Royal Profile: Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler

Princess Margaretha Désirée Victoria, 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}. She has three younger sisters, and a younger brother, and their spouses and family:

1. Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern (1937)
1. Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (m. 1961-2016, legally separated in 1990, his death)
1. Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern (1962)
1. Princess Nicole of Hohenzollern (1968,m.1999)
1. Prince Nikolas of Hohenzollern (1999)
2. Princess Désirée of Hohenzollern (1963)
1. Heinrich Graf von Ortonburg (1956, m. 1990, d. 2002/2003?)
1. Carl Theodor Graf von Ortonburg (1992)
2. Friedrich-Hubertus Graf von Ortonburg (1995)
3. Carolina Gräfin von Ortonburg (1997)
2. Eckbert Bohlen und Halbach (1956, m. 2004)
3. Prince Hubertus of Hohenzollern (1966)
1. Uta Maria König (1964, m. 2000)
1. Prince Lennart Carl Christian of Hohenzollern ( 2001-2001)
2. Princess Vivianne of Hohenzollern (2009)
2. Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson (1943)
1. Tord Magnusson (m. 1974)
1. Carl Gustaf Victor Magnusson (1975)
1. Vicky Magnuson (1983, m. 2013)
1. Desirée Elfrida Christina Magnusson (2014)
2. Tord Oscar Fredrik Magnusson (1977)
1. Emma Emelie Charlotta Ledent (1981, m. 2011)
1. Albert Magnuson(2013)
2. Henri Magnuson (2015)
3. Victor Edmund Lennart Magnusson (1980)
1. Frida Louise Bergström (1980, unmarried)
1. Edmund Bengt Lennart Magnuson (2012)
2. Sigvard Magnuson (2015)
3. Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (1938)
1. Baron Nils-August Otto Carl Niclas Silfverschiöld(1934, m. 1964)
1. Baron Carl Otto Edmund Silfverschiöld (1965)
1. Gunilla Maria Fredriksson (1965, m. 2005)
1. Anna Margareta Sybilla Desiree Silfverschiold (2006)
2. Baroness Kristina-Louisa Ewa Madeleine Silfverschiöld (1966)
1. Baron Hans de Geer af Finspång (1963, m. 1999)
2. Estelle Louise Désirée Gerard, Friherinna de Greer af Finspäng (2000)
3. Ian Carl Gerard, Friherre de Greer af Finspäng (2002)
4. Fred Louis Gerard, Friherre de Greer af Finspäng (2004)
3. Baroness Hélène Ingeborg Sibylla Silfverschiöld (1968)
4. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946)
1. Queen Silvia of Sweden (m. 1976)
1. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, The Duchess of Västergötland (1977)
1. Prince Daniel of Sweden, The Duke of Västergötland (1973, m. 2010)
1. Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary of Sweden, The Duchess of Östergötland (2012)
2. Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden, The Duke of Skåne (2016)
2. Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, The Duke of Värmland(1979)
1. Princess Sofia of Sweden, The Duchess of Värmland (1984, m. 2015)
1. Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil, The Duke of Södermanland (2016)
2. Prince Gabriel Carl Walther, The Duke of Dalarna (2017)
3. Princess Madeleine of Sweden, The Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1982)
1. Herr Christopher O'Neill (1974, m. 2013)
1. Princess Leonore Lilian Maria, The Duchess of Gotland (2014)
2. Prince Nicolas Paul Gustaf, The Duke of Ångermanland (2015)
3. Princess Adrienne Joséphine Alice,The Duchess of Blekinge (2018)

She was educated privately at the Haga Palace and then at the Stockholm dressmaking school, Märthaskolan (Martha School){Source}. She and her sisters were known as Hagasessorna{Source}.


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}. 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}. 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}. Princess Margaretha moved with John Ambler to London, but despite this she had a good relationship with her mother; Princess Sibylla{Source}. After the wedding, the newly married princess was titled as "Princess Margaretha Mrs. Ambler"{Source}. Princess Margaretha and her husband John Ambler separated in 1996 but never divorced{Source}. On May 31, 2008, she became widow when John died, 83 years old{Source}. The princess lives today in Oxfordshire, not far from London{Source}. Together, she and Mr. Ambler have the following children and children-in-law and grandchildren:

1. James Patrick Ambler (1969)
1. Ursula Mary (Shipley) Ambler(m. 2001)
1. Lily Elektra Ambler(2003)
2. Oscar Rufus Ambler (2004)
2. Sybilla Louise Ambler, Baroness von Dincklage (1965)
1. Baron Henning von Dincklage (m. 1998)
2. Freiin Madeleine Charlotte Margarethe von Dincklage (1999)
3. Sebastian Eric Henning Freiherr von Dincklage (2000)
3. Charles Edward Ambler (1966)
1. Helen Jane Ross (m. 1999)
1. Sienna Rose Ambler (2000)
2. India Tani Ambler(2003)

She shares a birthday with Doña María de Fátima Simoneta Luisa Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (1968)
She also 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)


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}. 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}. 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}.

On her mother's side, she is a paternal greatx2 grandchild of Queen Victoria through her son Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. 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. She is presently the 10th oldest living descendant of Queen Victoria currently alive today-behind The Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II, Lady Pamela Hicks, Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, Mrs. Anne Mary Sibylla Liddell-Grainger, Princess Caroline Mathilde Adelheid Sibylla Marianne Erika von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Maximilian, Margrave of Baden & Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse.

She has Swedish, Dutch, English, and German ancestry. She was 12 years old when her father died in an airplane accident.

She is presently one of Queen Victoria's eldest living descendants along with:

1. Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh (10 June 1921) ( 99 years, 4 months, 21 days)
2. Queen Elizabeth II of The United Kingdom (21 April 1926) ( 94 years, 6 months, 10 days)
3. The Lady Pamela Hicks (19 April 1929) (91 years, 6 months, 12 days)
4. Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (12 February 1932) (88 years, 9 months, 19 days)
5. Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (12 July 1932) (88 years, 3 months, 19 days)
6. Anne Mary Sibylla Liddell-Grainger (28 July 1932) ( 88 years, 3 months, 3 days)
7. Princess Caroline Mathilde Adelheid Sibylla Marianne Erika von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (5 April 1933) (87 years, 6 months, 26 days)
8. Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (3 July 1933) (87 years, 3 months, 28 days)
9. Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse (24 July 1934) (86 years, 3 months, 7 days)
10. Princess Margaretha Désirée Victoria, Mrs. Ambler (Sweden, 31 October 1934) ( 86 years, 0 months, 0 days)