Queen Elizabeth II had a special relationship with her only daughter Princess Anne. Lisa Sheridan/Studio Lisa/Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Jane Barlow/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Princess Anne was born to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in August 1950. The princess is the couple’s second child and their only daughter.
Photos from Anne’s life show the bond she developed with her mother over the past seven decades. Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96 on Thursday at Balmoral. She is survived by four children, including her only daughter Princess Anne.
Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne visit the Offices of Women’s Education in Building on March 11, 2004. Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty ImagesThe Queen and the princess shared a tight bond and often spent time together on royal getaways, per Us Weekly. Photos taken over decades of their lives showed their mutual interests and how they often accompanied each other to important events.
Princess Anne was born to then-Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on August 15, 1950. Then-Princess Elizabeth smiles as she holds Princess Anne in her lap after her christening in October 1950. STF/AFP via Getty ImagesThe royal couple welcomed their second child and only daughter just two years before the 24-year-old princess became Queen in 1952.
Anne and her older brother King Charles III were front and center at their mother’s coronation. Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, and their children, Charles and Anne, wave from the balcony at Buckingham Palace after the Queen’s coronation on June 2, 1953. Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesFollowing the Queen’s accession to the throne, Princess Anne became second in the line of succession for the crown.
After the birth of Charles’ children and grandchildren and the death of the Queen, Anne sits at 16th in the line of succession, per Woman & Home. The growing family was photographed enjoying the estate at their Scottish holiday home of Balmoral Castle. Queen Elizabeth II plays with her children Charles and Anne at Balmoral Castle in 1952.
Lisa Sheridan/Studio Lisa/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesA young Princess Anne held the Queen’s hand as she walked around the estate with her family. Her platinum blonde hair contrasted with the Queen’s deep brunette locks. As they returned to London from vacation in 1954, the mother-daughter duo smiled and waved at the cameras.
Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne were photographed together in 1954. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty ImagesAnne and the Queen drove home to Buckingham Palace with Charles and the Queen’s sister Princess Margaret after their summer vacation in Scotland in 1954. Anne sat next to her mother and gave a cheeky grin to the cameras outside.
As she grew up, Princess Anne accompanied her mother as she carried out royal and diplomatic duties. President Dwight D. Eisenhower with Queen Elizabeth II and her children at Balmoral in 1959.
PA Images via Getty ImagesInsider’s Anneta Konstantinides reported that the Queen met with every sitting president except Lyndon B. Johnson during her 70-year reign, so it’s unsurprising that Anne and Charles tagged along for a visit with a dignitary. Anne also went on fun outings with her mother and brother.
Queen Elizabeth II sits on a cart with Charles and Princess Anne at the cross-country race during the Horse Trials in Badminton on April 22, 1960. Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesThe Queen, Charles, and Anne were photographed enjoying the competition at the Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire, England, when the princess was 10. In 1966, 16-year-old Anne attended a royal wedding with the Queen.
Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne arrive at the wedding of the Marquess of Hamilton and Sacha Phillips at Westminster on October 20, 1966. Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesBoth the Queen and her teenage daughter looked regal in similar coats, bags, gloves, and shoes as they arrived at Westminster Abbey for the wedding of the Marquess of Hamilton and Sacha Phillips. Photos show how Anne began to resemble the queen as she got older.
Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne at the Hotel Imperial in Vienna, Austria, on May 7, 1969. Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesDuring a state visit to Austria in the late 1960s, the pair were photographed smiling next to each other, emphasizing the similar features between the young princess and her mother. The mother-daughter duo traveled around the world together on royal tours.
Princess Anne and Queen Elizabeth II boarding an airplane at Heathrow Airport on March 2, 1970. Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesIn 1970, the Queen and Anne were seen boarding a plane together at Heathrow Airport in London before the start of a two-month tour through Australia and New Zealand. The Queen and Anne seemed to share a love of bright colors and bold prints in their early years.
Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne greeted each other with a kiss in 1970. Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesThe princess would go on to become one of the style icons of her family, by setting trends and wearing outfits outside royal norms. Anne’s love of fun fashion may have been influenced by her mother, who was known to wear bolder silhouettes and floral prints in her 20s.
The Queen and Anne also seemed to share a love of animals and the outdoors. Queen Elizabeth II presents her daughter Princess Anne with a trophy at the Burghley Horse Trials in 1971; The Queen congratulates Princess Anne and her horse after the Badminton Horse Trials in 1971. PA Images via Getty ImagesTown & Country Magazine describes Anne as a “famously outdoorsy, no-frills royal,” evidenced by her notable equestrian career.
The princess was the first member of the royal family to compete at the Olympics when she rode Goodwill — the Queen’s horse — at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, per the royal family’s website. At the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June, Anne was photographed feeding penguins at the Edinburgh Zoo, highlighting the love of animals she shared with her mother. The Queen sported a wide grin as she stood next to Anne during her wedding in 1973.
An official family photo from Princess Anne and Mark Phillips’ wedding. Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesIn an official family portrait from Anne’s nuptials to her first husband, Mark Phillips, the Queen can be seen wearing a royal blue outfit as she stood to next to her daughter. Anne was the first of the Queen’s children to have children.
Queen Elizabeth II with her daughter, Princess Anne, and grandson, Peter Phillips, at his christening on December 12, 1977. Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesThe Queen became a grandmother for the first time on November 15, 1977, when Anne’s son Peter was born. At the baby’s coronation the following month, the late monarch was pictured interacting with Peter as Anne held him in her lap.
Anne brought her kids to hang out with the Queen outside, just as she did when she was young. Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne with Anne’s children Peter and Zara Phillips in Windsor on May 12, 1985. Georges De Keerle/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesAnne had one more child, Zara, with Phillips before they divorced in 1992.
Even with two kids in tow, the Queen’s daughter still spent time with her mother outside. The Queen and Anne paid tribute to the victims of a Scottish school shooting in 1996. The Queen and Princess Anne at Dunblane Primary School in Scotland on March 17, 1996.
Tim Graham Photo Library/Getty ImagesAfter a gunman shot and killed 16 students and a teacher at Dunblane Primary School in Stirling, Scotland, the Queen and Anne paid their respects and placed floral tributes on the ground outside. Even as they aged, the mother-daughter pair still enjoyed spending the holidays together. Queen Elizabeth II talks to Princess Anne after attending the Christmas Day church service at the Sandringham estate in 2001.
Andrew Parsons/PA Images via Getty ImagesBoth women wore bright, festive colors and carried flowers as they talked following a Christmas Day church service in 2001. Anne was still accompanying her mother on royal engagements in 2021. Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne visit The Children’s Wood Project in Glasgow on June 30, 2021.
Andrew Milligan/Pool/AFP via Getty ImagesUnsurprisingly, the Queen and Anne met beekeepers and toasted marshmallows with kids at an outdoor children’s center in Glasgow, Scotland, according to Country Living. After Anne escorted the Queen’s body to Edinburgh Sunday, she honored her mother with a curtsy as her coffin was carried inside the Palace of Holyroodhouse. The Princess Royal curtsies to her mother Queen Elizabeth’s coffin in Edinburgh.
Aaron Chown/WPA Pool/Getty ImagesIn a statement shared with Insider Tuesday, the 72-year-old princess said it was “an honour and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys. ” She added that she was present for the final 24 hours of the Queen’s life. “To my mother, The Queen, thank you,” she wrote in conclusion.
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