Why the only daughter of Elizabeth II stripped her husband and children of titles
'04.08.2020'
Source: TheCrowns.ru
Princess Anne, the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip and the bearer of the unique title of "Princess Royal", is known for choosing not to give her children official titles, writes TheCrowns.ru.
But Zara Tyndall and Peter Phillips aren't the only ones Princess Anne has chosen to leave without royal titles.
Princess Anne, 69, has dedicated her adult life to serving the crown and makes hundreds of royal outings every year.
The princess is considered to be the model for how the royal duty should be fulfilled.
However, Anna chose to raise her two children, Zara Tyndall (nee Phillips) and Peter Phillips, outside of royal life, and gave up royal titles for them despite the Queen's offer.
This means that Zara and Peter grew up with more freedom than their royal cousins. And both of them have had great careers outside the royal family.
Zara and her husband Mike Tyndall:
Zara followed in her parents' footsteps as she became a professional equestrian and won silver at the 2012 London Olympics.
While Peter has built a career and worked for companies as diverse as Jaguar, Williams F1 racing team and Royal Bank of Scotland.
Princess Anne turns 15 on August 70, and on the eve of her significant birthday, the royal family gave a rare interview to Vanity Fair magazine and in it told who else she had stripped of the title.
“I think it was probably easier for the children. And I think most people would agree that having titles has its drawbacks. So I think it was probably right. "
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But even before her wedding, she gave up the title for her husband, Captain Mark Phillips. Mark Phillips - father of Zara and Peter, married Princess Anne in 1973.
According to royal tradition, men who marry a royal woman do not receive their wife's titles. However, the monarch can bestow the title of his choice.
The Queen offered Mark a county, but this offer was rejected by his future wife, Princess Anne.
Constitutional expert Ian McMartann said:
"Both Princess Alexandra of Kent and Princess Anne gave up titles for their husbands and were therefore known as Mrs. Ogilvy and Mrs. Phillips, respectively."
Mr McMartann explained that the custom of offering titles to non-royal husbands before marrying a princess did not appear until after World War I.
Until 1917, British princesses were used as political pawns and were almost always married to foreign royal families to secure international ties.
However, when British princesses began to marry English "commoners", their husbands were asked to become peers.
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This is why Prince Philip was proclaimed Duke of Edinburgh even before he married the Queen (then Princess Elizabeth).
But there were other examples as well. Princess Margaret Anthony's husband, Armstrong Jones, became the Earl of Snowden upon marriage. Their son received the daughter's title of father, and after his death became the second Earl of Snowden, and the daughter became known as Lady.
While Zara Tyndall and Peter Phillips remained “commoners”.
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