Why Princess Charlotte will never be your average replacement heiress

Maybe it’s just a family resemblance, but we also already have the impression Princess Anne vibes – although due to the archaic system of male primogeniture in force at the time, the Queen’s second child was not even considered the additional heir once his younger brother Prince Andrew was born and she remains lower on the ladder than her six nieces and nephews.

But Anne, despite being a full-time working royal who most years outstripped her brother Charles in official engagements, has simultaneously been the image of a modern, independent member of the family – one who did not give his son, Pierre Phillipsand daughter, Zara Tindallroyal titles in order to foster their own independence from the crown.

Accomplished rider and free to pursue her dream (“for a limited time,” she declared Vanity Fair), Anne was the first British royal to compete in the Olympics. Furthermore, she has devoted most of her public life to various charities, including Save the Children, of which she has been president since 1970. And, like many women in her family, she has been hailed as an icon fashion in his own country. RIGHT.