Her brother Bongbong Marcos is the current president of the Philippines.

Her best-remembered role in her father's 21-year rule involved expensive events, such as her 1983 wedding to Gregorio "Greggy" Maria Araneta III which was said to cost US$10.3 million,[2] and for her September 1985 party on the presidential yacht BRP Ang Pangulo, whose lavishness caused a scandal when video coverage of it came out in the wake of the 1986 EDSA Revolution.

[3] She gained media attention after being tagged in the Panama Papers leak,[4] and for triggering student protests after her attendance in various campus events.

[5][6] She, her mother and brother have moved for the reversal of the Sandiganbayan's decision to forfeit in favor of the government all assets, investments, securities, properties, shares, interests, and funds of Arelma Inc. being managed by Merrill Lynch Asset Management in New York.

Marcos is married to businessman, Gregorio Maria Araneta III with two children: Alfonso and Luis.