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PRINCESS ANNE: SEB COE REVEALS OLYMPIC COMMITTEE MISHAP Princess Anne, 70, is a much-admired member of the Royal Family and is known to carry out more engagements than any other royal.

However, despite being Queen Elizabeth II's daughter, there was once a risk that Anne would have been classed a 'commoner'. Advertisement According to a constitutional expert,

a 1917 royal warrant meant that until 1948 female members of the Royal Family could not pass on their HRH styles or Princess titles. This meant ahead of her first child Prince Charles

birth, Princess Elizabeth would not be able to pass on her royal titles on to any daughters. Prince Charles was born on November 14, 1948 and Princess Anne on August 15, 1950.

Elizabeth's father King George VI issued a new Letters Patent updating the law that ensured Anne would be born a Princess. READ MORE: CAMILLA HEARTBREAK: THE RULE GIVING PRINCESS ANNE

POWER OVER CAMILLA Advertisement Princess Anne title: King George VI issued a new Letters Patent to ensure any of Elizabeth's daughters became an HRH (Image: GETTY) Constitutional

expert Iain MacMarthanne told Express.co.uk: "It was not so much that Anne set a new royal precedent than circumstances necessitated a change. "Under George V’s 1917 Warrant

determining who and who could not be an HRH the children of the then Princess Elizabeth of Edinburgh would fall foul of it until such times as she became Queen. "As a female Elizabeth

could not pass on to her children the styles and titles of HRH and prince and princess, only male children of a sovereign could. "When in 1948 she was due to give birth it was realised

that any child she had, despite being second in line to the throne, would not have royal status and be born a ‘commoner'." We use your sign-up to provide content in ways

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