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Princess Royal is a title customarily awarded by British monarchs to their eldest daughters. Although purely honorary, it is the highest honour that may be given to a female member of the royal family
Princess Anne September 2025
Marie Henriette Stuart
Accama Anna van Hannover
Charlotte, Princess Royal
Mary, Princess Royal, was a British princess, a member of the House of Stuart, and by marriage Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau. She acted as regent for her minor son from 1651 to 1660. She w
Princess Royal
…France, and wife of King Charles I (1600–1649), wanted to imitate the way the eldest daughter of the King of France was styled "Madame Royale". Thus, Princess Mary (born 1631), the daughter of Henrietta Maria and Charles, became the first Princess Royal in 1642. It has become established that the title belongs to…
Portrait by Gerard van Honthorst, c. 1647
Betrothed William and Mary by Anthony van Dyck, 1641
Mary, Princess Royal, and William II, Prince of Orange by Gerard van Honthorst, 1647
William III, Prince of Orange aged 4, by Adriaen Hanneman, 1654.