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Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise

Princess Anne, the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was born on 15 August 1950, at her parents then London home of Clarence House.

She was baptised Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace by the Archbishop of York. Anne was the name originally chosen for Princess Margaret, by her parents, but vetoed by George V, who did not like the name.

Alice was chosen for Prince Philip's mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg and Louise was one of the Christian names of the Queen's grandmother, Queen Mary.

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She was initially known as Princess Anne of Edinburgh.

Princess Anne and her brother Prince Charles as children

Anne's grandfather, George VI, died in February, 1952 and her mother ascended the throne. Being considered too young at the time, Anne did not attend her mother's coronation.

Like her brother Prince Charles before her, Anne began her education privately a