Anne, Elizabeth, Alice, Louise of England was born on 15 August 1950 in London. Only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II of England and Prince Philip, she has three brothers; Crown Prince Charles (born 1948), Andrew (born 1960) and Edward (born 1964). In February 1952, she was just two years old when her mother acceded to the throne on the death of King George VI. On 2 June 1953, the little girl did not attend her mother’s coronation ceremony. From 1963, Anne attended boarding school at the private Benenden School in Kent, from which she graduated in 1968.
An avid sportswoman and horsewoman, Princess Anne became an accomplished rider. In 1971, she was the European eventing team champion. In 1976, during the Olympic Games in Montreal, she fell off her horse during the team eventing competition. Pugnacious, she got back in the saddle and finished fourth in the event. She subsequently retired from top-level competition but became President of the British Olympic Committee and a member of the International Olympic Committee.
Very popular with the British people, Princess Anne is one of the members of the British Royal Family with the most official engagements. In 1969, she made her first official trip to Austria with her parents, and since then she has represented the British Crown all over the world. Since 1987, she has held the title of Princess Royal, bestowed by her mother. She has sponsored over 300 charities, including Save the Children, since the early 1970s. The Princess is also passionate about lighthouses and is patron of the Northern Lighthouse Board. As such, she can satisfy her curiosity and has already visited the many lighthouses along the Scottish coast.
In her private life, in the early 1970s, Princess Anne dated Andrew Parker Bowles. On 14 November 1973, she married Captain Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey in London. The couple resided at Gatcombe Park Estate, and gave birth to two children; Peter, born on 15 November 1977 and Zara, born on 15 May 1981. Mark Phillips refused the peerage offered by the Queen, so he could not be knighted, and his children could not bear the titles of prince and princess. Peter and Zara Phillips are, however, in the order of succession to the British throne.
On 20 March 1974, she was the victim of an attempted kidnapping on her way back to Buckingham Palace. The assailant injured several people, including the Princess’ driver and security officer, who managed to escape from the car. The kidnapper, Ian Bell, was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment, then committed to a psychiatric hospital.
On 28 April 1992, Anne of England and Mark Phillips were divorced after several years of separation. A few months later, on 12 December 1992, she remarried Commander Timothy Laurence, according to the Scottish Presbyterian rite which allows divorced people to remarry. The couple met a few years earlier when Timothy Laurence was in the Queen’s service.
Princess Anne has five grandchildren; Savannah and Isla Phillips (Peter’s daughters), and Mia, Lena and Lucas (Zara’s children).
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