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{{short description|Daughter of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon; niece of Queen Elizabeth II}}
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'''Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto''' (née '''Armstrong-Jones'''; born 1 May 1964) is a member of the [[British royal family]]. She is the only daughter of [[Princess Margaret|Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon]], and [[Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon]]. She and her brother, [[David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon]], are the only maternal first cousins of [[King Charles III]]. She is the youngest grandchild of [[King George VI]] and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]]. At her birth, she was 7th in [[line to the British throne]]; as of 2025, she is 29th. Though she does not undertake public duties, she frequently attends events and ceremonies with the wider royal family.
'''Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto''' (''née'' '''Armstrong-Jones'''; born 1 May 1964) is a member of the [[British royal family]]. She is the only daughter of [[Princess Margaret|Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon]], and [[Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon]]. She and her brother, [[David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon]], are the only maternal first cousins of [[King Charles III]]. At her birth, she was 7th in [[line to the British throne]]; as of 2025, she is 29th. Though she does not undertake public duties, she frequently attends events and ceremonies with the wider royal family.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
''Lady'' Sarah Armstrong-Jones was born on 1 May 1964<ref name="Thompson2016">{{cite book|author=Wayne C. Thompson|title=Western Europe 2016–2017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VFMEDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA30|date=20 July 2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4758-2905-1|pages=30–}}</ref> at [[Kensington Palace]] in London. She is the second child and only daughter of [[Princess Margaret]] and [[Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon]]. She was baptised in the private chapel at [[Buckingham Palace]] on 13 July 1964.
Sarah Frances Elizabeth Armstrong-Jones was born at 8:20 am on 1 May 1964 at [[Kensington Palace]] in London.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 May 1964 |title=Princess Margaret gave birth to a daughter |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005764/19640501/006/0001 |work=Evening News (London) |pages=1}}</ref> She is the second child and only daughter of [[Princess Margaret]] and [[Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon]]. She was baptised in the private chapel at [[Buckingham Palace]] on 13 July.


Lady Sarah is a godmother to [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Terry|last2=Thorpe-Tracey|first2=Rosemary|title=A Windsor War|url=http://people.com/archive/cover-story-a-windsor-war-vol-23-no-2/|website=People|access-date=15 November 2017}}</ref> Lady Rose Gilman, and [[Lady Louise Windsor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.royal.uk/announcement-christening-lady-louise-windsor |title=Announcement of the christening of Lady Louise Windsor |publisher=royal.uk |access-date=8 April 2004 |date=7 April 2004}}</ref> She also has half-siblings on her father's side: Polly Fry (born 1960),<ref name="Bloxham">Bloxham, Andy (31 May 2008). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080603060545/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/2056112/Lord-Snowdon-fathered-a-secret-love-child-just-months-before-marrying-Princess-Margaret.html "Lord Snowdon fathered a secret love child just months before marrying Princess Margaret"]. ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]''. Retrieved 28 June 2008.</ref> Lady Frances Armstrong-Jones (born 1979), and Jasper Cable-Alexander (born 1998).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3592805/Still-playing-Peter-Pan.html |title=Still playing Peter Pan |date=16 April 2003 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |author=Bearn, Emily}}</ref><ref>Owens, Mitchell (27 July 1999). [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/27/style/noticed-blood-tells-so-does-burke-s.html "Noticed: Blood Tells. So Does Burke's"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved 5 September 2017.</ref>
Sarah is a godmother to [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Terry|last2=Thorpe-Tracey|first2=Rosemary|title=A Windsor War|url=http://people.com/archive/cover-story-a-windsor-war-vol-23-no-2/|website=People|access-date=15 November 2017}}</ref> Lady Rose Gilman, and [[Lady Louise Windsor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.royal.uk/announcement-christening-lady-louise-windsor |title=Announcement of the christening of Lady Louise Windsor |publisher=royal.uk |access-date=8 April 2004 |date=7 April 2004}}</ref> She also has half-siblings on her father's side: Polly Fry (born 1960),<ref name="Bloxham">Bloxham, Andy (31 May 2008). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080603060545/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/2056112/Lord-Snowdon-fathered-a-secret-love-child-just-months-before-marrying-Princess-Margaret.html "Lord Snowdon fathered a secret love child just months before marrying Princess Margaret"]. ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]''. Retrieved 28 June 2008.</ref> Lady Frances Armstrong-Jones (born 1979), and Jasper Cable-Alexander (born 1998).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3592805/Still-playing-Peter-Pan.html |title=Still playing Peter Pan |date=16 April 2003 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |author=Bearn, Emily}}</ref><ref>Owens, Mitchell (27 July 1999). [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/27/style/noticed-blood-tells-so-does-burke-s.html "Noticed: Blood Tells. So Does Burke's"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved 5 September 2017.</ref>


