We may be sharing a common family trait, but there’s more to it than that. Princess Anne vibes—though due to the archaic system of male primogeniture in place at the time, the queen’s second-eldest child wasn’t even considered the spare heir once her younger brother Prince Andrew She was born and is still lower than her six siblings.
But Anne, though a full-time working royal who most years outpaced her brother Charles in official engagements, has simultaneously been the picture of a modern, independently minded member of the family—one who didn’t give her son, Peter PhillipsThe mother and her daughter. Zara TindallTo foster independence, they were given royal titles. She was an accomplished equestrienne, and she is free to follow her dreams (“for a limited period”) at the most. Vanity Fair), Anne was the first British royal to compete in the Olympics. Otherwise, she has dedicated most of her public life to various charities, most notably Save the Children, which she’s been president of since 1970. And, not unlike many of the women in her family, she’s been hailed as a fashion icon in her own right.