Margaretha Ambler

Princess Margaretha (2013)

Princess Margaretha Désirée Victoria, Mrs. Ambler (born October 31, 1934 at Haga Castle , Solna municipality ) is a Swedish princess . She is the eldest sister of the Swedish King Carl XVI. Gustaf .

Origin and education

Princess Margaretha was born as the first child of Gustav Adolf Hereditary Prince of Sweden and his wife Sibylla von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha at the royal family seat of Haga Castle outside Stockholm . Her paternal grandparents were Gustav VI. Adolf of Sweden and Princess Margaret of Connaught ; her maternal grandparents were Carl Eduard (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) and his wife Viktoria Adelheid from Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg . Margaretha was born under the reign of her great-grandfather Gustav V of Sweden . The Danish Queen Margrethe II.is her first cousin. Although she was the oldest child, she was not entitled to the throne as a female descendant according to the Swedish Constitution then in force .

Princess Sibylla with her newborn daughter Margaretha, 1934

Margaretha grew up at Schloss Haga together with her three sisters Birgitta , Désirée and Christina . They were known as the "Haga Princesses", led a public life and received a lot of attention from the newspaper media of the time. The death of her father in a plane crash in 1947 was a decisive experience for Margaretha, to which she reacted very strongly psychologically. As a distraction, she was sent to her aunt Ingrid in Denmark for a year .

Margaretha initially received private lessons at Haga Castle, later she attended the “Märthaskolan” fashion school in Stockholm , where she was trained as a dressmaker and seamstress. She also studied child care .

Marriage and children

Margaretha and John Ambler married in June 1964

In the 1950s, Margaretha had a brief relationship with the Scottish aristocrat , jazz pianist and author Robin Douglas-Home , a nephew of the future British Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home . Both had met in a London night club, where Douglas Home worked as a bar pianist. Douglas-Home also visited Margaretha in Sweden; however, the two did not get married. There was speculation in the press that Margaretha's mother Sibylla had forbidden her daughter to connect. Ingrid Björnberg, Margaretha's educator and confidante, said in her memoir that the breakup of the relationship was based on Margaret's refusal to marry Douglas-Home.

In 1963, Margaretha met her future husband, British businessman John Ambler , 10 years her senior, at a dinner party in Great Britain . Their engagement was announced on February 28, 1964. The wedding took place on June 30, 1964, in the church of Gärdslösa on the island of Öland . Margaretha wore a wedding dress from the Stockholm fashion school “Märthaskolan”, where she had once studied, and a traditional wedding crown from the island of Öland. As a result of their inappropriate marriage, she lost her title of "Royal Highness". However, the king gave her the courtesy title of "Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler".

The couple settled at Chippinghurst Manor in Oxfordshire . The marriage had three children:

• Sibylla Louise Ambler (* in London , April 14, 1965); she was named after her maternal grandmother Sibylla von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha. She married Baron Henning von Dincklage (* Esslingen am Neckar , April 29, 1971). The couple lives in Munich . They have two children together. The daughter Madeleine Charlotte Margaretha von Dincklage is the goddaughter of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and was the bridesmaid at her wedding;
• Charles Edward Ambler (* in London, July 14, 1966);
• James Patrick Ambler (* in Oxford , June 10, 1969).

The Amblers led a private, largely withdrawn life in Great Britain; you saw them almost exclusively at family celebrations. However, Margaretha took over the opening of the traditional Christmas bazaar of the Church of Sweden in Great Britain, which took place every year in London, for many years until the late 1990s . Due to financial difficulties, John Ambler had to sell the family estate Chippinghurst Manor in the early 1990s.

Margaretha and her husband John Ambler separated in 1994 but did not get divorced. Margaretha's husband John Ambler died on May 31, 2008.

Representative tasks

In June 1960, Margaretha visited the United States with her cousin Crown Princess Margrethe of Denmark and her aunt Princess Astrid of Norway on the occasion of Scandinavian Airlines' first transatlantic flight . During their visit, they traveled among others. a. to Disneyland and Hollywood ; they also visited the Paramount Studios in Los Angeles , where they met Dean Martin , Jerry Lewis and Elvis Presley .

Margaretha now lives alone in Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire in Great Britain. She does not perform any public duties for the Swedish royal family in Great Britain.

