Anne, Princess Royal,KG,KT,GCVO,GCStJ,QSO,CD[1][2][3] (born Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; 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. She is the only sister of King Charles III. Anne is 16th in the line of succession to the British throne. She has been Princess Royal since 1987.
Anne was born atClarence House in London. She married Captain Mark Phillips in 1973, and had two children,Peter Phillips andZara Phillips. They separated in 1989 and later divorced. The Princess married Commander Timothy LaurenceRN in 1993.
Ian Ball tried to kidnap (take) the Princess in 1974, but was stopped by her bodyguard and the public. Ball was not sent to prison, but to a mental hospital. Anne is 16th in line to thethrone of theUnited Kingdom, after the two younger brothers, six nieces and nephews, two grand-nephews, and one grand-niece. She is often called the hardest-working member of theBritish Royal Family.
↑"Knights of the Orders of Chivalry". Debretts. Archived fromthe original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved5 March 2012.Although HRH The Princess Royal and HRH Princess Alexandra are both female they are actually included with the Royal Knights Companions and they bear the post-nominal letters KG (not LG).
The generations indicate descent fromGeorge I, who formalised the use of the titlesprince andprincess for members of the British Royal Family. Where a princess may have been or is descended from George I more than once, her most senior descent, by which she bore or bears her title, is used.
