Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of King Charles III. Anne is 16th in the line of succession to the British throne and has been Princess Royal since 1987.
Is Princess Anne close to the Queen?
New title or not, Anne and the King are said to be extremely close – they are just 21 months apart in age, with a 10- and 14-year gap between the Queen’s only daughter and her third and fourth children, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
She is only 16th in line for the throne but her place as the late Queen’s second-eldest child has, after the death of her mother, given the Princess Royal an elevated role in the British monarchy.
As her elder brother grapples with his new role as King Charles III, Princess Anne has already taken on a central place in the period of mourning with the emotional task of accompanying her mother’s coffin on the various stages of its final journey.