Lady Sarah and her brother, [[David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon|David]], then Viscount Linley, grew up in the nursery of Kensington Palace, Apartment 10.<ref name="theoaronson" /><ref>Their mother moved to 1A, currently occupied by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, after divorcing Snowdon, while Prince and Princess Michael of Kent took Apartment 10. This information is clearly stated in Theo Aronson's biography of Princess Margaret.</ref> They were raised with a nanny called Verona Sumner, although their parents, especially their father, were comparatively hands-on (for the time), with their father teaching them to build things and be creative.<ref name="theoaronson" />
Sarah and her brother, [[David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon|David]], then Viscount Linley, grew up in the nursery of Kensington Palace, Apartment 10.<ref name="theoaronson" />{{efn|Their mother moved to 1A, after divorcing Snowdon, while Prince and Princess Michael of Kent took Apartment 10.}} They were raised with a nanny called Verona Sumner, although their parents, especially their father, were comparatively hands-on (for the time), with their father teaching them to build things and be creative.<ref name="theoaronson" />


Their parents' marriage was fractious; the couple formally separated when Sarah was 12 and divorced when she was 14. She and her brother spent weekends, depending on with which parent, at either [[Nymans]] or [[Royal Lodge]].<ref name="theoaronson" /> Holidays were given to the royal estates at [[Sandringham House|Sandringham]] and [[Balmoral Castle|Balmoral]], where Lady Sarah did much landscape painting.<ref name="theoaronson" />
Their parents' marriage was fractious; the couple formally separated when Sarah was 12 and divorced when she was 14. She and her brother spent weekends, depending on with which parent, at either [[Nymans]] or [[Royal Lodge]].<ref name="theoaronson" /> Holidays were given to the royal estates at [[Sandringham House|Sandringham]] and [[Balmoral Castle|Balmoral]], where Sarah did landscape painting.<ref name="theoaronson" />


Lady Sarah was a bridesmaid at [[wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer|the wedding]] of her cousin [[Charles, Prince of Wales]], and [[Lady Diana Spencer]]. She accompanied her mother and brother on an official visit to China and Hong Kong in May 1987.<ref name="theoaronson" />
Sarah was a bridesmaid at [[wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer|the wedding]] of her cousin [[Charles, Prince of Wales]], and [[Lady Diana Spencer]]. She accompanied her mother and brother on an official visit to China and Hong Kong in May 1987.<ref name="theoaronson" />


She attended [[Bedales School]], which she left with a single [[A level]] in Art.<ref name="theoaronson">{{cite book|last1=Aronson|first1=Theo|title=Princess Margaret: A Biography|date=2013|publisher=Thistle Publishing}}</ref> She enrolled at the [[Camberwell School of Art]].<ref name="debretts">{{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/royal-family/biographies/lady-sarah-chatto.aspx|title=Lady Sarah Chatto biography – Debrett's|website=[[Debrett's]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809210733/http://www.debretts.com/people/royal-family/biographies/lady-sarah-chatto.aspx|archive-date=9 August 2010}}</ref> She also studied art at the Royal Academy Schools.<ref name="debretts" /> She then spent two years in [[India]] with her father, where he was employed to photograph the production of [[A Passage to India (film)|''A Passage to India'']].<ref name="theoaronson" /> The film's producer, her relative [[John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne]] (son-in-law of [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]]), gave her a job as an intern assisting the wardrobe department and studying wood gilding under her father's cousin Thomas Messel.<ref name="theoaronson" /> Returning to England, she enrolled in a two-year course in textile and fabric design at Middlesex Polytechnic (later renamed as [[Middlesex University]]).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/mother-s-pride-in-david-and-sarah-6330563.html |title=Mother's pride in David and Sarah |publisher=Evening Standard |date=12 April 2021 |accessdate=20 September 2022}}</ref>
She attended [[Bedales School]], which she left with a single [[A level]] in Art.<ref name="theoaronson">{{cite book|last1=Aronson|first1=Theo|title=Princess Margaret: A Biography|date=2013|publisher=Thistle Publishing}}</ref> She enrolled at the [[Camberwell School of Art]].<ref name="debretts">{{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/royal-family/biographies/lady-sarah-chatto.aspx|title=Lady Sarah Chatto biography – Debrett's|website=[[Debrett's]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809210733/http://www.debretts.com/people/royal-family/biographies/lady-sarah-chatto.aspx|archive-date=9 August 2010}}</ref> She also studied art at the Royal Academy Schools.<ref name="debretts" /> She then spent two years in [[India]] with her father, where he was employed to photograph the production of [[A Passage to India (film)|''A Passage to India'']].<ref name="theoaronson" /> The film's producer, her relative [[John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne]] (son-in-law of [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]]), gave her a job as an intern assisting the wardrobe department and studying wood gilding under her father's cousin Thomas Messel.<ref name="theoaronson" /> Returning to England, she enrolled in a two-year course in textile and fabric design at Middlesex Polytechnic (later renamed as [[Middlesex University]]).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/mother-s-pride-in-david-and-sarah-6330563.html |title=Mother's pride in David and Sarah |publisher=Evening Standard |date=12 April 2021 |access-date=20 September 2022}}</ref>


==Professional life==
==Professional life==
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==Marriage and children==
==Marriage and children==
Lady Sarah met [[Daniel Chatto]] during her years in India with her father in the 1980s. Chatto was working on another British film, [[Heat and Dust (film)|''Heat and Dust'']].<ref name="greenforpeople">{{cite web|last1=Green|first1=Michelle|title=An Artful Match|url=http://people.com/archive/an-artful-match-vol-42-no-5/|website=People|access-date=11 September 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116082024/https://people.com/archive/an-artful-match-vol-42-no-5/|archive-date=16 November 2017}}</ref> He is from a theatrical family, the son of actor [[Tom Chatto]] (1920–1982) and the [[talent agent|theatrical agent]] Ros Chatto (born Rosalind Joan Thompson; died 2012).<ref>{{cite news|last=Walker|first=Tim|title=The Queen's niece Lady Sarah Chatto mourns the death of agent to the stars|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=15 June 2012|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9332109/The-Queens-niece-Lady-Sarah-Chatto-mourns-the-death-of-agent-to-the-stars.html}}</ref> He proposed to her with a "vintage cluster ring."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/celebrity/british-royal-engagement-rings-15117|title=A Thorough History Of British Royal Engagement Rings|publisher=Harper's Bazaar Australia|first=Mahalia|last=Chang|date=27 November 2017|access-date=31 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401002226/https://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/celebrity/british-royal-engagement-rings-15117|archive-date=1 April 2018}}</ref>
Sarah met [[Daniel Chatto]] during her years in India with her father in the 1980s. Chatto was working on another British film, [[Heat and Dust (film)|''Heat and Dust'']].<ref name="greenforpeople">{{cite web|last1=Green|first1=Michelle|title=An Artful Match|url=http://people.com/archive/an-artful-match-vol-42-no-5/|website=People|access-date=11 September 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116082024/https://people.com/archive/an-artful-match-vol-42-no-5/|archive-date=16 November 2017}}</ref> He is from a theatrical family, the son of actor [[Tom Chatto]] (1920–1982) and the [[talent agent|theatrical agent]] Ros Chatto (born Rosalind Joan Thompson; died 2012).<ref>{{cite news|last=Walker|first=Tim|title=The Queen's niece Lady Sarah Chatto mourns the death of agent to the stars|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=15 June 2012|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9332109/The-Queens-niece-Lady-Sarah-Chatto-mourns-the-death-of-agent-to-the-stars.html}}</ref> He proposed to her with a "vintage cluster ring."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/celebrity/british-royal-engagement-rings-15117|title=A Thorough History Of British Royal Engagement Rings|publisher=Harper's Bazaar Australia|first=Mahalia|last=Chang|date=27 November 2017|access-date=31 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401002226/https://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/celebrity/british-royal-engagement-rings-15117|archive-date=1 April 2018}}</ref>


