Last Monday, June 24, Buckingham announced that the princess anne (73 years old) was admitted to the hospital after suffering a stroke the day before. accident with a horse which caused her minor injuries and concussion. Since then, the sister of Charles III (75) remains under observation at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, where her husband has been transferred, Timothy Laurence (69), his main supporter and current spokesman.
This week the former vice admiral was seen arriving at the hospital to visit the Princess and give her a bag with personal belongings. Visibly calm, he has not hesitated to speak to the press to clarify how his wife is. “He is recovering well“, Tim assured in a soothing tone. The King’s brother-in-law, however, explained that the process “is slow, but sure.”
Laurence also took the opportunity to thank the doctors and hospital staff “for their expert care.” Also, to all those who have been following Ana’s progress since Buckingham announced the news: “We are both deeply touched by the loving messages we have received. of so many people. It means a lot”.
Princess Anne and Timothy Laurence at an event in England in June 2013.
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Officially, Ana and Tim are together since 1992. It was then that they made their public debut, shortly after the Princess separated from her first husband and father of her children, Mark Phillips (75). The couple, however, met long before. Their curious love story, in fact, could well serve as a script for a typical romantic film in which two people from different social backgrounds fall madly in love.
Before becoming Anne’s husband, Timothy Laurence was employee of Queen Elizabeth II. She served aboard several warships and even served on the Crown-owned Royal Yacht Britannia. Between 1986 and 1989 she served as squire -a kind of official assistant- of the deceased sovereign.
During that period he was also appointed administrator of The Princess Anne’s Charities trust and his name came into the media spotlight. In 1989, The Sun published that Laurence and the daughter of Elizabeth II private letters were exchangedThe content never came to light, but the information revealed the closeness that existed between the two.
They married on December 12, 1992 at Balmoral, when Princess Anne was already divorced, and in an intimate ceremony with only 30 guests. Tim doesn’t have any titles by his own choiceBut in his more than three decades of marriage to King Charles’ sister, he has earned several awards for his service to the Crown and the United Kingdom.
Princess Anne and Tim in a file photo. June 2011.
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In 2010, after 37 years of service, he resigned from the Navy. Since then, he has dedicated himself to social initiativesin addition to accompany his wife to different institutional events. Of course, always from the background and without wanting to steal the spotlight from Princess Anne, classified as the hardest worker in the Royal Family, with the most active commitments in 2022 and 2023.
They do not have any children together and Timothy is not, in fact, a biological father. However, many highlight his great relationship with Ana’s two offspringZara (43) and Peter (46), the fruit of her extinct marriage with Mark Phillips.
Regarding his relationship, Laurence has publicly confessed that, like many, he and Ana have things in common, but also marked differences. “We are about maps and letters. We like to know where we are and see where we are going. We also follow the Scottish rugby team with great euphoria,” he commented in Anne: The Princess Royal at 70a special program to mark the seven decades of the daughter of Isabel II.
Regarding their differences, in the same program he expressed in a humorous tone: “She grew up with horses, they have been part of her life and it is not something I share. Unfortunately, I haven’t had the horse virus.”
Laurence with his wife and member of the Royal Family at an event in Edinburgh in 2022.
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Curiously, the recent accident suffered by Princess Anne is related to this hobby, which she shares with Charles III and which Queen Elizabeth II also had. Today, as Tim has reported, the King’s sister is recovering favorably, but she remains away from her institutional commitments until further notice. A real setback for the Crown, since until now it was the big heavyweight which remained active in the Royal House.
