Anne,Los Angeles Timespointed out at the time, officially became the second British royal ever to remarry.
The first, you ask?
King Henry (the wife-murdering) VIII.
Royal rifts were in vogue.
Royal remarriages were not.
But Anne and her second husband opted for a much quieter event.
Reporters weren’t invited to the party.
Laurence are planning to marry," a spokesman told the press.
“But I cannot say where and when.”
AsHello!points out, at the time, The Church of England forbid remarrying.
The Church of Scotland, however, did not.
And while Margaret ultimately decidednotto elope, Anne made a very different decision.
Princess Anne and her soon-to-be second husband, Timothy Laurence, escaped toBalmoral.
According toThe New York Times, a crowd of 500 and an additional 150 journalists waited outside the church.
None were invited in.
Anne reportedly answered, “Can?
It’s got to, hasn’t it?”
The princess' second marriage, however, stood the test of time.
Gossip columns still swoon at the two of them on dinner dates (viaHello!).
What keeps them together?
We like to know where we are and see where we are going" (viaExpress).
Around 1,500 guests attended her Westminster Abbey ceremony.
An additional 500 million watched it on television (viaBrides).
She arrived at the event in a horse-drawn carriage.
Her wedding cake was the size of herself, five feet, six inches.
PerHello!, she walked down the aisle with her grandmother’s diamond tiara.
Anne, famous for having a temperament similar to her father’s, has never particularly appreciated press attention.
In her youth, she was a black sheep.
Most of all, Princess Anne has never been a fan of the fairytale.
“It’s impractical to go around in life dressed in a long white dress and a crown.”
