His uncle Angus Ogilvy married Queen Elizabeth II's first cousin Princess Alexandra of Kent.

[3] Gillebride, Earl of Angus, received a Barony from King William the Lion in 1163,[5] and bestowed upon his son, Gilbert, the lands of Wester Powrie, Ogilvy, and Kyneithin.

[9] Sir Patrick Ogilvy commanded the Scottish forces that fought alongside Joan of Arc against the English, and he was styled Viscomte d'Angus.

[3] He was also an ambassador to England in 1430 and four years later he attended Princess Margaret on her marriage to the Dauphin, heir to the throne of France.

[3] His eldest son was Sir John Ogilvy of Lintrathern who received a charter for Airlie Castle and its lands in 1459.

[3] The earl and his sons joined James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose to oppose enemies of Charles I of England.

[3] Sir Thomas Ogilvy, the earl's second son raised his own regiment to fight for the royalists but he was killed at the Battle of Inverlochy (1645), which was another victory for Montrose.

[3] Ogilvy awaited execution in St Andrews Castle however when his sister visited she exchanged clothes with him and he passed unnoticed by the guards.

The Clan's royal links were also reinforced when Angus Ogilvy, the uncle of the chief, married HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent.