Princess Anne and Family

Princess Anne will travel to Greece next week for a major overseas engagement marking 85 years since the Battle of Crete, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. The three-day visit, running from May 22 to May 24, will see the Princess Royal joined by her husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, for a packed programme of commemorative events in Athens and Crete. It marks Anne’s first official overseas…

Sir Tim Laurence has given an update on the health of his wife, the Princess Royal, as he paid her a visit on her third day in hospital. Princess Anne was admitted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol after suffering minor head injuries and concussion in an incident at her home at Gatcombe Park, Gloucestershire on Sunday. Sir Tim said that the Princess was ”recovering well” as she continued…

A is for Anne but why did the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II end up with a name that, at the time, wasn’t a usual one for members of the Royal Family? The answer can perhaps best be found in the summer of 1930 and the arrival of another princess. In August that year, the future George VI and his Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) welcomed their second daughter. The baby girl was…