The couple married on 14 July 1994;<ref name="Thompson2016"/> the Reverend [[Chad Varah]], founder of [[the Samaritans]], officiated at the wedding, held at [[St Stephen's, Walbrook]] in the [[City of London]]. The bride's wedding gown was designed by [[Jasper Conran]].<ref name="greenforpeople" /> Her bridesmaids were half-sister [[Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon#Second marriage|Lady Frances]], [[Zara Phillips]] (daughter of her first cousin [[Princess Anne]]), and Tara Noble-Singh, a family friend.<ref name="greenforpeople" />
The couple married on 14 July 1994;<ref name="Thompson2016">{{cite book |author=Wayne C. Thompson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VFMEDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA30 |title=Western Europe 2016–2017 |date=20 July 2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |isbn=978-1-4758-2905-1 |pages=30–}}</ref> the Reverend [[Chad Varah]], founder of [[the Samaritans]], officiated at the wedding, held at [[St Stephen's, Walbrook]] in the [[City of London]]. The bride's wedding gown was designed by [[Jasper Conran]].<ref name="greenforpeople" /> Her bridesmaids were half-sister [[Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon#Second marriage|Lady Frances]], [[Zara Phillips]] (daughter of her first cousin [[Princess Anne]]), and Tara Noble-Singh, a family friend.<ref name="greenforpeople" />


The couple have two sons:<ref name="Tatler">{{cite news |last1=Coke |first1=Hope |title=Introducing Samuel and Arthur Chatto: Princess Margaret's grandsons |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/who-are-samuel-and-arthur-chatto |access-date=6 July 2021 |work=Tatler |date=13 February 2020}}</ref>
The couple have two sons:<ref name="Tatler">{{cite news |last1=Coke |first1=Hope |title=Introducing Samuel and Arthur Chatto: Princess Margaret's grandsons |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/who-are-samuel-and-arthur-chatto |access-date=6 July 2021 |work=Tatler |date=13 February 2020}}</ref>


*Samuel David Benedict Chatto (born 28 July 1996), 30th in the line of succession {{as of|2025|01|lc=y}}. He studied at [[Eton College|Eton]], and went on to study history of art at the [[University of Edinburgh]], and works as a sculptor, based in West Sussex.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Queen's niece Lady Sarah Chatto celebrates special day after wedding anniversary |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/20210728118464/lady-sarah-chatto-celebrates-samuel-chatto-birthday/ |website=Hello Magazine |date=28 July 2021 |access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref> He also completed yoga teacher training in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a25799633/sam-chatto-princess-margaret-grandson-yoga-teacher-training-india/|title=Princess Margaret's Grandson Sam Chatto Completed His Yoga Teacher Training in India|work=Town & Country|first=Chloe|last=Foussianes|date=8 January 2019|accessdate=3 September 2022}}</ref>
*[[Samuel David Benedict Chatto]] (born 28 July 1996), 30th in the line of succession {{as of|2025|09|lc=y}}. He studied at [[Eton College|Eton]], and went on to study history of art at the [[University of Edinburgh]], and works as a sculptor, based in West Sussex.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Queen's niece Lady Sarah Chatto celebrates special day after wedding anniversary |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/20210728118464/lady-sarah-chatto-celebrates-samuel-chatto-birthday/ |website=Hello Magazine |date=28 July 2021 |access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref> He also completed yoga teacher training in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a25799633/sam-chatto-princess-margaret-grandson-yoga-teacher-training-india/|title=Princess Margaret's Grandson Sam Chatto Completed His Yoga Teacher Training in India|work=Town & Country|first=Chloe|last=Foussianes|date=8 January 2019|accessdate=3 September 2022}}</ref>
*Arthur Robert Nathaniel Chatto (born 5 February 1999), 31st in the line of succession, and a former [[page of honour]] to Queen Elizabeth II, his great-aunt, from 2009 to 2015. He initially attended [[Westminster Cathedral Choir School]] before going to Eton College. He then studied geography at the University of Edinburgh, and at the same time worked as a personal trainer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coke |first1=Hope |title=Royal fans swoon over Princess Margaret's dashing Marine grandson at Jubilee service |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/arthur-chatto-joins-royal-marines |access-date= 15 September 2022|work=Tatler |date=8 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="Tatler"/> As of June 2022, he was serving with the Royal Marines.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0017xjp/the-queens-platinum-jubilee-a-service-of-thanksgiving The Queen's Platinum Jubilee: A Service of Thanksgiving]: 1:44:00</ref>
*Arthur Robert Nathaniel Chatto (born 5 February 1999), 31st in the line of succession, and a former [[page of honour]] to Queen Elizabeth II, his great-aunt, from 2009 to 2015. He initially attended [[Westminster Cathedral Choir School]] before going to Eton College. He then studied geography at the University of Edinburgh, and at the same time worked as a personal trainer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coke |first1=Hope |title=Royal fans swoon over Princess Margaret's dashing Marine grandson at Jubilee service |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/arthur-chatto-joins-royal-marines |access-date= 15 September 2022|work=Tatler |date=8 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="Tatler"/> As of June 2022, he was serving with the Royal Marines.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0017xjp The Queen's Platinum Jubilee: A Service of Thanksgiving]: 1:44:00</ref>
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Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto (née Armstrong-Jones; born 1 May 1964) is a member of the British royal family. She is the only daughter of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon. She and her brother, David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, are the only maternal first cousins of King Charles III. At her birth, she was 7th in line to the British throne; as of 2025, she is 29th. Though she does not undertake public duties, she frequently attends events and ceremonies with the wider royal family.

