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Meet Samuel Chatto, Queen Elizabeth’s heartthrob grandnephew: the British royal is 29th in line to the throne, a pottery artist and qualified yoga instructor who trained in India

STORYKate Berbano
Sam Chatto, Queen Elizabeth’s grandnephew, is an accomplished ceramicist. Photos: @samchatto/Instagram, AP
Sam Chatto, Queen Elizabeth’s grandnephew, is an accomplished ceramicist. Photos: @samchatto/Instagram, AP
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  • His mother Lady Sarah Chatto is the only daughter of Princess Margaret, the late sister of Queen Elizabeth; he also has a younger brother, Arthur
  • Unlike royals higher in the succession line, Samuel can have a personal social media account; he posts photos of his ceramic creations on Instagram

The British line of succession is always fascinating for all the prominent names it features – from Charles, the Prince of Wales, to William, the Duke of Cambridge, and up to the very end of the British royal lineage.

Queen Elizabeth’s grandnephew Samuel Chatto is an artist who’s passionate about ceramics and pottery. Photo: @samchatto/Instagram
Queen Elizabeth’s grandnephew Samuel Chatto is an artist who’s passionate about ceramics and pottery. Photo: @samchatto/Instagram
Somewhere along those succession lines is the little-known grandnephew of Queen Elizabeth, the 25-year-old British artist, Samuel Chatto. Just who is this young man of royal descent, and what is there to know about him?

He is currently 29th in line to the throne

The Chatto family. Photo: @FrancineBlaise1/Twitter
The Chatto family. Photo: @FrancineBlaise1/Twitter
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Samuel, better known as Sam, is the son of former British actor Daniel Satto and Lady Sarah Chatto. His mum is the only daughter of Princess Margaret, the late sister of Queen Elizabeth. Sam has a younger brother, Arthur, who is 23 years old. As of June 2022, the Chatto brothers sit at 29th and 30th respectively in the British line of succession.

Sam Chatto displaying his pottery work. Photo: @samchatto/Instagram
Sam Chatto displaying his pottery work. Photo: @samchatto/Instagram

Sam graduated with a degree in art history from the University of Edinburgh in 2018, while Arthur is set to follow the footsteps of cousins Prince William and Prince Harry as he looks to join Royal Marines training.

He is amazingly creative and a pottery artist

Sam Chatto is often found covered in clay. Photo: @samchatto/Instagram
Sam Chatto is often found covered in clay. Photo: @samchatto/Instagram

Sam’s interest has always been in creating art. He has his own home studio in West Wessex, where he creates his ceramic masterpieces. In 2018, the queen’s eldest grandnephew took on a six-week apprenticeship in North Shore Pottery in Scotland.

The young royal takes after his dad, who is known to be an artist, and his mother, who is also known to be into painting.

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