{"id":2198506,"date":"2025-12-14T11:23:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T11:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2198506"},"modified":"2025-12-14T11:23:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T11:23:43","slug":"it-was-princess-annes-wedding-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/it-was-princess-annes-wedding-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"It was Princess Anne&#8217;s wedding anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Princess Royal spent her wedding anniversary on duty \u2013<br \/>\nperhaps the most Anne way imaginable to pass such a special<br \/>\nday.<\/p>\n<p>As she marked 33 years of marriage to Sir Tim Laurence, the<br \/>\nPrincess was at Sandhurst for the Sovereign\u2019s Parade.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mod.uk\/support-and-training\/our-schools-and-colleges\/rma-sandhurst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Military Academy<\/a> marks the<br \/>\nend of an arduous training programme for cadet officers before they<br \/>\ncontinue their service.<\/p>\n<p>The mid December parade, one of three held at the Academy<br \/>\nthrough the year, usually sees a royal attending and this year, it<br \/>\nwas Anne doing the honours on behalf of King Charles.<\/p>\n<p>The Princess, who turned 75 in August, arrived by helicopter for<br \/>\nthe ceremony which took place on a grey and drizzly day.<\/p>\n<p>Anne had dressed to be seen in the murky weather, choosing a<br \/>\nbright turquoise coat and matching fedora style hat and sensibly<br \/>\n(well, this is the Princess Royal) adding a warm scarf underneath<br \/>\nher crossover collar.<\/p>\n<p>The Princess Royal inspected the cadet officers during the<br \/>\nparade, stopping to chat to a few as she made her way along the<br \/>\nline.<\/p>\n<p>Sandhurst has seen many royal trainees in its time and Queen<br \/>\nElizabeth II famously tried to make her grandson, Prince William,<br \/>\ngiggle when she attended his passing out parade.<\/p>\n<p>This was Princess Anne\u2019s second military engagement in as many<br \/>\ndays. She had been in Fort George in Scotland 48 hours earlier to<br \/>\nvisit the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mod.uk\/news\/the-princess-royal-visits-fort-george\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Regiment of Scotland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Princess Anne was at Sandhurst by herself before heading back to<br \/>\nher home at Gatcombe Park to celebrate her wedding anniversary with<br \/>\nSir Tim.<\/p>\n<p>The couple married on December 12 1992 at Crathie Kirk near<br \/>\nBalmoral. The Princess Royal and the Vice Admiral decided to have<br \/>\ntheir wedding there as the Church of Scotland permitted the<br \/>\nmarriage of people who had previously been divorced. Anne\u2019s<br \/>\nmarriage to Captain Mark Phillips had legally ended earlier the<br \/>\nsame year.<\/p>\n<p>The royal wedding of Princess Anne and Sir Tim Laurence was a<br \/>\nlow key affair, attended only by close family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>The bride wore a cream two piece skirt suit and chose flowers as<br \/>\nher headwear rather than a tiara. She arrived at the church with<br \/>\nher father, Prince Philip, and her daughter, Zara, who was then<br \/>\naged 11.<\/p>\n<p>Although it was a small wedding, there was huge interest in the<br \/>\nceremony. Princess Anne was the first of the children of Queen<br \/>\nElizabeth II and Prince Philip to divorce and remarry. However, her<br \/>\nwedding came just days after the then Prime Minister, Sir John<br \/>\nMajor, had stunned the House of Commons by announcing the<br \/>\nseparation of Charles and Diana.<\/p>\n<p>Media from around the world descended on Crathie to follow the<br \/>\nRoyal Family in its first big major appearance since the<br \/>\nannouncement of the separation.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few official photos of the event were released including<br \/>\none of a beaming Queen Elizabeth II standing proudly at the side of<br \/>\nher only daughter.<\/p>\n<p>The marriage has become one of the strongest and longest lasting<br \/>\nin the modern Royal Family. Sir Tim Laurence accompanies his wife<br \/>\non a wide range of engagements, recently taking part in a tour of<br \/>\nAustralia and Singapore with her, but he isn\u2019t counted as a working<br \/>\nmember of the Royal Family.<\/p>\n<p>Princess Anne\u2019s busy diary shows no signs of slowing down for<br \/>\nChristmas just yet. In the week ahead, the Princess has events<br \/>\nlined up in London, Oxford and Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also expected that the Princess Royal will join her<br \/>\nbrother, King Charles, at Sandringham for Christmas with her own<br \/>\nfamily including her son, Peter Phillips, and his new fianc\u00e9e,<br \/>\nHarriet Sperling, also thought to be on the guest list.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"tbmarker\"\/>  <\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source royalcentral.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Princess Royal spent her wedding anniversary on duty \u2013 perhaps the most Anne way imaginable to pass such a special day. As she marked 33 years of marriage to Sir Tim Laurence, the Princess was at Sandhurst for the Sovereign\u2019s Parade. 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