page_title: Anne, Princess Royal
section_title: Military appointments
hierarchical_section_title: Anne, Princess Royal / Titles, styles, honours and arms / Honours / Military appointments
caption_attribution_description: English: Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, passes in front of the Princess Anne Banner at the Royal Australian Corps of Signals 75th Anniversary parade.
context_page_description: Anne, Princess Royal, KG, KT, GCVO, GCStJ, QSO, CD is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. She is 14th in line to the throne as of August 2019 and has been Princess Royal since 1987.
  Anne is known for her high-profile charity work, which involves her patronage of more than 200 organisations – many of which aim to improve transport and health in developing countries, and the well-being and education of children. In her youth, Anne was known for her equestrianism: she won two silver medals and one gold medal at the European Eventing Championships. She is the first member of the British royal family to have competed in the Olympic Games.
  In 1973, Anne married Captain Mark Phillips, but they separated in 1989 and divorced in 1992. The couple had two children, Zara and Peter Phillips, and four grandchildren. Within months of her divorce, Anne married Commander Sir Timothy Laurence, whom she had met while he served as her mother's equerry between 1986 and 1989.
context_section_description: As with other senior royals, Princess Anne holds a number of appointments in the armed forces of Commonwealth realms:
   Australia
   Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals
   Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Corps of Transport
   Canada
   Colonel-in-Chief of the Grey and Simcoe Foresters  (11 June 1977 – present)
   Colonel-in-Chief of the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)
   Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Hussars (11 November 2014 – present)
   Colonel-in-Chief of the Communications and Electronics Branch (11 June 1977 – present)
   Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Medical Service (19 October 2003 – present) 
   Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Regina Rifles
   Colonel-in-Chief of Royal Newfoundland Regiment
   Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Navy (Fleet Pacific) (2015 – present)
   New Zealand
   Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals
   Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Army Nursing Corps
   United Kingdom
   Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Royal Hussars
   Colonel-in-Chief of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29/45 Foot)
   Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Corps of Signals
   Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Logistic Corps
   Colonel-in-Chief the Royal Army Veterinary Corps
   Colonel of the Blues and Royals
   Royal Colonel of the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
   Royal Colonel of the 52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
   Royal Honorary Colonel of the University of London OTC
   Commandant-in-Chief of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps) (1981 – present)
   Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Lyneham (relinquished 30 September 2011)
   Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Brize Norton (1 October 2011 – present)
   Honorary Air Commodore of the University of London Air Squadron
   Admiral and Chief Commandant for Women in the Royal Navy
   Commodore-in-Chief of HMNB Portsmouth
   British Army 15 August 2020: General
   Royal Air Force 15 August 2020: Air Chief Marshal
caption: The Princess Royal at a parade on the 75th anniversary of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals, 5 July 2000
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