Princess Anne and Sir Timothy Laurence’s Relationship Timeline: Their Courtship, Marriage and More
usmagazine.comA majestic match. Princess Anne — the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip — married Sir Timothy Laurence in December 1992.When the pair first met in 1986, Anne was still married to her first husband, Mark Phillips, whom she wed in 1973.
The two share two children — Peter Phillips, born in 1977, and Zara Tindall, born in 1981.During the princess’ first marriage, The Sun reported it had obtained stolen love letters exchanged between Anne and Timothy.
Although the outlet never printed the supposed notes, their contents were reported to be “too hot to handle.”That same year, Anne and Mark announced their intention to separate, although the princess royal did not file for divorce until April 1992.
That December, Queen Elizabeth’s daughter married Timothy in a small ceremony at Crathie Kirk near Balmoral castle in Scotland.The University of Durham alum joked that he and his wife’s first husband have something in common in the 2020 ITV documentary Anne: The Princess Royal at 70.“It’s quite amusing that she married first an army officer and then a naval officer.
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