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Lady Margaret, Duchess of Windsor and Countess of Snowdon
(born Her Royal Highness Lady Margaret "Maggie" Anne Mary Elizabeth of Snowdon; 21 April 1987) is the wife of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and 3rd Earl of Snowdon. She was 19th in line but by marrying Harry is now 5th. She was 19th in line to the throne because her grandmother was Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. This was useful for her because she already had experienced the royal life and was used to the paps. unlike sister-in-law Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.

The Duchess grew up in Kensington with her switching from her mother's home and father's home as they weren't married yet. She had best friends with harry since she was born and often referred to to Princess Diana and Prince Charles as Aunt and Uncle Diana and Charles. Their engagement was announced on 21 November 2011 before they married on 06 May 2012 at Westminister Abbey. The Duke and Duchess have 5 children: Princess Elizabeth of Windsor and Snowdon (11 March 2013), Princess Mary Catherine "Mary Kate" (2 July 2015), Princess Briar Rose (2 July 2015), Princess Rosalie (15 January 2017), Prince David (15 January 2017) who are respectively sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth.

Her perceived impact on British and American fashion is called the "Lady Margaret effect" seeing is how you never see her without a hat or something on her head. In 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 Time Magazine named her "The Most Influential Person of The Year". Lady Maggie loves to train new royals on etiquette and royal protocol. Inherited from her grandfather she loves photography.

Early Life
Maggie was born at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, on 21 April 1987 at 5:20 am.[6][7] She was baptised on 21 June 1987 at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie. Her godparents are Lady Sarah Chatto (her paternal aunt), Queen Elizabeth (her paternal aunt once removed), Carolyn Bartholomew (née Pride), Peter Townsend (former officer in the Royal Air Force) and Celia, Lady Vestey (née Knight) [10] Margaret began to accompany her Aunt Diana and Uncle Charles on official visits at an early age; her first overseas tour was with her parents to Spain in 1989.

Harry's parents divorced in 1996, and his mother died following a car accident in Paris the following year. Harry and William were staying with their father at Balmoral at the time, and the Prince of Wales told his sons about their mother's death.[12] At her Aunt's funeral, she accompanied Harry, then 12, in walking behind the funeral cortège from Kensington to Westminster.

Early Relationship
In 2003 Lady Margaret and Prince Harry were seen on their very first duo engagement together at an animal shelter. They started dating in 2010. Luckily, for Maggie she was used to the paparazzi harassing her unlike sister-in-law Kate Middleton. They had been best friends for years always doing engagments with him and Will.

Media attention increased after Kate Middleton's Wedding where Maggie and Harry were seen holding hands, and when meeting the guests a guest released a picture of Prince Harry holding Lady Margaret's butt. This is when their relationship was officially confirmed.

Engagement and marriage
Lady Margaret and Prince Harry took a trip to Orlando, Florida where Harry proposed in front of Cinderella's Castle where they had shared their first kiss. Prince Harry and Lady Margaret became engaged on 21 September 2011. Clarence House announced the engagement on 15 October 2011. Prince Harry gave Maggie her grandmother's rose engagement ring. The couple married at Westminster Abbey on 06 May 2012. Estimates of the global audience for the wedding ranged to be about 400 million or more, while 30 million people came to England for the event. They were married on the same day as Lady Margaret's grandparents. Lady Margaret became: Lady Margaret, Duchess of Windsor and Countess of Snowdon while Prince Harry became: Prince Harry, Duke of Windsor and 3rd Earl of Snowdon. Their children would become the Princess and Prince of Windsor and Snowdon.

For their honeymoon the spent 3 weeks on a Disney cruise ship and went to Jamaica, The Bahamas, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Panama, and Puerto Rico.

Motherhood and Children
On 21 December 2012 St. James Palace announced that the Duchess was pregnant with her first child. The announcement was made after Prince Harry read the letter the Duchess wrote him in the interview. On 06 January 2013 St. James Palace announced that the child was to be born in March of 2013. The Duchess was admitted into St. Mary's Hospital on 10 March 2013 in the late evening. The child, later announced as a girl, was later born in the early morning 11 March 2013. On 13 March 2013, Kensington Palace announced the baby's name as Elizabeth Serena Anne.

The Duchess' second pregnancy was announced on 1 January 2015, but it was announced that she was having twins. On 3 February 2015 St. James Palace announced that the baby was to be born in July. In the early morning of 2 July 2015 the Duchess was rushed to the hospital. On 2 July 2015 two baby girls were born. On 4 July 2015 their names were announced as Mary Catherine "Mary Kate" Beatrice and Briar Rose Eugenie.

Lady Margaret's last pregnancy was announced 20 June 2016. On 15 September 2016 it was announced she would be giving birth to twins in January of 2017. On 15 January 2017 the Duchess was rushed to the hospital and gave birth to a girl and a boy on 15 January 2017. On 17 January 2017 Kensington Palace announced their names as Rosalie Diana Margaret and David Charles Philip.

