when it comes to the royal family two of
the siblings that garner the most
interest
are prince charles and princess anne
elizabeth's two
eldest children while both are
notoriously private people
we were still able to dig in and find
the truth about their life-long
relationship
the environment in which you find
yourself as a kid can really make all
the difference to your childhood
and prince charles and princess anne had
a fairly unique experience as children
there is only a two-year age difference
between them so they were particularly
close
in both years and proximity as kids
queen elizabeth ascended the throne when
charles and anne were toddlers
and as hello asserted the two quote
relied on one another for company
especially when their parents traveled
or spent long hours at royal events
charles was even pictured helping his
sister walk down the steps to greet
elizabeth and prince philip as they
arrived back from a royal visit to malta
in 1954
just one example of how two little
royals learned to rely on one another
we love a bold little sister and
princess anne takes the cake where this
is concerned as noted by
express anne reportedly knew how to
assert herself in any room from a young
age
and even got into it with her older
brother when it was called for
mabel anderson a former royal nanny said
that charles was
quote never as boisterous or noisy as
princess anne who by far had the much
stronger
more extrovert personality anderson
asserted that from an early age
charles seemed way down with the
understanding of his future as the king
of great britain
and however was far more playful and
oftentimes broke the rules
royal biographer nicholas courtney told
the outlet it cannot have helped either
that anne was physically more robust
than her brother
the queen's coronation they wouldn't let
you go to that they wouldn't let me go
yes
you missed it i'm just sort of tied to
the rocking horse
he also revealed that anne's boxing
gloves once had to be taken away from
her because she was about to do some
damage to her older brother
he said there are quarrels in every
family princess anne even admitting in
retrospect that she and her brother
fought like cats and dogs princess anne
and prince charles certainly had
different childhoods and expectations
one was the direct heir to the british
throne the other was a young girl in the
1950s but anne asserted herself from a
very young age
as noted by express the siblings did
spend a number of years away from each
other while they attended different
boarding schools
and while this may have contributed to
their fairly distant relationship
this period of time in their lives did
establish a rather amazing precedent for
royal women
and was one of the first women to
experience an education
outside of the palace her mother queen
elizabeth and
aunt princess margaret were both
educated at home but anne had her sights
set higher
while charles attended the gordenstein
school in scotland anne attended the
benindon school in kent
while they did spend time away from each
other and record to vanity fair that she
wouldn't trade her experience for
anything
she said i had a governess and two
friends and that was never going to be
enough really so i was only too pleased
to be sent off somewhere else
we've all heard the saying an heir and a
spare unfortunately
anne's role as second to her brother was
something that she understood thoroughly
anne has received a bit of flack in her
time as a royal as noted by express
royal biographer nicholas courtney
recalled that anne had been quote
cited as being thoughtless when compared
to prince charles as she would forget to
say thank you or maintain royal decorum
but perhaps her supposed carelessness
can be attributed to her belief that she
would never be a ruler
as the second child and daughter to
queen elizabeth and prince philip
anne more or less knew that she would
always be overshadowed by charles in a
way
she even spoke about it to the observer
in 1980 revealing
i've always accepted the role of being
second in everything from quite an early
age
as it stands charles is first in line to
the throne
anne is 15th in line for a family that
truly embodies the stiff upper lip
mentality
prince charles and princess anne have
been able to keep part of their lives
together jovial
evidence of such can be found in a viral
video clip where charles creeps up on
his younger sister during an official
royal event in 2018
and startles her despite the fact that
they were both in their 70s at the time
the moment was really cute to see in the
clip anne turns around and grins at
charles which is quite a rare thing to
see from the otherwise stoic princess
royal correspondent charlie proctor
posted the video on twitter
and some people took to the comments to
express how lovely and normal the
exchange was between the siblings
one person wrote something only a big
brother can do and live to tell about it
no matter how much time has passed big
brothers will always act like big
brothers
even at royal events if you're a fan of
the movie
what a girl wants then you know that the
posh english grandma
told amanda bynes's character that
british people quote
only show affection to dogs and horses
and when it comes to the royals
this might happen to be true as hello
noted
one shared interest between prince
charles and princess anne is their love
of horses
though in different events according to
polo weekly
charles was an avid polo player since
his teenage years
due to injuries he retired from his polo
career in 2015
but passed the passion for horse-based
sports to his sons
and on the other hand made a name for
herself in the equestrian world
picking up horseback riding at the young
age of 11. she won gold at the 1971
european championships
and enjoyed a number of accolades for
her riding
while the news of prince harry and
meghan markle's departure from the royal
family made headlines
it should be noted that prince charles
who will one day be king
started making moves to condense the
royal family harry and megan seem to be
on the outs
as well as prince andrew's daughters as
charles is all but determined to limit
the royal purse to family members who
actively work to secure and promote the
monarchy
but as he's been narrowing things down
fans of princess anne have called on him
