Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

The Princess started her education in a small private class held at Buckingham Palace, where The Queen had moved with her family shortly after her accession. In 1962 Her Royal Highness made a private educational visit to France, and the following year she joined Benenden School, a boarding school in Kent.

The Princess began to undertake public engagements alone when she was eighteen. She flew her personal standard in 1969 when she opened an educational and training centre in Shropshire. Her first State Visit was in May the same year, when she accompanied her mother and father to Austria.

The Save the Children Fund, of which she has been President since 1970, was the first major charity with which she became closely associated, and it has given her great insight into the needs of children worldwide.

This association, and her love of equestrian sports, have been the starting point for the development of a very wide range of charitable appointments, to all of which she devotes a large part of her working life. The Princess was also closely involved with the creation of some charities, notably The Princess Royal's Trust for Carers, Transaid and Riders for Health.

In addition to working for her charities and regiments both at home and overseas, the Princess carries out up to three overseas tours each year for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in support of British interests overseas. She also carries out a very wide range of official duties and visits in the United Kingdom in support of regional authorities and local institutions.

  Noted events in her life were:

• She was a Princess Royal.

Anne married Mark Anthony Peter Phillips on 14 Nov 1973 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England. The marriage ended in divorce in Apr 1992. (Mark Anthony Peter Phillips was born on 22 Sep 1948 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Four months after their marriage, an unsuccessful attempt was made to abduct The Princess, as she and Captain Phillips were being driven along the Mall on their way back to Buckingham Palace after a charity film show. The Princess was unhurt, but her personal protection officer was shot and wounded during the incident and he was awarded the George Cross for his bravery.

Anne next married Timothy James Hamilton Laurence on 12 Dec 1992 in Crathie Church, Crathie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. (Timothy James Hamilton Laurence was born on 1 Mar 1955 in Camberwell, London, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

The family lives at Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire.