Why is the Princess Royal called Anne?
25th August 2022
A is for Anne but why did the Queen’s
only daughter 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 a 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 born at…

