{"id":10179,"date":"2024-05-02T12:06:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=10179"},"modified":"2024-05-02T12:06:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:06:56","slug":"10179","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=10179","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

The daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and sister of King Charles \u2013 who was given the title Princess Royal in 1987 \u2013 has largely kept quiet, performing her usual engagements despite the tumultuous periods the Royal Family has gone through of late.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just days before the coronation, the princess has decided to speak out on the monarchy\u2019s future.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

It turns out she doesn\u2019t agree with one facet of Charles\u2019s approach at all.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Being a senior member of the Royal Family, Princess Anne has always lived her life in the spotlight. That said, she\u2019s never been the type to attract headlines through her work, but rather through her personal life and interests.<\/p>\n

In her youth, Anne placed perhaps more focus on having fun and enjoying herself rather than on her royal duties. Yet over the years, she became \u2013 and remains \u2013 one of the hardest-working royals in the entire family.<\/p>\n

Though she\u2019s a staunch supporter of her elder brother, King Charles, they don\u2019t necessarily agree on how the monarchy should be formed in the future.<\/p>\n

The Princess Royal\u2019s story is quite incredible. She\u2019s the second-eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II, but today stands at a lowly 16th in the line of succession. So, how is that even possible?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a closer look at Princess Anne\u2019s life \u2013 and what she will be doing at King Charles\u2019 coronation on May 6.<\/p>\n

Princess Anne \u2013 early life & education<\/h2>\n

Princess Anne was born on August 15, 1950, in London. The only daughter and second child of Queen Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh, the late Prince Philip, it wasn\u2019t until much later that she received her title of Princess Royal.<\/p>\n

Anne was born when much was changing in the UK and the world. The post-war times were tough, and equality between men and women wasn\u2019t the hottest of topics, at least not within the Royal Family.<\/p>\n

Anne got her education at Buckingham Palace, and in 1963 joined the Beneden School in Kent, where she completed her education. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip\u2019s other three children, Andrew, Charles, and Edward went to Gordonstoun School in Scotland. Anne was the only one that didn\u2019t go to the prestigious school since girls were not permitted to attend.<\/p>\n

In 1969, at 18, Princess Anne began taking on public engagements as a working royal. However, she had several other passions. Aged 11, the young princess made her debut in a public competition, even winning a jumping event held by the Queen at Windsor Home Park, according to the book Anne,\u00a0Princess Royal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

She continued riding at the private Beneden School and tried out horses at the Moat House Riding School as much as she could.<\/p>\n

Anne was a true athlete who loved the thrill of competing in classic horse riding and choreographed performance events.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought if I was going to do anything outside of the royal family, horses was likely to be the best way of doing it,\u201d Princess Anne told royal author Katie Nicholl in a piece for\u00a0Vanity Fair<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Competed in the 1976 Olympics<\/h2>\n

\u201cBut then you have to find the right horse at the right time. The original horse I rode was bred as a polo pony and should never have been an event horse, but it worked, so that was very satisfying. But I always knew it was going to be limited time.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Anne continued her royal duties, horseback riding was a serious hobby. She finished fourth at the Rushall Horse Trials and later claimed victory at the high-profile Badminton Trials.<\/p>\n

Even though an inflamed ovarian cyst halted her promising career, Princess Anne would claim her most significant success at the European Eventing Championships in Cambridgeshire in 1971. On her horse Doublet, Anne became the first royal ever to win the European gold medal and was awarded BBC\u2019s Sports Personality of the Year.<\/p>\n

In 1976, she had the opportunity of a lifetime to compete in the Olympiad in Montreal, Canada. However, it didn\u2019t go to plan.<\/p>\n

Her horse, Goodwill, failed to make one of the jumps on the course, and Anne was thrown from the saddle. Though she remounted Goodwill, it was later revealed that she suffered from a concussion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I didn\u2019t know at the time was she had this awful fall, but she got back on and competed,\u201d Princess Anne\u2019s lady-in-waiting later said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was that concussed that she couldn\u2019t remember \u2013 and still to this day, I believe can\u2019t remember \u2013 the rest of the course.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Today, Princess Anne has been retired from professional equestrian for a long time. However, she still rides for pleasure at her home in Gloucestershire. She breeds horses and even helped teach her grandchildren to ride.<\/p>\n

Princess Anne \u2013 family, husband, children, marriage, divorcee<\/h2>\n

And it wasn\u2019t just fond memories that Princess Anne was given by Equestrian. It was through horses that she met her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips, who competed in the 1972 Olympics in Munich and won gold in the team event.<\/p>\n

The couple announced their engagement in May 1973, with the wedding later that year being watched by an estimated audience of 500 million people worldwide.<\/p>\n

Mark was considered a commoner, and as such didn\u2019t receive a royal title from Queen Elizabeth, despite marrying a princess. The Daily Express reported that his title did not change upon their marriage since the army officer declined Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s offer of an earldom.<\/p>\n

Anne and Mark welcomed two children, Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips. Sadly, their marriage didn\u2019t last as they split in 1989. In 1992, their divorce was finalized. According to Diana\u2019s former butler, Paul Burrell, one reason was that Mark Phillips struggled with the requirements of being a royal.<\/p>\n

\u201cRoyal life brings stresses and strains on those who marry into it. Mark Phillips was generally an ordinary boy [and] he couldn\u2019t survive it,\u201d he said on Channel 5\u2019s\u00a0The Royal Family: Affairs and Infidelities<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Moreover, royal expert Richard Kay claimed that Mark had a strained relationship with then-Prince Charles and Princess Anne\u2019s two other brothers.<\/p>\n

King Charles called Princess Anne\u2019s husband \u201cFog\u201d<\/h2>\n

Charles is even said to have had a cruel nickname for the captain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Royal Family itself was not kind to Mark Phillips. It was said to me that Prince Charles christened his brother-in-law \u2018Fog\u2019 because he was dense and thick \u2014 not much going on,\u201d Kay said.<\/p>\n

Paul Burrell added: \u201cAndrew and Edward were young then, and they used to have a joke. \u2018Let\u2019s see how long it is before Foggy talks about a horse\u2019 \u2014 and they would time him to the second.\u201d<\/p>\n

Princess Anne remarried not long after her divorce from Mark. In 1992, she tied the knot with Sir Timothy Laurence at a Church of Scotland ceremony at Crathie Kirk.<\/p>\n

She has five grandchildren: Savannah Phillips, born in December 2010; Isla, born in March 2012; Mia, born in January 2014; Lena, born in June 2018 and Lucas, born in March 2021.<\/p>\n

Anne\u2019s daughter Zara followed her mother into a successful riding career. She won a silver medal at the London 2012 Olympics. Fittingly, it was Anne who presented her with the medal.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mark Phillips wed equestrienne Sandy Pflueger in 1997, though the couple sadly divorced in 2012.<\/p>\n

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BBC Channel 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anne and Laurence are still happily married, and over the years he has reportedly become a much-loved family member.<\/p>\n

Why is Princess Anne only 16th in the line of succession?<\/h2>\n

Last year, he was the only person on the balcony for Trooping the Colour for the Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee who wasn\u2019t born into the Royal Family or a working royal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Cambridge and Wessex children are also expected to appear as is Sir Tim Laurence, who the Queen is happy to attend as a frequent attendee and support for Princess Royal on official engagements,\u201d the statement read at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and sister of King Charles \u2013 who was given the title Princess Royal in 1987 \u2013 has largely kept quiet, performing her usual engagements despite the tumultuous periods the Royal Family has gone through of late. Just days before the coronation, the princess has decided to speak out on…<\/p>\n

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