Princess Anne had the best reaction when asked what it was like to have to ask her mother, the Queen, for permission to get married.
Members of the royal family are required to seek the monarch's approval before tying the knot. It's a rule that was set out in an act imposed in 1772 in Parliament stating that no descendant of George II can marry without the consent of the reigning monarch. And that applied to Anne ahead of her wedding to Mark Phillips in 1973.
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Princess Anne’s hilarious conversation with late Queen Elizabeth II unveiled