However, she regularly takes part in family celebrations (throne anniversaries, weddings, funerals) of the Swedish royal family. She was u. a. at the celebrations for the 60th birthday of her brother Carl XVI. Gustaf (2006), at the memorial service for the 40th anniversary of the throne of her brother Carl XVI. Gustaf (2013), present at the wedding of her niece Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden to Daniel Westling (2010), at the wedding of her niece Madeleine of Sweden (2013) and at the wedding of her nephew Carl Philip of Sweden (2015).

Honors (selection)

National honors:

• Sweden : Member of the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Seraphines (LoK av KMO)
• Sweden : Member of the Royal Family Order of King Gustaf VI. Adolf
• Sweden : Member of the Royal Family Order of King Carl XVI. Gustaf

International honors:

• Netherlands : Grand Knight Cross of the Nassau House Order of the Golden Lion

ancestors

Pedigree of Margaretha Ambler
Great-great-grandparents	King Oskar II (1829–1907) ⚭ 1857 Princess Sophia of Nassau (1836–1913)	Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden (1826–1907) ⚭ 1856 Princess Luise of Prussia (1838–1923)	Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819–1861) ⚭ 1840 Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland (1819–1901)	Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia (1828–1885) ⚭ 1854 Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau (1837–1906)	Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819–1861) ⚭ 1840 Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland (1819–1901)	Prince Georg Viktor zu Waldeck and Pyrmont (1831–1893) ⚭ 1853 Princess Helene von Nassau-Weilburg (1831–1888)	Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1814–1885) ⚭ 1854 Princess Adelheid Christine zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1821–1899)	Duke Friedrich VIII of Schleswig-Holstein (1829–1880) ⚭ 1856 Princess Adelheid Victoria zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835–1900)
Great grandparents	King Gustav V (1858–1950) ⚭ 1881 Princess Viktoria of Baden (1862–1930)		Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942) ⚭ 1879 Princess Luise Margareta of Prussia (1860–1917)		Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853–1884) ⚭ 1882 Princess Helene of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861–1922)		Duke Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1855–1934) ⚭ 1885 Princess Caroline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1860–1932)
Grandparents	King Gustav VI. Adolf (1882–1973) ⚭ 1905 Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882–1920)				Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884–1954) ⚭ 1905 Princess Viktoria Adelheid of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1885–1970)
parents	Gustav Adolf Hereditary Prince of Sweden , Duke of Västerbotten (1906–1947) ⚭ 1932 Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908–1972)
Margaretha Ambler

Web links

• Grattis princess Margaretha, 75 år i dag! In: svenskdam.se. October 31, 2009 (Swedish; on the occasion of her 75th birthday).
• Portrait: Margaretha Ambler: Sweden's forgotten queen! In: Bunte . April 16, 2014.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Prinsessan Margaretha, Mrs Ambler Vita. (swedish). Retrieved May 11, 2016
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Trond Norén Isaksen: On this date: Princess Margaretha turns 75 from October 31, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2016
3. ↑ ^{a b c} GREAT BRITAIN: The Princess & the Pianist in: Time Magazine, May 20, 1957. Retrieved May 11, 2016
4. ↑ Björnberg, Ingrid: Dagbok från Haga och Stockholms slott . Stockholm 1975. Bonniers. Page 163
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Wedding Wednesday: The Haga Princesses, Part 2 The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor. Retrieved May 11, 2016
6. ↑ Elvis Presley with Princesses Margrethe of Denmark, Astrid of Norway, and Margaretha of Sweden Report and photo. Retrieved May 11, 2016
7. ↑ Skandinaviska prinsessor möter Elvis Presley - 1960 report and photo. Retrieved May 11, 2016
8. ↑ Kungen och hans gäster i kyrkan ; in. Aftonbladet, September 15, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2016
9. ↑ Royal wedding guest list published ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; In: Stockholm News of June 17, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2016 
10. ↑ Wedding Photo Official wedding picture . Retrieved May 11, 2016
11. ↑ Princess Birgitta and Princess Margaretha ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Getty Images. Retrieved May 11, 2016 
12. ↑ Europe's royal families unite for official wedding portrait from Swedish prince and his ex-topless model bride's big day Official wedding photo in: Daily Mail from June 15, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2016
13. ↑ Royal Order of Seraphines, photo. Retrieved May 11, 2016
14. ↑ Royal Order of Seraphines, photo. Retrieved May 11, 2016
15. ↑ Royal Family Order photo. Retrieved May 11, 2016
16. ↑ Royal Family Order photo. Retrieved May 11, 2016
17. ↑ hetgeheugenvannederland.nl . Retrieved May 11, 2016