Princess Anne was born on August 15, 1950, the second daughter of the late Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. She has always shown a personality of her own.
Anne, 72, is very focused on her professional work, she enjoys enormous acclaim for being the hardest working member of royalty. It is said that when she was young she had a great character and was quite ironic.
Pictures of young Princess Anne
Below, you will see a series of photographs of Princess Anne when she was young.
Anne ranks sixteenth in the line of succession to the British throne.
She has held the title of Princess Royal since 1987 and is passionate about the equestrian world.
The young Anne was the first modern princess to inhabit Buckingham Palace.
The daughter of Elizabeth II appeared on the cover of Vogue UK on her 21st birthday.
She was the first Olympic athlete in her family to compete in equestrianism at the 1976 Games in Montreal. She has always had a passion for horses, as did her mother.
Anne’s interest in riding brought her and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips, closer.
Anne and Phillips married in 1973 and their wedding was watched by more than 500 million television viewers.
Mark and Anne separated in 1989. Then the princess married Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence.
“As a young woman I didn’t feel the pressure that young royals, especially women, are under today,” says the princess in the documentary ‘Anne: The Princess Royal at 70’.