Anne, Princess Royal has received numerous titles, decorations, and honorary appointments as a member of the
British royal family and the sister of
King Charles III of the
United Kingdom and the other
Commonwealth realms. Each is listed below; where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the title or award (the title as Princess Anne of Edinburgh being given as from her birth) and the second indicates the date of its loss or renunciation.
15 August 1950 – 6 February 1952: Her Royal Highness Princess Anne of Edinburgh[1]
6 February 1952 – 15 November 1973: Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne
15 November 1973 – 13 June 1987: Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne, Mrs Mark Phillips[2]
13 June 1987 – present: Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal[3]
From birth, thanks to
letters patent issued by her grandfather
George VI on 22 October 1948, Anne was a
British princess with the style of Royal Highness and the territorial designation "of Edinburgh". Upon her mother's accession to the throne in 1952, the territorial designation was dropped and she became styled as "The Princess Anne". After she married
Captain Mark Phillips in 1973, she was styled as "The Princess Anne, Mrs Mark Phillips" until her mother created her
Princess Royal, an appellation given only to the eldest daughter of the sovereign, on 13 June 1987. Anne is the seventh Princess Royal since the title was first granted to
Mary, daughter of
Charles I.[4] The previous holder was Anne's great-aunt
Mary, daughter of
George V. Although she holds the style of Princess Royal, as the wife of
Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, she is entitled to use the style of Lady Laurence, because the wife of a knight may prefix Lady to the knight's surname.[5]
^
As the child of a daughter of the monarch, Anne would not usually have been accorded the title of princess or the style Royal Highness. However, on 22 October 1948, letters patent were issued granting these to any children of Princess Elizabeth and Philip.
^Davies, Nicholas (2013). Elizabeth II: Behind Palace Doors. Random House.
ISBN9781780578279. Until Elizabeth gave her the title, Anne's correct form of address had been a mouthful, 'Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne, Mrs Mark Phillips'.
^"RAF Senior Appointments 15 August 2020". raf.mod.uk. Royal Air Force. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020. Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO to be promoted Air Chief Marshal with effect from 15 August 2020.
^"Knights of the Orders of Chivalry". Debretts. Archived from
the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2012. Although HRH The Princess Royal and HRH Princess Alexandra are both female they are actually included with the Royal Knights Companions, and they bear the post-nominal letters KG (not LG).
^Brian, Hoey (2003). At home with the Queen : life through the keyhole of the Royal household. London: HarperCollins. p. 172.
ISBN0007126190.
OCLC52395779.
Anne, Princess Royal has received numerous titles, decorations, and honorary appointments as a member of the
British royal family and the sister of
King Charles III of the
United Kingdom and the other
Commonwealth realms. Each is listed below; where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the title or award (the title as Princess Anne of Edinburgh being given as from her birth) and the second indicates the date of its loss or renunciation.
15 August 1950 – 6 February 1952: Her Royal Highness Princess Anne of Edinburgh[1]
6 February 1952 – 15 November 1973: Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne
15 November 1973 – 13 June 1987: Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne, Mrs Mark Phillips[2]
13 June 1987 – present: Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal[3]
From birth, thanks to
letters patent issued by her grandfather
George VI on 22 October 1948, Anne was a
British princess with the style of Royal Highness and the territorial designation "of Edinburgh". Upon her mother's accession to the throne in 1952, the territorial designation was dropped and she became styled as "The Princess Anne". After she married
Captain Mark Phillips in 1973, she was styled as "The Princess Anne, Mrs Mark Phillips" until her mother created her
Princess Royal, an appellation given only to the eldest daughter of the sovereign, on 13 June 1987. Anne is the seventh Princess Royal since the title was first granted to
Mary, daughter of
Charles I.[4] The previous holder was Anne's great-aunt
Mary, daughter of
George V. Although she holds the style of Princess Royal, as the wife of
Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, she is entitled to use the style of Lady Laurence, because the wife of a knight may prefix Lady to the knight's surname.[5]
^
As the child of a daughter of the monarch, Anne would not usually have been accorded the title of princess or the style Royal Highness. However, on 22 October 1948, letters patent were issued granting these to any children of Princess Elizabeth and Philip.
^Davies, Nicholas (2013). Elizabeth II: Behind Palace Doors. Random House.
ISBN9781780578279. Until Elizabeth gave her the title, Anne's correct form of address had been a mouthful, 'Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne, Mrs Mark Phillips'.
^"RAF Senior Appointments 15 August 2020". raf.mod.uk. Royal Air Force. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020. Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO to be promoted Air Chief Marshal with effect from 15 August 2020.
^"Knights of the Orders of Chivalry". Debretts. Archived from
the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2012. Although HRH The Princess Royal and HRH Princess Alexandra are both female they are actually included with the Royal Knights Companions, and they bear the post-nominal letters KG (not LG).
^Brian, Hoey (2003). At home with the Queen : life through the keyhole of the Royal household. London: HarperCollins. p. 172.
ISBN0007126190.
OCLC52395779.