Overview
- Multiple outlets reported on Monday, July 13, 2026, that Samuel Chatto, grandson of Princess Margaret, is engaged to his longterm partner Eleanor Ekserdjian.
- The couple met while studying at the University of Edinburgh in 2021 and have been seen together publicly since 2022.
- Reports say the pair plan to marry in the coming spring and that both families and King Charles have been informed and are reportedly pleased.
- Samuel posted black-and-white photos online and wrote that he proposed with a porcelain ring he made himself, a detail sourced to his post and tabloid coverage rather than independent confirmation.
- Samuel is a minor member of the extended royal family, both are 29 and work in the arts, a background that helps explain media interest in this private, modern-styled engagement.