Together the Duke and Duchess have 5 children all sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth. The children are all very close with Prince William and Kate Middleton's children.

Patronages
Lady Margaret is a patron of the following organizations:


 * The Princess Margaret Foundation (Founder)
 * WellChild
 * Invictus Games Foundation
 * Invictus Games 2014 (Co-president with husband Prince Harry)
 * The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Windsor
 * The Humane Society of England
 * Heads Together
 * The AIDS Foundation (Founder)
 * The Princess Diana Foundation
 * The Art Room
 * National Portrait Gallery
 * M-PACT
 * The Duke of Edinburgh Award
 * Arnold Palmer children's Hospital
 * Children's Hospital of the United Kingdom
 * The HALO Trust's 25th Anniversary Appeal
 * Place2Be
 * The Duke and Duchess of Windsor Royal Foundation
 * The 1851 Trust

The Leave
In September 2012 Prince Harry was deployed to Afghanistan leaving his pregnant wife at home. Prince Harry had an interview with BBC saying don't show his wife the bed she'll kill him. They showed him a video of his wife having an interview with BBC a month after he left and showed some of her royal engagements. In the interview Margaret started crying which made Harry shed a tear. He then replied "Yea I miss her a lot she my best friend and my soul mate. And of course I love and miss you Maggie and I'm sad that I'm going to be missing our first Christmas together." He was given a letter from his wife announcing that she was pregnant with their first child making Harry cry even more. He later returned 2 months before his first daughter Princess Elizabeth was born. Maggie and Harry later had 4 other kids together.

Public Life
Maggie was introduced to the public life when she was five years old in 1991 where she went on engagement with her grandmother and Aunt Elizabeth. On 14 February 2011 Clarence House announced that their first tour would be of the Commonwealth on 15 April 2013 until 06 May 2013. The Duke and Duchess also attend the wedding of Keira Knightley and James Righton. Her first royal engagement as a Duchess came in June 2012 where her and her husband traveled to America to meet the President and First Lady. In June 2012 The Royal Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry became, The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Windsor adding Margaret to show her work with the foundation years prior to the couple' marriage. The Duke and Duchess were announced as ambassadors for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Maggie even got to meet ome of her favorite athletes. As part of The Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebration The Duchess went on a tour of Singapore, Malaysia, Tuvalu, and the Solomon Islands. In August of 2012 Maggie and Harry went on an engagement to the Royal London Hospital. The Duchess joined sister-in-law Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on a royal engagement to a correctional facility in late 2012.

In 2013 The Duke and Duchess and Princess Elizabeth did the same Commonwealth tour as the Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. The couple traveled with their newborn daughter. In 2014 Prince Harry and Lady Margaret went on a tour of India and Bhutan. The Duchess went back many times to Orlando, Florida ,where the family has a residence, seeing as she is a patron of Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital.

Public image and Style
Maggie became on of the world's best dressed Duchesses and was placed on numerous best dressed lists. The Duchess of Windsor's signature style also known as "The Lady Margaret Look" is to wear a hat on your head. The Duchess is never seen without something in her hair or it up. She was selected by The Daily Telegraph as the "Most Promising Newcomer" in its 2006 list of style winners and losers.[105] Tatler placed her at number 2 on its yearly listing of the top ten style icons in 2007.[106] She was featured in People magazine's 2007 and 2010 best-dressed lists.[107] Maggie was named as one of Richard Blackwell's ten "Fabulous Fashion Independents" of 2007.[108] In June 2008, Style.com selected Maggie as their monthly beauty icon.[109] In July 2008, Margaret was included in Vanity Fair's international best-dressed list.[110] In February 2011, she was named the Top Fashion Buzzword of the 2011 season by the Global Language Monitor.[111] In January 2012, she was voted 'Headwear Person of the Year.'[112] Maggie was number one on Vanity Fair's annual Best Dressed lists in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016; she also appeared as the cover star in 2012.[113][114] In June 2016, she took part in her first magazine shoot for Vogue's centenary issue appearing on the cover of the magazine.[115]

Private Life
In The Duchess of Windsor'a free time she likes to take photographs, spend time with her children, and train new members of the royal family. Lady Margaret is the one who trained Kate Middleton, Sophie, Countess of Wessex and many others.

21 April 1987 to 06 May 2012
Her Royal Highness Lady Margaret Anne Mary Elizabeth

06 May 2012 to present
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Windsor and The Countess of Snowdon
 * in Scotland The Countess of Blairgowrie and Rattray

Upon marriage, Margaret became known as Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Windsor. A fuller version of her title and style is Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Windsor, Countess of Snowdon and, Lady Snowdon. In Scotland her title and style is ''Her Royal Highness The Countess of Blairgowrie and Rattray.

On the morning of their wedding day on 06 May 2012, at 8:00 am, officials at Buckingham Palace announced that in accordance with royal tradition and in recognition of the day by the Queen, Prince Henry was created Duke of Windsor, 3rd Earl of Snowdon and Baron Snowdon.