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Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950) is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of King Charles III. Anne was born third in the line of succession to the British throne and is now 18th, and has been, since 1987, Princess Royal, a title held for life.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="news.bbc.co.uk2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Born at Clarence House, Anne was educated at Benenden School and began undertaking royal duties upon reaching adulthood. She became a respected equestrian, winning one gold medal in 1971 and two silver medals in 1975 at the European Eventing Championships.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1976, she became the first member of the British royal family to compete in the Olympic Games.<ref name="Princess-Royal-Olympics" /> In 1988, the Princess Royal became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Anne performs official duties and engagements on behalf of the monarch.<ref name="royaluk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is patron or president of more than 300 organisations, including WISE, Riders for Health, and Carers Trust.<ref name="royaluk" /> Her work in charities centres on sports, sciences, people with disabilities, and health in developing countries. She has been associated with Save the Children for more than fifty years and has visited a number of its projects.
Anne married Captain Mark Phillips in 1973; they separated in 1989 and divorced in 1992. They have two children, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, and five grandchildren. Within months of her divorce in 1992, Anne married Commander (later Vice Admiral) Sir Timothy Laurence, whom she had met while he served as her mother's equerry between 1986 and 1989.
Early life and educationEdit
Anne was born at 11:50 a.m. BST on 15 August 1950 at Clarence House<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> during the reign of her maternal grandfather, King George VI. She is the second child and only daughter of Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (later Queen Elizabeth II), and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. A 21-gun salute in Hyde Park signaled the birth.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Anne was baptised in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace on 21 October 1950, by the Archbishop of York, Cyril Garbett.Template:Efn At the time of her birth, she was third in the line of succession to the British throne, behind her mother and older brother, Charles (later King Charles III). She rose to second in 1952 after her grandfather's death and her mother's accession; she is currently 18th in line.
A governess, Catherine Peebles, was appointed to look after Anne and her brothers, Charles, Andrew, and Edward. Peebles was responsible for Anne's early education at Buckingham Palace.<ref name=BuckEarly>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Given her young age at the time, Anne did not attend her mother's coronation in June 1953.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
A Girl Guides company, the 1st Buckingham Palace Company to include the Holy Trinity Brompton Brownie pack, was re-formed in May 1959, specifically so that, as her mother and her aunt Princess Margaret had done as children, Anne could socialise with girls her own age. The company was active until 1963, when Anne went to boarding school.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Anne enrolled at Benenden School in 1963. In 1968, she left school with six GCE O-Levels and two A-Levels.<ref name=BuckEarly/> She began to undertake royal engagements in 1969, at the age of 18.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1970, Anne briefly had a relationship with Andrew Parker Bowles, who later married Camilla Shand. Camilla later became the second wife and queen consort of Anne's elder brother, Charles III.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Anne was also briefly linked to Olympic equestrian Richard Meade.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
EquestrianismEdit
Template:MedalTableTop In spring 1971, Princess Anne finished fourth at the Rushall Horse Trials.<ref name="bio1"/> At age 21, she won the individual title at the European Eventing Championship with her home-bred horse Doublet<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1971.<ref name="Ind03">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> She also rode winners in horse racing, competing in the Grand Military Steeplechase at Sandown Park Racecourse and the Diamond Stakes at Royal Ascot.<ref name="inside"/>
For more than five years, Anne also competed with the British eventing team, winning a silver medal in both individual and team disciplines in the 1975 European Eventing Championship.<ref name="Time-Sports">Template:Cite news</ref> The following year, she participated in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal as a member of the British team, riding the Queen's horse, Goodwill, in Eventing.<ref name="Princess-Royal-Olympics">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Anne suffered a concussion halfway through the course but remounted and finished the event; she has stated she cannot remember making the rest of the jumps.<ref name="inside">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> The British team had to pull out of the competition after two horses were injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She finished fourth at the Badminton Horse Trials in 1974 and sixth in 1979, having participated five times in the competition between 1971 and 1979.<ref name="bio1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1985, she rode in a charity horse race at the Epsom Derby, finishing fourth.<ref name="inside"/>
