- Competed in the 1976 Montreal Olympics on the British equestrian team.
- One of her dogs attacked a child in Windsor Great Park in 2002. She was prosecuted for having a dog dangerously out of control and pleaded guilty and was fined £500. She became the first member of the royal family to be convicted of a criminal offense since King Charles I was convicted of treason and beheaded in 1649.
- Great-granddaughter of King George V and Queen Mary.
- Received the title Princess Royal from her mother, the Queen, in June 1987. The title is typically bestowed on the oldest daughter of the sovereign.
- Daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
- (1973-2002) Second president of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- Her children, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, do not have a royal title or style and princely status despite being grandchildren of the sovereign. This is because letters patent only grant such titles and status to children born to sons of the monarch, with the exception of children born to a daughter expected to be queen if the monarch has no sons.
- Became a grandmother on 29 December 2010 when her son Peter and daughter-in-law Autumn had a baby girl, Savannah.
- Became a grandmother for the second time when her when her son Peter and daughter-in-law Autumn had a baby girl, Isla Elizabeth, on 29 March 2012.
- Was almost kidnapped in March 1973, attempt was thwarted by her bodyguard, who received the George Cross, Britain's highest peacetime medal.
- Son, Peter Phillips (b. 1977), daughter, Zara Tindall (b. 1981).
- Granddaughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
- Great-great-granddaughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
- Opened the Dalmellington Area Centre surgery for patients (2002).
- Mother-in-law of Autumn Phillips and Mike Tindall.
- Aunt of Prince William of Wales, Prince Harry, Princess Beatrice, and Princess Eugenie. Great-aunt of Prince George of Wales, and Princess Charlotte of Wales.
- Became a grandmother for the fourth time on June 18, 2018, when daughter Zara gave birth to her second daughter Lena Elizabeth, who weighed 9 lbs. 3 oz. at birth, the heaviest royal baby of the modern era.
- Became a grandmother for the third time on January 17, 2014, when her daughter Zara gave birth to a baby girl named Mia Grace with husband Mike Tindall.
- She was courted by Andrew Parker-Bowles in the early 1970s, who later became the first husband of her future sister-in-law, Queen Camilla. Anne reportedly never seriously considered him as a marriage prospect because he was Catholic.
- She accompanied the coffin of her mother, Queen Elizabeth II, from Balmoral Castle in Scotland to England and was the only woman to walk in the procession. She is also the first woman to ever participate in the Vigil of the Princes, when four members of the royal family "stand guard" over a relative lying in state.
- She is one of the few female members of the royal family to regularly wear a military uniform. Anne holds numerous military honours and titles as a member of the royal family.
- Since Anne was one year-old (eighteen months) at the time her grandfather, King George VI died, she has no personal memory of him. But learned much through relatives and footage.
- Was the second and final grandchild of King George VI to be born while he was still alive. Four further grandchildren were born after his death.
- Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne was awarded the Extraordinary Commander of Military Merit Order of Military Merit on April 12, 2022 and Invested on: May 20, 2023 from the Canadian Governor General.
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