Royal Profile: 31 Facts about Princess Margretha, Mrs. Ambler

1. Princess Margaretha Désirée Victoria of Sweden, Mrs. Ambler was born on 31 October 1934 as the first child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbottenand his wife Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha {Source}.
2. She has three younger sisters, and a younger brother:
1. Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern (1937)
2. Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson (1943)
3.  Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (1938)
4. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946)
3. Princess Margretha, Mrs. Ambler also has three brothers-in-law, a sister-in-law:
1. Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (m. 1961-2016, legally separated in 1990, his death)
2. Baron Nils-August Otto Carl Niclas Silfverschiöld(1934, m. 1964)
3. Tord Magnusson (m. 1974)
4. Queen Silvia of Sweden (m. 1976)
4. She is an aunt to eight nephews, four nieces, several nieces and nephews in law, and great nieces and nephews{Source}:
1. Prince Karl Christian of Hohenzollern (1962)
1. Princess Nicole of Hohenzollern (1968,m.1999)
2. Princess Désirée of Hohenzollern (1963)
1. Heinrich Graf von Ortonburg (1956, m. 1990, d. 2002/2003?)
2. Eckbert Bohlen und Halbach (1956, m. 2004)
3. Baron Carl Otto Edmund Silfverschiöld (1965)
1. Gunilla Maria Fredriksson (1965, m. 2005)
4. Prince Hubertus of Hohenzollern (1966)
1. Uta Maria König (1964, m. 2000)
5. Baroness Kristina-Louisa Ewa Madeleine Silfverschiöld (1966)
1. Baron Hansde Geer af Finspång (1963, m. 1999)
6. Baroness Hélène Ingeborg Sibylla Silfverschiöld (1968)
7. Carl Gustaf Victor Magnusson (1975)
1. Vicky Magnuso
8. Tord Oscar Fredrik Magnusson (1977)
9. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, The Duchess of Västergötland (1977)
1. Prince Daniel of Sweden, The Duke of Västergötland (1973, m. 2010)
10. Victor Edmund Lennart Magnusson (1980)
11. Princess Madeleine of Sweden, The Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1982)
1. Herr Christopher O'Neill (1974, m. 2013)
5. The elder sister of the monarch of Sweden also has the following great-nieces and great nephews:
1. Carl Theodor Graf von Ortonburg (1992)
2. Friedrich-Hubertus Graf von Ortonburg (1995)
3. Carolina Gräfin von Ortonburg (1997)
4. Prince Nikolas of Hohenzollern (1999)
5. Estelle Louise Désirée Gerard, Friherinna de Greer af Finspäng (2000)
6. Prince Lennart Carl Christian of Hohenzollern ( 2001-2001)
7. Ian Carl Gerard, Friherre de Greer af Finspäng (2002)
8. Fred Louis Gerard, Friherre de Greer af Finspäng (2004)
9. Anna Margareta Sybilla Desiree Silfverschiold (2006)
10. Princess Vivianne of Hohenzollern (2009)
11. Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary of Sweden, The Duchess of Östergötland (2012)
12. Edmund Magnuson (2012)
13. Princess Leonore Lillian Maria of Sweden, The Duchess of Gotland (2014)
14. Désirée Elfrida Christina Magnuson (2014)
15. Prince Nicolas Paul Gustaf of Sweden, The Duke of Ångermanland (2015)
16. Albert Magnusson (date unknown)
17. Sigvard Magnuson (2015)
18. Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil of Sweden, The Duke of Södermanland (2016)
19. Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden, The Duke of Skåne (2016)
20. Prince Gabriel Carl Walther of Sweden, The Duke of Dalarna (2017)
21. Princess Adrienne Josephine Alice of Sweden, Duchess of Blekinge (2018)
6. She has the following children and children-in-law:
1. James Patrick Ambler (1969)
1. Ursula Mary (Shipley) Ambler(m. 2001)
2. Sybilla Louise Ambler, Baroness von Dincklage (1965)
1. Baron Henning von Dincklage (m. 1998)
3. Charles Edward Ambler (1966)
1. Helen Jane Ross (m. 1999)
7. Her grandchildren are:
1. Freiin Madeleine Charlotte Margarethe von Dincklage (1999)
2. Sebastian Eric Henning Freiherr von Dincklage (2000)
3. Sienna Rose Ambler (2000)
4. India Tani Ambler(2003)
5. Lily Elektra Ambler(2003)
6. Oscar Rufus Ambler (2004)
8. She shares a birthday with Doña María de Fátima Simoneta Luisa Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (1968)
9. She aslo shares a birthday with the future Queen of Spain: The Infanta Doña Leonor de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz, Princess of Asturias, Princess of Girona, Princess of Viana, Duchess of Montblanc, Countess of Cervera and Lady of Balaguer. (2005)
10. She was educated privately at the Haga Palace and then at the Stockholm dressmaking school, Märthaskolan (Martha School){Source}.