Anne assumed the presidency of the Fédération Équestre Internationale from 1986 until 1994.<ref>About FEI – History Template:Webarchive, FEI official site; retrieved 21 February 2010.</ref> On 5 February 1987, she became the first member of the royal family to appear as a contestant on a television quiz show when she competed on the BBC panel game A Question of Sport.<ref name="Time-Sports"/> The princess has been a patron of the Riding for the Disabled Association since 1971 and became its president in 1985, a position she still holds.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In June 2024, Anne was taken to Southmead Hospital with minor injuries and concussion believed to be caused by impact with a horse's legs or head.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Marriages and childrenEdit
Marriage to Mark PhillipsEdit
Template:Further Anne met Mark Phillips, a lieutenant in the 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards, in 1968 at a party for horse lovers.<ref name="Tribune-Separation">Template:Cite news</ref> Their engagement was announced on 29 May 1973.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Hello-Wedding">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 14 November 1973, the couple married at Westminster Abbey in a televised ceremony, with an estimated audience of 100 million.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They subsequently took up residence at Gatcombe Park. As was customary for untitled men marrying into the royal family, Phillips was offered an earldom, which he declined;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> consequently their children were born without titles.Template:Refn Anne and her husband had two children: Peter (born 1977) and Zara Phillips (born 1981).<ref name="royal uk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Anne and Phillips have five grandchildren. On 31 August 1989, Anne and Phillips announced their intention to separate; the couple had been rarely seen in public together and both were romantically linked with other people.<ref name="Tribune-Separation"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="People-Romance">Template:Cite magazine</ref> They shared custody of their children, and initially announced that "there were no plans for divorce."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 13 April 1992, the Palace announced that Anne had filed for divorce, which was finalised ten days later.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Marriage to Sir Timothy LaurenceEdit
Anne met Timothy Laurence, a commander in the Royal Navy, while he was serving on the Royal Yacht Britannia. Their relationship developed in early 1989, three years after Laurence was appointed as an equerry to the Queen.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1989, the existence of private letters from Laurence to Anne was revealed by The Sun newspaper.<ref name="People-Romance"/> The couple married at Crathie Kirk near Balmoral Castle in Scotland, on 12 December 1992.<ref name="Wedding2">Template:Cite news</ref> Approximately 30 guests were invited for the private marriage service.<ref name="LA-Wedding">Template:Cite news</ref> Unlike the Church of England at the time, the Church of Scotland did not consider marriage to be a binding sacrament and so permitted the remarriage of divorced persons under certain circumstances.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>In 2002, the Church of England agreed that divorced persons could remarry in church under certain circumstances, but the matter is left to the discretion of the parish priest.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Anne became the first royal divorcée to remarry since Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
For the wedding ceremony, Anne wore a white jacket over a "demure, cropped-to-the-knee dress" and a spray of white flowers in her hair.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Her engagement ring was made of "a cabochon sapphire flanked by three small diamonds on each side".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Following the marriage service, the couple and guests headed to Craigowan Lodge for a private reception.<ref name="Wedding2"/> Laurence received no peerage, although was knighted in 2011.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>
Kidnapping attemptEdit
On 20 March 1974, Princess Anne and Mark Phillips were returning to Buckingham Palace when a car forced their Rolls-Royce to stop on Pall Mall.<ref name="bbc1974" /> The driver of the Escort, Ian Ball, jumped out and began firing a pistol. Inspector James Beaton, Anne's personal protection officer, exited the car to shield her and to try to disarm Ball. Beaton's firearm, a Walther PPK, jammed, and he was shot by Ball, as was Anne's chauffeur, Alex Callender, when he tried to disarm Ball.<ref name="bbc1974">Template:Cite news</ref> Brian McConnell, a nearby tabloid journalist, also intervened, and was shot in the chest.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Ball approached Anne's car and told her that he intended to kidnap her and hold her for ransom, the sum given by varying sources as £2 million<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> or £3 million, which he claimed he intended to give to the National Health Service.Template:CN Ball told Anne to get out of the car, to which she replied, "Not bloody likely!" She reportedly briefly considered hitting Ball.<ref name="theage">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1983, she spoke about the event on Parkinson, saying she was 'scrupulously polite' to Ball as she thought it would be 'silly to be too rude at that stage'.<ref name="The Crown Chronicles"/>
