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Anne was born at 11:50 a.m. BST on 15 August 1950 at Clarence House [10] during the reign of her maternal grandfather, King George VI. She is the second child and only daughter of Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (later Queen Elizabeth II), and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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Sep 23, 2024 · In June 1987 Anne was created the princess royal, a title traditionally carried by the British monarch’s oldest daughter and held for life. The previous princess royal was her great-aunt Mary, who died in 1965.
Sep 17, 2024 · Anne became queen upon William’s death in March 1702. From the first she was motivated largely by an intense devotion to the Anglican church. She detested Roman Catholics and Dissenters and sympathized with High Church Tories.
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- Anne, the last Stuart monarch, was queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714.
- Anne, queen of Great Britain, suffered from various health problems, among them attacks of gout, an inflammatory disease of the joints that causes...
- In 1683 Anne was married to the handsome, if uninspiring, Prince George of Denmark (1653–1708), who became her devoted companion.
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Jun 13, 2016 · On 13 June 1987 Princess Anne, only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh was given the title of ‘Princess Royal’. In her role as Princess Royal, Princess...
A Stuart princess. Anne was born into the heart of royal and political life on 6 February 1665. The daughter of James, Duke of York (who became King James II), and his first wife, Anne Hyde, her uncle was King Charles II. When she was born, it was not anticipated that Anne would become queen.
- February 6, 1665
- July 30, 1714
Sep 16, 2022 · Although Anne had approved of William and Mary's Glorious Revolution, the princess refused to dismiss Sarah, causing the displeasure of her sister Queen Mary and resulting in her expulsion from Whitehall Palace.
Born in 1665, the younger daughter of James VII and II by his first wife, Anne Hyde, Queen Anne inherited the throne in 1702. She came to Scotland as a 15-year-old when her father was Lord High Commissioner at Holyroodhouse, enjoying the balls and entertainments, but poor health in later years meant that she never made the journey north again.
