Royal Profile: Marina Ogilvy

Marina Victoria Alexandra Ogilvy was born 31 July 1966 as the second child of Rt Hon. Sir Angus Ogilvy and Princess Alexandra of Kent {Source}. She has an older brother, a sister-in-law, a niece and a nephew, and a soon-to-be nephew-in-law{Source}:

1. James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (1964)
1. Julia Caroline Rawlinson (m. 1988)
1. Flora Alexandra Ogilvy (1994)
1. Timothy Vesterberg (engaged 2019) {Source}
2. Alexander Charles Ogilvy (1996)

Her godparents were{Source}{Source}:

1. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
2. Prince Charles of Wales

As a youngster, she was rather rebellious, and tabloids often labeled her the "black sheep". She appeared on the cover of the fetish magazine, Skin Two, wearing a rubber jumpsuit and a crown, surrounded by corgis{Source}. Upon this publication, her relationship with her parents and other royal relations became...strained to say the least {Source}. It is said that during her marriage, she had a falling out with her godfather, The Prince of Wales {Source}. In 1989 rebel Marina tore her family apart with scandalous behavior leading to her exile from royal gatherings{Source}. She is said to have grown closer to her mother since her father's death in 2004{Source}.

She dated painter and decoration Phil Finton before moving on to Paul Mowatt {Source}.She married Paul Mowatt on 2 February 1990{Source}.They have two children together{Source}:

1. Zenouska May Mowatt (1990)
2. Christian Alexander Mowatt (1993)

Marina and Paul were divorced in October 1997{Source}.

Presently, Marina is 54th in line for the throne after the immediate family of the current reigning monarch, the Gloucester family, her uncle and his family, her mother, her brother, a niece and nephew{Source}. She occasionally attends family and official events, such as weddings and The Trooping of Colour.

She was once on welfare-while living in a grace and favor home by the Queen {Source}.
She once had a career as a composer writing advertising jingles and film soundtracks. {Source}.
Marina enrolled at the Royal Holloway College in Egham, Surrey, to begin a course in orchestration. {Source}.

She was named:

1. Marina: maternal grandmother, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
2. Victoria: Queen Victoria, her 3x great grandmother
3. Alexandra: Her mother

She is related to the following monarchs and consorts:

• Queen Elizabeth II:: maternal 1st cousin 1x removed
• The Duke of Edinburgh: maternal 1st cousin 2x removed
• King Felipe VI of Spain: both his 3rd and 2nd cousin 2x removed on either side of his family

She is related to the following former monarchs and consorts:

1. Queen Sofia of Spain: maternal 2nd cousins 1x removed
2. King Juan Carlos of Spain: maternal 3rd cousins 1x removed
3. King Constantine II of Greece: maternal 2nd cousins 1x removed
4. Queen Anne-Marie of Greece: maternal 3rd cousins 1x removed

In 2014, she was seen in the public eye raising funds for the British Red Cross {Source}.
Mariana's maternal grandfather died 24 years prior to her birth, her maternal grandmother died when she was two years of age. She shares a birthday with Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria, Countess of Limburg-Stirum.