{"id":6291,"date":"2026-07-15T01:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6291"},"modified":"2026-07-15T01:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:37:37","slug":"time-for-another-royal-wedding-princess-margarets-grandson-sam-chatto-is-engaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6291","title":{"rendered":"Time for Another Royal Wedding? Princess Margaret\u2019s Grandson Sam Chatto Is Engaged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Muse as well as partner, Chatto is also quite the artist himself. Having <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/738261\/meet-samuel-chatto-engagement-rumours\/\" class=\"external-link text link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/738261\/meet-samuel-chatto-engagement-rumours\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/738261\/meet-samuel-chatto-engagement-rumours\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">found himself<\/a> \u201ccompletely uninspired by my three-month job in the commercial art market,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/photos\/2017\/04\/royals-pay-their-respects-to-lord-snowdon?srsltid=AfmBOoqlgKatMwRVOOyzobx1_hhcNAeIRA7OSSqpEL1olIDzOA03cWZp\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Lady Sarah Chatto<\/a>\u2019s eldest son took matters into his own hands, and now describes himself as \u201ca British artist and maker currently working in clay to create functional and sculptural wood-fired ceramics from my home and studio in West Sussex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">An accomplished ceramicist, he last year conducted an apprenticeship in Japan, under the noted potter Yagi Akira. His experience was no doubt behind King Charles inviting him to Buckingham Palace last year for a banquet held for the state visit of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/empress-masako-of-japan-will-reportedly-make-a-rare-state-visit-this-summer?srsltid=AfmBOopXh1S8CLzKnUl8jQY4TXjuM3XV-OCIpnvTLWPFvpyig4fSHhSo\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iJvQnD cOWUYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-fnduJP iaVSwI asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-kFnjvc eKnjjD responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-jKunQM gjCCFj AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Blazer Clothing Coat Jacket Pants People Person Face Head Photography Portrait and Accessories\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a565380a81f3d0ff476b1cf\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/2243508416 120w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a565380a81f3d0ff476b1cf\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/2243508416 240w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a565380a81f3d0ff476b1cf\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/2243508416 320w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a565380a81f3d0ff476b1cf\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/2243508416 640w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a565380a81f3d0ff476b1cf\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/2243508416 960w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a565380a81f3d0ff476b1cf\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/2243508416 1280w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a565380a81f3d0ff476b1cf\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/2243508416 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a565380a81f3d0ff476b1cf\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/2243508416\"\/><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-bpPcvW kzGGxb caption AssetEmbedCaption-eZIMNW gMgneI asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionText-cQpRdU klhnDX hbiMYj caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Chatto, Samuel Chatto, Lady Sarah Chatto and Eleanor Ekserdjian at an event in October 2025.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionCredit-cUgOGk gsdIcD hRFzlA caption__credit\">Dave Benett\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">And his time in Japan will have left plenty to discuss with Ekserdjian, who has completed a residence with the Sokyo Gallery in Kyoto. Ekserdjian is not thought to have any blue-blooded connections, but her career has brought her in contact with royalty before. Another of her residencies was undertaken with Hauser &amp; Wirth, the art venue where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/princess-eugenie?srsltid=AfmBOoomYrRZ39Xdt22HT3e9_lFHDNOMzMWQTm8lsiJ84Ra6oqXWjVd7\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Princess Eugenie<\/a> serves as director.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The couple\u2019s relationship, which Ekserdjian confirmed to Richard Eden back in 2021, became public with outings like <em>Tatler<\/em>\u2019s Little Black Book Party in 2022, and they often joined Chatto\u2019s parents at events on London\u2019s cultural scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Ekserdjian must fit right in with the Chattos\u2014truly a family of artists. Chatto\u2019s mother, Lady Sarah, is the only daughter of Princess Margaret and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/story\/princess-margaret-and-lord-snowdons-former-country-home-is-for-sale?srsltid=AfmBOor_6Mm72b-LNiX_78m-EUHtFI7Ut6XOfi3766LLl_uDue6Yd9BE\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Antony Armstrong-Jones<\/a>, first Earl of Snowdon. The 62-year-old is known to submit her works (mostly florals) to the Royal Academy\u2019s annual summer exhibition under the name Sarah Armstrong-Jones. His father, Daniel Chatto, is also an artist, and his grandfather Lord Snowdon was, of course, a lauded photographer. Now there is a new artsy member of the family circle to embrace: Isabelle de la Bruy\u00e8re, the former Christie\u2019s executive who is in a relationship with Chatto\u2019s uncle, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2020\/02\/david-serena-armstrong-jones-snowdon-divorce?srsltid=AfmBOor1ETcEY0ojEqQnt5pikAqQeDrK3LHW-Xj3xsIanXKDfIDmgDwo\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">David Armstrong-Jones<\/a>, second Earl of Snowdon. Ekserdjian recently joined Lady Sarah, Daniel, and Sam at an exhibition called \u201cWayne McGregor: Infinite Bodies\u201d at Somerset House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muse as well as partner, Chatto is also quite the artist himself. Having found himself \u201ccompletely uninspired by my three-month job in the commercial art market,\u201d Lady Sarah Chatto\u2019s eldest son took matters into his own hands, and now describes himself as \u201ca British artist and maker currently working in clay to create functional and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a5656b785f0fe9c25fe162a\/16:9\/w_1280,c_limit\/2280689516","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-gossip"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}