Editing Anne, Princess Royal (section)

===Marriage to Sir Timothy Laurence===
[[File:Princess Anne and Timothy Laurence.jpeg|thumb|upright|230px|right|The Princess Royal with her second husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence (2014)]]

Anne met [[Timothy Laurence]], a [[Commander (Royal Navy)|commander]] in the [[Royal Navy]], while he was serving on the [[HMY Britannia|Royal Yacht ''Britannia'']]. Their relationship developed in early 1989, three years after Laurence was appointed as an [[equerry]] to the Queen.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/13/world/in-quiet-scottish-ceremony-anne-marries-naval-officer.html|title=In Quiet Scottish Ceremony, Anne Marries Naval Officer|newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 December 1992|access-date=13 May 2018|archive-date=14 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514065229/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/13/world/in-quiet-scottish-ceremony-anne-marries-naval-officer.html|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> In 1989, the existence of private letters from Laurence to Anne was revealed by ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' newspaper.<ref name="People-Romance"/> The couple married at [[Crathie Kirk]] near [[Balmoral Castle]] in Scotland, on 12 December 1992.<ref name="Wedding2">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/12/newsid_2547000/2547723.stm|title=1992: Princess Royal remarries|work=BBC|access-date=17 May 2018|archive-date=16 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516200054/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/12/newsid_2547000/2547723.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Approximately 30 guests were invited for the private marriage service.<ref name="LA-Wedding">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-13-mn-4165-story.html|title=Britain's Princess Anne Remarries : Wedding: Scottish ceremony brings a tiny bit of joy to a year that saw more than one royal marriage fail.|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=William|last=Tuohy|date=13 December 1992|access-date=13 May 2018|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819205922/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-13/news/mn-4165_1_princess-anne|url-status=live}}</ref> Unlike the [[Church of England]] at the time, the [[Church of Scotland]] did not consider marriage to be a binding [[sacrament]] and so permitted the remarriage of divorced persons under certain circumstances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/2449/guide_marriage.pdf |website=Church of Scotland|title=Worship on the Web|access-date=1 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404195306/http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/2449/guide_marriage.pdf |archive-date=4 April 2016 }}</ref><ref>In 2002, the [[Church of England]] agreed that divorced persons could remarry in church under certain circumstances, but the matter is left to the discretion of the parish priest.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/our-views/marriage,-family-and-sexuality-issues/divorce.aspx|title=Divorce|website=The Church of England|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205105525/https://www.churchofengland.org/our-views/marriage,-family-and-sexuality-issues/divorce.aspx|archive-date=5 February 2011}}</ref> Anne became the first royal divorcée to remarry since [[Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]], granddaughter of [[Queen Victoria]].

For the wedding ceremony, Anne wore a white jacket over a "demure, cropped-to-the-knee dress" and a spray of white flowers in her hair.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/royal-wedding-dresses-through-the-years/princess-anne-marries-timothy-laurence/|title=Royal wedding dresses through the years|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=7 August 2015|access-date=13 May 2018|archive-date=14 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514141348/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/royal-wedding-dresses-through-the-years/princess-anne-marries-timothy-laurence/|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Her engagement ring was made of "a [[cabochon]] [[sapphire]] flanked by three small diamonds on each side".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/celebrity/british-royal-engagement-rings-15117|title=A Very Thorough History Of British Royal Engagement Rings|work=Harper's Bazaar Australia|first=Mahalia|last=Chang|date=27 November 2017|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=16 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516103732/https://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/celebrity/british-royal-engagement-rings-15117|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the marriage service, the couple and guests headed to [[Craigowan Lodge]] for a private reception.<ref name="Wedding2"/> Laurence received no [[Peerages in the United Kingdom|peerage]], although was knighted in 2011.<ref>{{London Gazette
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