Sarah and her brother, David, then Viscount Linley, grew up in the nursery of Kensington Palace, Apartment 10.[7][a] They were raised with a nanny called Verona Sumner, although their parents, especially their father, were comparatively hands-on (for the time), with their father teaching them to build things and be creative.[7]
Their parents' marriage was fractious; the couple formally separated when Sarah was 12 and divorced when she was 14. She and her brother spent weekends, depending on with which parent, at either Nymans or Royal Lodge.[7] Holidays were given to the royal estates at Sandringham and Balmoral, where Sarah did landscape painting.[7]
Chatto has been exhibiting her work, always under the name Sarah Armstrong-Jones, at The Redfern Gallery since 1995.[10] Her work has won awards: the Winsor & Newton Prize in 1988 and the Creswick Landscape Prize in 1990.[10]
In 2004, she became vice president of the Royal Ballet, of which her mother had been president.[7][11] She was named president in 2024.[12]
Chatto does not undertake public duties and is not considered a "working royal". However, it has been reported that she was close to her aunt Queen Elizabeth II. Chatto is frequently seen attending public events such as jubilees and funerals, as well as semi-private royal family events, such as the Sandringham Christmas service, with her sons.[13]
Marriage and children
Sarah met Daniel Chatto during her years in India with her father in the 1980s. Chatto was working on another British film, Heat and Dust.[14] He is from a theatrical family, the son of actor Tom Chatto (1920–1982) and the theatrical agent Ros Chatto (born Rosalind Joan Thompson; died 2012).[15] He proposed to her with a "vintage cluster ring."[16]
Samuel David Benedict Chatto (born 28 July 1996), 30th in the line of succession as of September2025[update]. He studied at Eton, and went on to study history of art at the University of Edinburgh, and works as a sculptor, based in West Sussex.[19] He also completed yoga teacher training in India.[20]
Arthur Robert Nathaniel Chatto (born 5 February 1999), 31st in the line of succession, and a former page of honour to Queen Elizabeth II, his great-aunt, from 2009 to 2015. He initially attended Westminster Cathedral Choir School before going to Eton College. He then studied geography at the University of Edinburgh, and at the same time worked as a personal trainer.[21][18] As of June 2022, he was serving with the Royal Marines.[22]
Coat of arms of Lady Sarah Chatto
Notes
Lady Sarah bears her father's arms on a lozenge. She is also entitled to use the coronet of a female-line grandchild of the sovereign
Coronet
Lady Sarah is entitled to use the coronet of a female-line grandchild of the sovereign.[23]
Escutcheon
Sable on a chevron argent, between in chief two fleurs-de-lis Or, and in base an eagle displayed Or, four pallets gules.
Notes
↑Their mother moved to 1A, after divorcing Snowdon, while Prince and Princess Michael of Kent took Apartment 10.
12"Sarah Armstrong-Jones". The Redfern Gallery. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑"The Company". Birmingham Royal Ballet. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
↑"Staff". The Royal Ballet. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
