is styled The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones; however, when and if her father becomes the second Earl of Snowdon she will be known as Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones. She is currently 15th in line to the British Throne. She is named for her paternal grandmother, the late Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and Elizabeth II. 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. The article also declared that the blonde, active four-year-old Margarita was "the star of the show" when she attended Christmas services with the royal family at St. Mary Magdalene Church near Sandringham House, The Queen's Norfolk estate. Margarita walked between Peter Phillips and Prince William, her second cousins, holding their hands. The two men swung her high in the air during the walk to the church as she begged, "More, more, more!" Later, she looked "adoringly" at William when he explained how to hand out flowers to the children who had gathered to get a glimpse of the royal family outside the church. The little girl served as the Queen's flower girl. The article noted that Margarita "displayed all the star quality of her late grandmother, Princess Margaret." ^[2]

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