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After she married Captain Mark Phillips in 1973, she was styled as "The Princess Anne, Mrs Mark Phillips" until her mother created her Princess Royal, an appellation given only to the eldest daughter of the sovereign, on 13 June 1987. Anne is the seventh Princess Royal since the title was first granted to Mary, daughter of Charles I. [4]
Anne was born third in the line of succession to the British throne and is now 17th, [2] [b] and has been, since 1987, Princess Royal, a title held for life. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Born at Clarence House , Anne was educated at Benenden School and began undertaking royal duties upon reaching adulthood.
Princess Royal is a style customarily (but not automatically) awarded by British monarchs to their eldest daughters. Although purely honorary, it is the highest honour that may be given to a female member of the royal family. [1] There have been seven Princesses Royal; Princess Anne became Princess Royal in 1987. [2]
Anne, the Princess Royal, long a hardworking but lower-profile member of Queen Elizabeth II's immediate family, has become a more familiar face in the week since the queen's death on Sept. 8. Anne ...
Princess Anne was granted the title of Princess Royal in 1987, shortly before her 37th birthday. The title is traditionally granted by the British monarch to their eldest daughter.
The Princess Royal is the traditional title for the monarch's eldest daughter and is held for life. Princess Anne is the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth and the late Prince Philip and the ...
Princess Anne’s second child is her daughter, Zara, born in 1981. Zara, like her great-grandmother, the Queen, is an avid equestrian. She even competed in the 2012 Olympics and took home the ...
Lieutenant General Sir Edward Smyth-Osbourne, the Regimental Colonel of the Life Guards and Gold Stick-in-Waiting during the Coronation Procession of Charles III. Although now only in evidence on ceremonial and state occasions, the office of Gold Stick dates from Tudor times, when two officers were placed close to the Sovereign's person to protect him or her from danger. [3]