Is there an even romote chance Zara Phillips Tindall ever become a Royal Princess?
Zara would become a princess if her mother became Queen, because the children of the monarch, whether that monarch is male or female, do hold royal titles by custom. The fact that Zara is a "Mrs." is irrelevant. In fact, Anne herself was a "Mrs." by virtue of her marriage to two untitled men. (Her second husband now holds a knighthood, but before he received that, one of her titles was simply "Mrs. Laurence" Now, one of her titles is "Lady Laurence".) But the chances of Anne's becoming Queen are, of course, very remote. By the way, holding a title doesn't mean that you are not a commoner. Only the monarch and the peers are not commoners, so any royal, any peer's child, who doesn't hold a peerage himself or herself is a commoner, even if that person has a royal or aristocratic title.
Who is Zara Tindall?
Pricess Anne’s daughter, granddaughter of the Queen ; married to former England rugby player, Mike. Zara Tindall is an equestrian and former GB Olympic team competitor and silver medallist.Her most successful horse was called Toytown.
How does the English royal court determine who’s next in line for the throne?
There is no such thing as an English Royal Court as the United Kingdom is a Constitutional Monarchy in which the Monarch is ceremonial without political power. The succession to the throne was laid down by Parliament, the fount of political power, in 1701. The Act of Settlement settled the succession to the English and Irish thrones on the Electress Sophia of Hanover, a granddaughter of James VI and I and her non-Catholic heirs. (James was the sixth King of that name of Scotland when he became the first King of that name of England). It also laid down the order of succession from eldest son to eldest son, if the eldest son pre-deceased his father it went to the second son and his eldest son. Only if there was no male heir could a female inherit. Queen Elizabeth I had no brothers so she inherited. When she became Queen her heir was her son Charles followed by her daughter Anne. However the Queen later had two more sons so Charles was heir, with Andrew second, Edward third and Anne had dropped back to fourth. In 2013 Parliament passed The Succession to the Crown Act which brought the law more up-to-date by stating that birth order was more important than gender so that Prince William's heirs are first George, then Charlotte, then Louis; Louis hasn't displaced Charlotte.
If Prince Charles dies before Queen Elizabeth, does Prince Andrew become king when she eventually does die? And if so, will the throne then pass to Andrew's daughters?
The simple answer to your question is no because the line of succession to the British throne is clearly set out and acknowledged in British law.Until the law was changed prior to the birth of Prince George, when a monarch died, they were succeeded by their eldest son or, if they only had daughters (as the late King George VI), their eldest daughter. However, with the change in the law, the monarch will now be succeeded by their eldest child, whether a son or daughter. However, this did not alter their position in the line of succession for people such as HRH the Princess Royal (i.e. Princess Anne).The current line of succession (to 10 places) is:HRH Charles, Prince of WalesHRH Prince William, Duke of CambridgeHRH Prince George of CambridgeHRH Princess Charlotte of CambridgeHRH Prince Henry (Harry) of WalesHRH Prince Andrew, Duke of YorkHRH Princess Beatrice of York (Prince Andrew's eldest daughter)HRH Princess Eugenie of York (Prince Andrew's youngest daughter)HRH Prince Edward, Earl of WessexJames, Viscount Severn (Prince Edward's son)Of course, should Prince George marry and have legitimate children, his eldest child would succeed him and, consequently, the others in the line of succession would move down 1 place.
Whatever happened to Princess Anne and her family? She is so rarely in the news.
Nothing at all has happened to them except — real life.The facts? Princess Anne isn’t interested in being a glamorous clothes horse or in hanging out in places where the papparazzi go. Instead, she emphasizes the hard work of being a member of the royal family — being patron of countless organizations, representing the royals at openings, galas, etc., especially now that her parents are in their 90s. So, she’s not super-photogenic, not young any more and, frankly, there’s just no glamor or buzz about her life. And she likes it that way. She works hard and gets to enjoy her downtime with her second husband, her two children and her grandchildren. Good for her.Those two children? Ditto. They are trying to have ordinary lives, although by virtue of being members of the extended Royal Family, they’ll pop up in the headlines occasionally, mostly thanks to their cute kids. Peter Phillips works in corporate promotions/hospitality, right now in the sports industry, I believe. Another ordinary life. He married an ordinary young woman (a management consultant from Canada) and they have two cute daughters, who pop up as bridesmaids at royal weddings. Zara Phillips doesn’t even use her maiden name any more, but goes by her married name of Zara Tindall. Even so, she is slightly more high profile, but only because she combines the royal thing with competing as an equestrian at an international standard (she won a silver medal in London in 2012) and is married to a reasonably well-known premier league rugby player, Mike Tindall. They have two daughters, also, the eldest of whom also has done the royal bridesmaid thing (Mia; the youngest is a newborn.)Of all of the queen’s children, I have to say that I admire the Princess Royal the most. She doesn’t agonize, she doesn’t fuss or fret over whether she is being dissed by her siblings — she just gets on with it, and seems to focus on trying to make sure she has a good life and doing her work. And damn, she sure does a LOT of work on behalf of the royal family — more than any of those siblings, I believe. There’s no drama, no glamor, no star quality, just service to the country. Isn’t that a great thing?
Why aren’t Princess Anne's and the Princess Royal's children given the title of Prince & Princess?
Princess Anne is the Princess Royal they aren’t two separate people. It can only be given to the oldest daughter of a monarch and only if any previous holder of the title is not alive. It could be conferred on Princess Charlotte when William is King only after his aunt dies.The simple answer is that with the exception of children of the monarch or children of an Heiress Apparent titles are normally only inherited from their father. The Queen’s nephew is only titled because his father was given a title when he married the Queen’s sister. Prince Charles and Princess Anne were only titled from birth because their grandfather issued a letters patent before their birth. The same thing happened for Princess Charlotte (Prince George was entitled as the oldest son of the oldest son of the Heir Apparent).
Why do two of Queen Elizabeth's grandchildren, Zara and Peter Phillips, not have royal titles?
Because royal titles cannot be passed down maternally, except when special exemptions are made (King George VI had to make one for his daughter, then Princess Elizabeth, so her children would have royal titles, as it was fairly evident she would be queen after him.)Generally, female-line children of the monarch have whatever style their father’s title (if he has one) permits. Neither of HRH The Princess Royal’s husbands - either Captain Mark Phillips, the father of her two children, or her later husband Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence - chose to accept a title. If one had been accepted, it probably would have been an earldom with some lesser title (Viscount something-or-other) attached, and Peter would have had the viscountcy by courtesy, then inherited the earldom when his father passed away, similarly to the children of the late HRH Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Her husband was created the 1st Earl of Snowdon, and now her son, the Queen’s nephew, is the 2nd Earl.So Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall do not have titles because their father did not accept one, and because they don’t get the HRH from their mother. But they are still part of the royal family, and in the line of succession (Peter after his mother, his children after him, then Zara, then her children, are at the end of the line of the Queen’s direct descendants. Then it goes to Princess Margaret’s descendants, and so on.)