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Princess Margaret was born to money, and when she passed away in 2002, she left a significant amount for her heirs. The daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret was the younger sister and the only sibling of Queen Elizabeth II.

She was born when her parents were still the Duke and Duchess of York, which means she was born to a lot less responsibility that she would end up with. At the age of six, her uncle Edward VIII abdicated, which meant her father succeeded to the British throne and Margaret’s older sister, Elizabeth, became the heir. Margaret was, at that moment, second in line to the throne.

Related: What Each Royal Inherited From Prince Phillip After His Death

In her youth, she was a celebrated socialite, well known for her glamorous lifestyle and her romances. In the 1950’s she famously fell in love with Peter Townsend, a married RAF officer. She wanted to marry him after his divorce, but the Archbishop of Canterbury and Parliment refused to allow her to wed a divorced man. Years later she’d go on to marry Antony Armstrong-Jones, and had two children, David and Sarah. The couple marriage broke down after more than a decade together, and the two separated in 1976 and divorced in 1978. Princess Margaret never remarried.

The Princess was often sick during her final years, which included a stroke in 1998 and a bathroom accident that left her with serous burns. She’d go on to have two more strokes before her death in 2002. Before she died, though, she made sure to make provisions for when she wouldn’t be around, like giving away some of her assets to her children while alive—like her holiday home, Les Jolies Eaux on the Island of Mustique, which she gave to her son David in 1998—to save them from paying massive inheritance taxes.

But who inherited Princess Margaret’s money after death? Which royals got what? The answer is pretty clear-cut.

Who inherited Princess Margaret’s money after death?

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