Eventually, Anne exited the other side of the limousine, as had her lady-in-waiting, Rowena Brassey. A passing pedestrian, a former boxer named Ron Russell, punched Ball and led Anne away from the scene. At that point, Police Constable Michael Hills happened upon the scene; he too was shot by Ball, but he had already called for police backup. Detective Constable Peter Edmonds answered, gave chase, and finally arrested Ball.<ref name="bbc1974" /> Beaton, who had been Anne's sole bodyguard, later said about royal security "I had nothing… There was no back-up vehicle. The training was non-existent; but then again, [we thought] nothing was going to happen. They are highly specialised now, highly trained." Immediately after the attack the use of only a single protection officer was stopped, and the Walther PPK pistol was replaced.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Beaton, Hills, Callender, and McConnell were hospitalised, and recovered from their wounds. For his defence of Princess Anne, Beaton was awarded the George Cross by the Queen, who was visiting Indonesia when the incident occurred;<ref name="The Crown Chronicles">Template:Cite news</ref> Hills and Russell were awarded the George Medal, and Callender, McConnell, and Edmonds were awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal.<ref name="gaz46354">Template:London Gazette</ref> Anne visited Beaton in hospital and thanked him for his assistance.<ref name="The Crown Chronicles"/> It was widely reported that the Queen paid off Russell's mortgage, but this is not true: Russell said in 2020 that a police officer suggested it might happen, so he stopped paying his mortgage in anticipation and nearly had his house repossessed after four months.<ref name="Mortgage Not Paid">Template:Cite news</ref>
Ball pleaded guilty to attempted murder and kidnapping. Template:As of, he was still detained under the Mental Health Act at Broadmoor Hospital, having been diagnosed with schizophrenia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The attempted kidnapping of Princess Anne is the focus of the Granada Television-produced docudrama To Kidnap a Princess (2006) and inspired story lines in Tom Clancy's novel Patriot Games.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
ActivitiesEdit
Public appearancesEdit
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Anne undertakes a number of duties and engagements on behalf of the sovereign. Kevin S. MacLeod, the then Canadian Secretary to the Queen, said of Anne in 2014: "Her credo is, 'Keep me busy. I'm here to work. I'm here to do good things. I'm here to meet as many people as possible'."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It was reported in December 2017 that the Princess Royal had undertaken the most official engagements that year out of all the royal family, her mother the Queen included.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Among her royal visits, the Princess has toured Norway,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Jamaica,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Germany,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Austria,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> New Zealand, and Australia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Anne's first public engagement was at the opening of an educational and training centre in Shropshire in 1969. Anne travels abroad on behalf of the United Kingdom up to three times a year. She began to undertake overseas visits upon leaving secondary school,<ref name=BuckEarly/> and accompanied her parents on a state visit to Austria in the same year.<ref name=BuckPR>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her first tour of Australia was with her parents in 1970, since which she returned many times to undertake official engagements as a colonel-in-chief of an Australian regiment, or to attend memorials and services such as the National Memorial Service for victims of the Black Saturday bushfires in Melbourne on 22 February 2009.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1990 she became the first member of the royal family to make an official visit to the Soviet Union when she went there as a guest of President Mikhail Gorbachev and his government.<ref name=BuckPR/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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In August 2016, she returned to Russia to visit the city of Arkhangelsk for the 75th anniversary of Operation Dervish, which was one of the first Arctic convoys of World War II.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In September 2016, the Princess had a chest infection and was required to cancel official engagements.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In late October 2016, she visited the Malaysian state of Sarawak for a two-day study tour.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In April 2022, Anne and her husband toured Australia and Papua New Guinea to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 12 September 2022, in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, Anne became the first woman to participate in a Vigil of the Princes, guarding her mother's coffin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This was repeated at Westminster Hall on 16 September.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was later revealed that she had been the informant at her mother's death at Balmoral, a witness who signs, along with the doctor, the death certificate.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
PatronagesEdit
Anne is involved with more than 200 charities and organisations in an official capacity. She works extensively for Save the Children, serving as president from 1970 to 2017, and has been patron since 2017.<ref name="Save-Anne">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Anne has visited the organisation's projects in Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Mozambique, Ethiopia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref name="Save-Anne" /> As a result of her work, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 by Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia.<ref name="Save-Anne" /> She initiated The Princess Royal Trust for Carers in 1991.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her extensive work for St. John Ambulance as Commandant-in-Chief of St. John Ambulance Cadets has helped to develop many young people, as she annually attends the Grand Prior Award Reception.