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This is who chose Princess Anne's first name - and it's not the royal you are expecting

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14th August 2025
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…
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Sir Tim's star role in Princess Anne's birthday portrait acknowledges the huge support he gives to Royal Family's hardest working member

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8th August 2025
There’s a lead role for the husband of the Princess Royal in a portrait taken to mark a special day. Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence is photographed with his wife in the official image for Princess Anne’s 75th birthday. The couple, who have been married for 32 years, posed for the portrait before the State Banquet for the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, which was held at…
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Princess Anne began birthday countdown at world famous event that's turning 75 this summer too

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7th August 2025
The Princess Royal will celebrate her 75th birthday this summer and she began the final countdown to this milestone birthday with a visit to a world famous event that began life in the same year she did. Princess Anne is a regular at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and she headed along to one of the rehearsals for this year’s spectacular show as both she and the parade prepared to…
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The first UK coin to celebrate Princess Anne is revealed

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18th July 2025
The first ever UK commemorative coin in honour of the Princess Royal has been revealed. The Royal Mint is issuing a special one off coin to mark the 75th birthday of the Princess this summer. The portrait on the coin had to get the go ahead from Princess Anne herself (Photo by Royal Mint) Princess Anne personally approved the design of the coin which shows her in formal dress, wearing a…
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