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Princess Anne was the Queen's second child, and perhaps the hardest working of all the Royal Family.

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The Princess Royal began her royal duties when she became an adult, and was a respected equestrian, winning one gold medal in and two silver medals in at the European Eventing Championships. In , she even became the first member of the British royal family to have competed in the Olympic Games. Today, Anne performs official duties and engagements on behalf of the King, and the Queen before him.

She holds patronage in over organisations, and her charity work usually revolves around sport, sciences, people with disabilities, and health in developing countries. She has worked with Save the Children for over 50 years, and her work earned her a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in Princess Anne was born on August 15, She celebrated her 73rd birthday in At the time of her birth, she was third in the line of succession to the British throne.

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She rose to second after her mother's accession, and she is currently 16th in line. Anne first met Mark Phillips, who was a lieutenant in the 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards, in at a party. Their engagement was announced in May In November that year, the couple married at Westminster Abbey, in a televised ceremony, with an estimated audience of million.

Phillips was offered an earldom, but he declined. Because of this, their children were born without titles. In August , Anne and Phillips announced their separation. By this point, they were romantically linked with other people.