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is patron of St. Andrew's First Aid.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2021, she became patron of Mercy Ships, an international charity that operates the largest non-governmental hospital ships in the world.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Anne is a British representative in the International Olympic Committee as an administrator,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was a member of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She also serves as president of the British Olympic Association. Anne represented Great Britain in the International Olympic Committee at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1985 she became president of the Riding for the Disabled Association after serving as their patron for fourteen years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She maintains a relationship with student sport and is the patron of British Universities and Colleges Sport.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Following the retirement of the Queen Mother in 1981, Anne was elected by graduates of the University of London as the Chancellor, and has been in the position since that year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was president of BAFTA from 1973 to 2001.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Throughout May 1996, Anne served as Her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and held the post again in 2017.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2007, she was appointed by the Queen as Grand Master of the Royal Victorian Order, a position her grandmother had also held.<ref>"Orders of Chivalry", College of St George. Archived from the original at the Internet Archive on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2017.</ref> She is a Royal Fellow of the Royal Society<ref name=frsanne>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Academy of Medical Sciences.<ref name="Medical-Anne">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Royal Fellows are members of the royal family who are recommended and elected by the Society's Council. The Royal Society Template:As of has four Royal Fellows: Anne; William, Prince of Wales; Edward, Duke of Kent; and King Charles.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is the Academy of Medical Sciences' first Royal Fellow.<ref name="Medical-Anne"/> Anne was elected Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh effective 31 March 2011, succeeding her father, who stepped down from the role in 2010.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Likewise, she accepted in 2011 the roles of president of City and Guilds of London Institute,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Master of the Corporation of Trinity House<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and president of the Royal Society of Arts, also in succession to her father. Anne has been the president of the Commonwealth Study Conference, an initiative founded by her father.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2023, she succeeded the Duke of Kent as president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Anne is the patron of Transaid, a charity founded by Save the Children and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport which aims to provide safe and sustainable transport in developing countries.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is also the royal patron of WISE, an organisation that encourages young women to pursue careers in science, engineering and construction.<ref>WISE Patrons Template:Webarchive, wisecampaign.org.uk; accessed 25 March 2016.</ref> She has been patron of the Royal National Children's Foundation since 2002<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the industrial heritage museum, Aerospace Bristol, since 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2022, Anne was named honorary chair of National Lighthouse Museum's Illuminating Future Generations campaign, a project aimed at raising funds for the museum's gallery space.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is also patron of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the Special Forces Club, Royal College of Midwives,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Royal College of Emergency Medicine,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Magpas Air Ambulance,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Edinburgh University's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Royal Holloway, University of London,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> International Students House, London,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Acid Survivors Trust International,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Townswomen's Guilds,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Citizens Advice,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>, the Scottish Rugby Union,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>, and the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1986 she was appointed Master of the Worshipful Company of Carmen.<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2001, she became Master of the Worshipful Company of Farmers. In 2017, Anne became Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers and a Governor of Gresham's School.<ref name=holt>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2025, Anne was announced as patron of Friends of the Elderly, taking on the role which Queen Elizabeth II had previously held for over 60 years.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Public image and styleEdit
