Anne, the Princess Royal, long a hardworking but lower-profile member of Queen Elizabeth II's immediate family, has become a more familiar face in the week since the queen's death on Sept. 8.
Charles' eldest son, Prince William, the heir to the throne, may choose to bestow the title onAnne chose not to give her two children, Peter Phillips and Zara Phillips Tindall, royal titles when they were born, an option she would have been given by the queen had she wished to do so.Princess Anne with her children Zara and Peter Phillips at Cheltenham Race Course, on the third and final day of the Cheltenham Festival meeting, in Cheltenham, England, March 18, 2004.
"I think it was probably easier for them, and I think most people would argue that there are downsides to having titles," she said."So I think that was probably the right thing to do."Phillips and Tindall, whose father is Anne's first husband, Mark Phillips, are the only two of the queen's eight grandchildren to not have royal titles.
Tindall, a mother of three, shares a love of horses with the queen and Anne, who competed in equestrian for Great Britain in the 1976 Montreal Olympics.Timothy Laurence, Anne, Princess Royal, Peter Phillips and Zara Phillips view the flowers left by mourners outside Balmoral Castle, Sept. 10, 2022, in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Tindall competed in the same event at the 2012 London Olympics and won a silver medal, which was presented by Anne.He walked side by side with his cousins William and Prince Harry in Wednesday's procession for the queen.
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