PRINCESS ANNEHER ROYAL Highness Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and ninth in the line of succession to the British throne, will be making an official visit to Jamaica on February 25.
Princess Anne's three-day visit will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Princess Margaret Hospital in St. Thomas, where she will visit with patients and staff. She will also be looking at Jamaica's reconstruction efforts since the battering from Hurricane Ivan last year.
The princess will be the guest of Governer-General Sir Howard Cooke at King's House where she will stay for two days. She will then make her way over to Montego Bay where she will spend her final day on the island at the Half Moon Hotel.
Born on August 15, 1950, The Princess Royal is most famous for her charitable work. She is the only member of the British Royal Family to have competed in the Olympic Games.
MARRIAGE
On November 14, 1973, Princess Anne married Mark Phillips, a lieutenant and later captain in the Queen's Dragoon Guards at Westminster Abbey, London. The marriage was televised around the world with an estimated audience of 100 million. The couple has two children: Peter Phillips (born (November 15, 1977) Zara Phillips (May 15, 1981).
On December 12, 1992, Princess Anne remarried, the first royal divorcee since Henry VIII of England to do so. She choose to remarry in the Church of Scotland since the Church of England forbade divorcees from remarrying in their churches, a stance that is now softening.
She married Timothy Laurence in Crathie Church on the Balmoral Estate, Aberdeenshire. They have no children together.
The most terrifying incident in Princess Anne's life was the failed kidnap attempt made on March 20, 1974. To this day, it remains the closest any individual has come to kidnapping a member of the Royal Family.