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Anne has been called the royal family's "trustiest anchor" and a "beacon of good, old-fashioned public service", having carried out more than 20,000 engagements since her 18th birthday.<ref name="Telegraph">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> In her early adulthood, she was cited as a "royal renegade" for choosing to forgo titles for her children despite being the "spare to the heir".<ref name="Transformation">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The media often called the young Anne "aloof" and "haughty", giving her the nickname "her royal rudeness".<ref name="Telegraph" /> She spurred controversy for telling photographers to "naff off" at the Badminton Horse Trials in 1982.<ref name="Vanity Fair" /> Vanity Fair wrote that Anne "has a reputation for having inherited her father's famously sharp tongue and waspish wit".<ref name="Vanity Fair">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Of her early public role, she has said: "It's not just about 'can I get a tick in the box for doing this?' No, it's about serving…It took me probably 10 years before I really felt confident enough to contribute to Save the Children's public debates because you needed to understand how it works on the ground and that needed a very wide coverage. So my early trips were really important."<ref name="Vanity Fair" /> Anne has been frequently named the "hardest working royal",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and she carried out 11,088 engagements between 2002 and 2022, more than any other member of the royal family.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Anne remains one of Britain's most popular royals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Telegraph editor Camilla Tominey called her a "national treasure", writing that she is "hailed as one of the great English eccentrics", whose work ethic contributes to her regard.<ref name="Transformation" /> Tominey wrote that Anne's public role is a "contradiction of both protocol taskmaster and occasional rule-breaker".<ref name="Telegraph" /> Reportedly, Anne "insists on doing her own make-up and hair" and drives herself to engagements, having pleaded guilty to two separate speeding fines on account of being late.<ref name="Telegraph" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She does not shake hands with the public during walkabouts, saying, "the theory was that you couldn't shake hands with everybody, so don't start."<ref name="Telegraph" /> Members of the public have seen her "mending fences at Gatcombe" and "queuing up for the Portaloos" at her daughter's horse competitions.<ref name="Telegraph" /> Her reputation is also coupled with her advocacy for causes out of the mainstream, such as Wetwheels Foundation's commitment to accessible sailing and the National Lighthouse Museum.<ref name="Telegraph" /> On her 60th and 70th birthdays, the BBC and Vanity Fair both asked whether she would retire, and she denied it both times, citing her parents' example as well as her commitment to her royal duties.<ref name="Vanity Fair" /> Anne's public personality has been described as "not suffering fools lightly" while maintaining a "still-impressive level of grace and courtesy".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Eonline">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
British Vogue editor Edward Enninful has said that "Princess Anne is a true style icon and was all about sustainable fashion before the rest of us really knew what that meant".<ref name="Vanity Fair" /> Her style has been noted for its timelessness; she relies almost solely on British fashion brands, with tweed and tailored suits as her hallmarks.<ref name="Vanity Fair" /> She is known for recycling outfits, such as her floral-print dress worn both to the wedding of the Prince of Wales in 1981 and the wedding of Lady Rose Windsor in 2008.<ref name="vogue 2020-10-20">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Anne is the patron of U.K. Fashion and Textile Association.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She has been noted for wearing "bold patterns and vibrant pops of colour".<ref name="Who Is Princess Anne?">Template:Cite news</ref> Her style choices often reflect her equestrian interests as well as the practicality of her fast-paced schedule.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Vanity Fair" /> In the 1970s and 1980s, she was often photographed wearing trends such as puff sleeves, cardigans, bright floral patterns, and multicoloured stripes.<ref name="Who Is Princess Anne?" /><ref name="A life in pictures">Template:Cite news</ref> Anne is also one of the few women in the royal family to wear a military uniform.<ref name="Who Is Princess Anne?" /> According to The Guardian, she is "rarely seen without a brooch" during royal events.<ref name="A life in pictures" /> Her millinery styles have included jockey caps and hats of multiple colours and bold patterns.<ref name="A life in pictures" /> She presented the Queen Elizabeth II award for British design at London Fashion Week in 2020.<ref name="A life in pictures" /> Anne has appeared on three British Vogue covers; after first appearing on the 1971 September issue at age 21, she also featured in the May and November 1973 issues, commemorating her engagement to Mark Phillips.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was featured in the cover story for the May 2020 issue of Vanity Fair.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 2024, Tatler included her on its list of the most glamorous European royals.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Anne is the first member of the royal family to have been convicted of a criminal offence.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In November 2002, she pleaded guilty to one charge of having a dog dangerously out of control, an offence under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, and was fined £500.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Titles, styles, honours and armsEdit
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Titles and stylesEdit
Anne is the seventh Princess Royal,<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk2"/> an appellation given only to the eldest daughter of the Sovereign. The previous holder was King George V's daughter, Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, Anne's great-aunt.
