The daughter who should be Queen: Princess Anne

8/28/2020

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Culture Story: The daughter who should be Queen: Princess Anne

As Princess Anne turned 70, QuizzClub’s Community decided to take a look into the life of the royal who broke the mold. Here are some facts about Princess Anne’s life as Queen Elizabeth's only daughter.

She refused to give her children royal titles and became the first female captain general of the Royal Marines.

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#1 Beginning

Let’s go back to Princess Anne. She was born on August 15, 1950 at Clarence House, Buckingham Palace, England, to Queen Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburg. She was their second child and only daughter.

#2 Youth

As a young Princess, she excelled in equestrian sports. She won two silver medals and won gold at the European Eventing Championships. She was the first member of the royal family to ever have competed in the Olympic Games.

#3 Marriages

She married captain Mark Phillips when she was 23. They went on to have two children: Peter and Zara. The Princess chose to not give them royal titles. Her marriage to Mark Phillips lasted for 19 years but ended in divorce. She found happiness once again with Timothy Laurence opting for a small wedding in Scotland.

#4 Kidnapping attempt

Princess Anne’s life has been marked with many highs and some lows. One of those lows came in 1974 when her life was threatened during a kidnapping attempt.

#5 Activities

The hard-working princess is known for taking her royal duties very seriously. She has devoted herself to the role throughout her lifetime. It was revealed in 2017 that Anne was the royal to have undertaken the most official royal engagements that year. The Princes is involved with more than 200 charities and organizations. She was elected Chancellor of the University of Edinburg in 2011, succeeding her father Prince Phillip.

Princess Anne is now a grandmother. As she turns 70, she is a shining example to her four granddaughters as she shows no signs of slowing down

Some more photos of this great woman

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27 Comments

silversyc/Ena

I was privileged as a WW11 veteran, to be introduced to Princess Ann and her husband when they visited Simon's Town a few years ago. Lovely people and so unassuming Helen Burnett

Linda Evers

I met Princess Anne when I accepted a Carers award on behalf of my father in 2000. She was lovely and so well briefed that she knew who I was and why my dad wasn’t there. It was a lovely occasion and one that remains in my memory.

Patricia Price

She’s a no nonsense person and very hardworking!😍

Lynne Mills

A true royal and her daughter Zara is so like her to look at.

Vimala Padmaraj

SHE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 15TH WHICH IS THE DATE THAT MY COUNTRY, INDIA, BECAME INDEPENDENT FROM BRITAIN IN 1947.

Gwen Ingleton Bishop

I have all ways thought she would make a good queen

Madi Marven

I reckon that Princess Anne is the best royal ever & its a total shame that she wont be the next monarch,she's got the guts required for the job!!!

ninakamwene

Lovely Princess Ann just like her great grand mother Queen Victoria, guts.

Steve Tingle

Being 2 years younger than her she has been around all my life, I do remember that at one time she was quite unpopular, and always being criticised by the press, then she buckled down and eventually became one of the hardest working royals second only to her mother, well deserves the title of Princes Royal.

bonniecardona

It’s unfortunate that the rules of succession of the royal family didn’t change until half way through this century as I feel Princess Anne would have made an excellent queen.

Alana King

She, nor her granddaughters and grand-nieces, may not have anything change for them in the changing of the succession rule, but honestly, she is the most like her mother, in the sense of holding a great sense of duty, that she would do well in the position.

wyodinosaur

Awesome woman. I wish she could have succeeded her mother and become queen.

Elsy O. Stromberg

Vimala Padmaraj, FAR OUT!

Julie Domaille

I'm not big on royalty but Anne has always been a hard working, down to earth type. She looked like such a happy, pretty little girl too. Her brothers are a different story of course

Doris Dallaire

She a great royal.

Doris Dallaire

Watching The Crown on Netflix and loving the series. It seems like Princess Ann is very much like her mother, a true Royal.

Anne Roberts

Two observations I made spending some time with the Princess she was very down to earth Given a bunch of flowers from the chosen child I had briefed the six year old to ask “how do I become A lady in waiting ? Princess Anes reply “ It’s not what you know but rather who you know that counts “ secondly a picture of the Queen made-from a jigsaw puzzle displayed in the day room PAnnes comment “I cant get away from her an I “

Kittymewslie

Clarence House is near Buckingham Palace, and not in it; and why should she be Queen, per the article title? She’s an amazing Royal, but she wasn’t born first, and her older brother has also done much for his country too, although perhaps he’s not as popular...