to maintain his sister's standing
as noted by the bristol post royalists
became saddened when they learned that
charles had plans to focus the monarchy
on prince william and his family
an unfair move in some eyes given that
anne has consistently been one of the
most hardworking royals
royal editor robert jobson told express
that princess anne will most likely have
a leading role in the family and that
despite her brother's attempt to cut
people out
she will most likely survive the
chopping block
royal family members aren't really the
most personable people
they typically keep to themselves and
have often refrained from being too
emotional
but on a rare occasion prince charles
reminisced about his childhood with
princess
anne and even shared some of his
thoughts with his mother queen elizabeth
charles sat down for a portion of the
2016 bbc documentary elizabeth at 90 a
family tribute
and watched old home videos of him
playing with his sister
the siblings were running around holcomb
beach in norfolk which is located close
to the sandringham estate
in the video the two young kids are seen
in swimsuits and towels and are chasing
each other through the weeds
always have fun playing hide and seek in
those dunes
charles then shared his thoughts on
footage of him and anne buried in the
sand all the way up to their chins
that i remember feeling you were never
going to get out
sadness has a way of bringing people
together as awful as situations can be
moments of tragedy can unite
even the most distant of family members
and that was certainly the case for
prince charles and princess anne
as town and country noted the royal
siblings shared their grief when their
father
prince philip died sharing statements
with the public
one right after the other both charles
and ann expressed their sadness
anne wrote you know it's going to happen
but you are never really ready
it is his example of a life well-lived
and service freely given that i most
wanted to emulate
charles and ann even walked side by side
during their father's funeral procession
people noted that women typically aren't
part of a royal funeral procession but
anne made it clear that she wanted to
join her brother and the men in her
family
to pay her respects to her father for
one last time
charles and anne kept close to one
another throughout the walk behind
philip's casket
sharing their grief with the world you
can tell a lot from body language
it's the means of communication that
often highlights more truths than
anything you can say or do
so it doesn't come as a surprise that
the body language between prince charles
and princess anne
has been analyzed time and time again
body language expert judy james told
express
that throughout various events and
appearances that charles and anne have
made together
it's become increasingly clear that anne
has far more confidence than her older
brother
she said charles has always shown
signals that suggest
self-pity and inner anguish conversely
she said that anne has consistently
shown physical
signs of assertiveness and confidence
james went as far back as looking at
both charles and anne's childhoods
asserting that while charles was
academically inclined and approached his
life with the monarchy in mind
anne adopted a far more athletic and
no-nonsense approach to life
james said her body language signals
with her brother charles suggested
almost from birth that she was the one
who had been gifted all the confidence
many royal titles honours and medals are
given to family members and british
nobility
princess anne while aware that her older
brother would always carry more titles
than she would
fought for her place at the table when
anne was invited to join the order of
the garter a chivalry order that dates
back to edward iii
in 1348 she made sure that she would
hold the same rank as prince charles
queen elizabeth appointed anne a knight
of the garter rather than a lady of the
garter in 1994.
as such anne has used kg following her
name
since and thus holds the same level of
honor and rank as charles
the princess's decision was also noted
on the royal family's official twitter
and was met with some praise by anne's
fans one fan wrote
got to love her always her own way but
in line with what's expected of her
throughout his time as a public figure
prince charles has made it very clear
that he is a friend to the environment
he's spoken at length about the
importance of conservation and has even
encouraged others to adopt a more
plant-based diet
this is an area however where he and
princess anne disagree
and discussed her thoughts on topics
such as veganism and climate change with
australian women's weekly
and she did not fall in line with her
brother's point of view you can't have a
world without livestock they are a
necessary and very constructive part of
our expectation to feed ourselves
she went on to say that she found single
issue groups very irritating
charles on the other hand has been vocal
about animal agriculture and its dangers
to the planet
while attending a conference in
washington in 2011 he shared statistics
about animal agriculture and then said
there is plenty of evidence that the
earth cannot keep up with the demand
and shared that she and charles have had
rather short talks about their differing
points of view but it definitely doesn't
seem like a topic that they'll come to a
consensus about anytime
soon family members that go through
thick and thin together typically bond
and while prince charles and princess
anne aren't the closest of siblings they
did go
through very difficult personal
experiences at the same time
and even benefited from the
circumstances to an extent
and separated from her husband mark
phillips in 1989.
by 1992 they had filed for divorce a big
no-no in the royal family
however in the same year prince charles
and princess diana's relationship had
erupted
and they too became officially separated
did you try
to be faithful and honorable to your
wife
yes absolutely because her older
brother's separation was such a huge
point of public interest all over the
world
and was more or less able to get away
with her divorce and second marriage
without a hitch
it's not often that siblings can benefit
from each other's downfalls but that was
certainly the case for anne
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