11. She and her sisters were known as Hagasessorna{Source}.
12. In early 1958, Margaretha met the pianist Robin Douglas-Home when she was in England. They started a romance and it was very close that they got engaged. But the press became too big for the princess and it all ended{Source}.
13. In 1963, the princess met another Englishman, the ten-year-old businessman John Ambler. They engaged in February 1964 and Margaretha became the third in the Sisters Scare to do this{Source}.
14. On June 30th, the couple married in the Church of Gerdløse on Öland. Compared to the sisters who married in Stockholm, this wedding was not particularly impressive{Source}.
15. Princess Margaretha moved with John Ambler to London, but despite this she had a good relationship with her mother; Princess Sibylla{Source}.
16. After the wedding, the newly married princess was titled as "Princess Margaretha Mrs. Ambler"{Source}.
17. Her grandfather Gustaf VI Adolf insisted that in her new home country she would be called "Her Royal Highness Princess of Sweden", not without results{Source}.
18. Princess Margaretha and her husband John Ambler separated in 1996 but never divorced{Source}.
19. On May 31, 2008, she became widow when John died, 83 years old{Source}.
20. The princess lives today in Oxfordshire, not far from London{Source}.
    The only official mission Margaretha undertakes is the annual opening of the Christmas Church's Christmas bases in London, a position she relinquished to Princess Madeleine during her years in London{Source}.
21. 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{Source}. 
22. During their visit, the three Scandinavian princesses toured Disneyland, Hollywood and visited Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles where they met Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Elvis Presley{Source}.
23. She holds orders from Sweden, Germany and The Netherlands.
24. On her mother's side, she is a paternal greatx2 grandchild of Queen Victoria through her son Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany.
25. From her father's side, she is a greatx2 grandchild of Queen Victoria as well, this time through her son Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn.
26. She has Swedish, Dutch, English, and German ancestry.
27. She was 12 years old when her father died in an airplane accident.
28. She has the following paternal cousins:
1. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (1940)
2. Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)
3. Mr. Michael Bernadotte (1944)
4. Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)
5. Monica Kristina Margaretha Bernadotte (1948, adopted in 1951)
6. Christian Carl Henning Bernadotte (1949, adopted in 1950)
29. Princess Margretha has the following maternal cousins:
1. Caroline Mathilde Adelheid Sibylla Marianne Erika Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1933)
2. Ernst Leopold, Prinz of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1935-2006)
3. Peter Albert Friedrich Josias Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1939)
4. Count Bertram Friedrich of Castell-Rüdenhausen (1932)
5. Count Conradin Friedrich of Castell-Rüdenhausen (1933-2011) he married Marta Catharina Lonegren on 6 July 1961. They have two children and six grandchildren:
6. Countess Viktoria Adelheid of Castell-Rüdenhausen (1935)
7. Calma Barbara Schnirring (1938)
8. Dagmar Schnirring (1940)
9. Peter Michael Schnirring (1943-1966)
30. Her astrological sign is Scorpio.
31. She likely speaks Swedish, Danish, Norweigan and English at least.