The Illustration Of The Queen’s Complicated Relationship To Her Family

Published on 04/27/2020
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A Competition

The only daughter of the queen, Princess Anne, has two children: Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips. Zara, though not in the worlds of fashion and high society, has seen her fair share of the spotlight too. Zara competed in the 2012 Olympics and won silver in London. She inherited the passion for horses of her grandmother and won many competitions – enough to make herself the favorite?    

A Competition

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The Commoners

Though Zara and Peter’s mother is a princess, like their cousins, they didn’t possess a royal title. This is because only children of a prince are given the title Prince or Princess, according to royal custom. But once the queen gave them both a “courtesy title” they were given a chance. This is a generous offer, which might make somebody a favorite, but the two of them agreed, in the end, to refuse, rather than live with such royal titles.

The Commoners

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