HonoursEdit
Anne is a Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter,<ref name="KG-KT">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle,<ref name="KG-KT"/>Template:Efn Grand Master and Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order,<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem,<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II,<ref>Template:Citation</ref> Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Charles III and a Personal Aide-de-Camp to the Sovereign.
ArmsEdit
IssueEdit
| Name | Birth | Marriage | Issue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Phillips | 15 November 1977 | 17 May 2008 Divorced 14 June 2021 |
Savannah Phillips | |
| Zara Phillips | 15 May 1981 | 30 July 2011 | Mike Tindall |
Mia Tindall |
AncestryEdit
The Princess Royal's ancestry can be traced as far back as Cerdic, King of Wessex (519–534).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Ahnentafel
BibliographyEdit
AuthorEdit
- Riding Through My Life, Pelham Books, 1991, Template:ISBN
ForewordsEdit
- John Anthony Davies, The Reins of Life: Instructional and Informative Manual on Riding for the Disabled, J.A.Allen & Co Ltd, 1987, Template:ISBN
- Margaret J. Heraty, Developing World Transport, Grosvenor Press International, 1989, Template:ISBN
- Georgina Colthurst, Fighting Back, Methuen Publishing Ltd, 1990, Template:ISBN
- Peter O'Sullevan, Sean Magee, That's Racing, Stanley Paul, 1992, Template:ISBN
- Ursula Stuart Mason, Britannia's Daughters, Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 1992, Template:ISBN
- Peter Fry, VetAid Book of Veterinary Anecdotes, Vetaid, 1996, Template:ISBN
- Michael Morpurgo, More Muck and Magic, Egmont Group, 2001, Template:ISBN
- Jim Telfer, Looking Back . . . For Once, Mainstream Publishing, 2005, Template:ISBN
- Bishop Bill Down, The Bishop's Bill of Fare: A Gracious Companion, Baron, 2005, Template:ISBN
- Christopher McCreery, On Her Majesty's Service, Dundurn Press, 2008, Template:ISBN
- Geoff Holt, Walking on Water, Personal Everest Ltd, 2008, Template:ISBN
- Robert Burton, Southern Horizons: The History of the British Antarctic Territory, UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, 2008, Template:ISBN
- Moira C. Harris, Wild Horses of the World, Hamlyn, 2009, Template:ISBN
- Judy Steel, Horse Tales and Saddle Songs, Bordersprint Ltd., 2011, Template:ISBN
- Stephen Haddelsey, Operation Tabarin, The History Press, 2014 [2016], Template:ISBN
- Ian Cowe, Scottish and Manx Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey in the Footsteps of the Stevensons, Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust, 2015, Template:ISBN
- Robyn Walker, The Women Who Spied for Britain: Female Secret Agents of the Second World War, Amberley Publishing, 2015, Template:ISBN
- Trevor Boult, In Fingal's Wake: A Tender Tribute, Amberley Publishing, 2016, Template:ISBN
- Polly Williamson, Where did I go?, Cheltenham Printing, 2017, Template:ISBN
- Anne Glyn-Jones, Morse Code Wrens of Station X: Bletchley's Outer Circle, Amphora Press, 2017, Template:ISBN
- Trevor Boult, To Sea for Science, distributed by Lily Publications, 2021, Template:ISBN
- Ian Robertson, Wooden Spoon Rugby World 2021: 25 Years of Rugby Memories, G2 Entertainment Ltd, 2021, Template:ISBN
- Robin Fletcher, Pass the Pig's Bladder, 2022, Template:ISBN
- Christopher Nicholson, Rock Lighthouses of Britain & Ireland, Whittles Publishing, 2022, Template:ISBN
LecturesEdit
- What is Punishment for and How Does it Relate to the Concept of Community?, 1990<ref name="Punishment and Community">Template:Cite book</ref>
Guest-editorEdit
- "HRH The Princess Royal: Guest Editor". Country Life. 29 July 2020.
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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- The Princess Royal at the royal family website
- The Princess Royal at the website of the Government of Canada
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