Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley

The Honourable Charles Armstrong-Jones
Born	Charles Patrick Inigo Armstrong-Jones (1999-07-01) 1 July 1999 London, England
Known for	Grandnephew of Queen Elizabeth II
Parent(s)	David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley

Charles Patrick Inigo Armstrong-Jones (born 1 July 1999) is the only son of Viscount and Viscountess Linley. He is a great-grandson of King George VI. He is second-in-line to the Earldom of Snowdon after his father.

Biography

Armstrong-Jones was born in London on 1 July 1999. He has a sister, Margarita Armstrong-Jones, who is three years younger than he. He is styled with the honorific prefix "The Honourable" as the son of a courtesy peer. His first name is in honour of his first cousin once removed, Charles, Prince of Wales; his second name is in honour of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, the birthplace of his mother; and his third name is in honour of the 17th century English architect and designer Inigo Jones, who is said to be his father's personal hero. Armstrong-Jones was baptised at St James's Palace in 1999 and his godparents are: Lady Bruce Dundas, Nigel Harvey, Nick Powell, Orlando Rock, Lucinda Cecil and Rita Konig.

In 2012, his great aunt Queen Elizabeth II appointed him to be her First Page of Honour. In September of the same year, he began to attend Eton College, Berkshire, where he is currently in his second year.

Public role

As a member of the extended British Royal Family Armstrong-Jones attends events such as Trooping the Colour and Christmas at Sandringham. He has also attends other events such as the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Ascot Races.

In 2012, he attended a service of thanksgiving for his late grandmother, Princess Margaret, at Windsor Castle. His parents, sister, aunt and cousins also attended. In honor of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, Charles Armstrong-Jones and his sister Margarita attended another thanksgiving service this time at St Paul's Cathedral in London.

Styles

• The Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones (1 July 1999 – present)

When Armstrong-Jones's father becomes the Earl of Snowdon, Armstrong-Jones will use the courtesy title of Viscount Linley.

Ancestry

Family of Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley

16. Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones CBE 8. Major Ronald Armstrong-Jones MBE QC 17. Margaret Roberts 4. Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon 18. Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel 9. Anne Messel, Countess of Rosse 19. Maud Sambourne 2. David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley 20. George V of the United Kingdom 10. George VI of the United Kingdom 21. Princess Mary of Teck 5. Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom 22. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 11. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 23. Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck 1. Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones 24. Charles Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington 12. William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington 25. Margaret Trelawney Seaton 6. Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington 26. Sir John Foley Grey, 8th Baronet 13. Lady Eileen Foley Grey 27. Jean Jessie May de Sales la Terrière 3. Lady Serena Stanhope 28. Freeman Astley Jackson 14. Harry Freeman-Jackson 29. Florence-Josephine van Cutsem 7. Virginia Alleyne Freeman-Jackson 30. Louis Antoine d'Aubigny d'Engelbronner 15. Dorothy Alleyne d'Aubigny d'Engelbronner 31. Anna Chickering Sumner