Early life and education

Sarah Frances Elizabeth Armstrong-Jones was born at 8:20 am on 1 May 1964 at Kensington Palace in London.[1] She is the second child and only daughter of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon. She was baptised in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace on 13 July.

Sarah is a godmother to Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex,[2] Lady Rose Gilman, and Lady Louise Windsor.[3] She also has half-siblings on her father's side: Polly Fry (born 1960),[4] Lady Frances Armstrong-Jones (born 1979), and Jasper Cable-Alexander (born 1998).[5][6]

Sarah and her brother, David, then Viscount Linley, grew up in the nursery of Kensington Palace, Apartment 10.[7]Template:Efn They were raised with a nanny called Verona Sumner, although their parents, especially their father, were comparatively hands-on (for the time), with their father teaching them to build things and be creative.[7]

Their parents' marriage was fractious; the couple formally separated when Sarah was 12 and divorced when she was 14. She and her brother spent weekends, depending on with which parent, at either Nymans or Royal Lodge.[7] Holidays were given to the royal estates at Sandringham and Balmoral, where Sarah did landscape painting.[7]

Sarah was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer. She accompanied her mother and brother on an official visit to China and Hong Kong in May 1987.[7]

She attended Bedales School, which she left with a single A level in Art.[7] She enrolled at the Camberwell School of Art.[8] She also studied art at the Royal Academy Schools.[8] She then spent two years in India with her father, where he was employed to photograph the production of A Passage to India.[7] The film's producer, her relative John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne (son-in-law of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma), gave her a job as an intern assisting the wardrobe department and studying wood gilding under her father's cousin Thomas Messel.[7] Returning to England, she enrolled in a two-year course in textile and fabric design at Middlesex Polytechnic (later renamed as Middlesex University).[9]

Professional life

Chatto has been exhibiting her work, always under the name Sarah Armstrong-Jones, at The Redfern Gallery since 1995.[10] Her work has won awards: the Winsor & Newton Prize in 1988 and the Creswick Landscape Prize in 1990.[10]

In 2004, she became vice president of the Royal Ballet, of which her mother had been president.[7][11] She was named president in 2024.[12]

Chatto does not undertake public duties and is not considered a "working royal". However, it has been reported that she was close to her aunt Queen Elizabeth II, being the queen's niece. Chatto is frequently seen attending public events such as jubilees and funerals, as well as semi-private royal family events, such as the Sandringham Christmas service, with her sons.[13]

Marriage and children

Sarah met Daniel Chatto during her years in India with her father in the 1980s. Chatto was working on another British film, Heat and Dust.[14] He is from a theatrical family, the son of actor Tom Chatto (1920–1982) and the theatrical agent Ros Chatto (born Rosalind Joan Thompson; died 2012).[15] He proposed to her with a "vintage cluster ring."[16]

The couple married on 14 July 1994;[17] the Reverend Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans, officiated at the wedding, held at St Stephen's, Walbrook in the City of London. The bride's wedding gown was designed by Jasper Conran.[14] Her bridesmaids were half-sister Lady Frances, Zara Phillips (daughter of her first cousin Princess Anne), and Tara Noble-Singh, a family friend.[14]

The couple have two sons:[18]

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Notes

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References

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  4. ↑ Bloxham, Andy (31 May 2008). "Lord Snowdon fathered a secret love child just months before marrying Princess Margaret". The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
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  6. ↑ Owens, Mitchell (27 July 1999). "Noticed: Blood Tells. So Does Burke's". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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  22. ↑ The Queen's Platinum Jubilee: A Service of Thanksgiving: 1:44:00

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