{"id":344892,"date":"2025-08-14T21:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/344892\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:48:11","slug":"princess-anne-stars-in-75th-birthday-portrait-taken-by-photographer-of-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/344892\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Anne Stars in 75th Birthday Portrait, Taken by Photographer of Decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buckingham Palace has released a new portrait of Princess Anne in celebration of her 75th birthday on Aug. 15<\/li>\n<li>The snap was captured at Gatcombe Park, the Princess Royal&#8217;s private home, in July<\/li>\n<li>Photographer John Swannell hopped behind the camera for Anne&#8217;s birthday picture, continuing a tradition that&#8217;s marked multiple milestones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/princess-anne\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Anne<\/a> is marking her 75th birthday in a new portrait by a renowned photographer she has turned to for decades.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> On Aug. 14, Buckingham Palace released a new picture of the Princess Royal ahead of her 75th birthday on Friday, Aug. 15.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The photograph was captured last month at Gatcombe Park, Princess Anne&#8217;s private residence and equestrian estate in Gloucestershire.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The picture was taken by John Swannell, a celebrated photographer who is familiar with photographing Anne. He previously took the Princess Royal&#8217;s picture for her 40th birthday in 1990, 50th birthday in 2000, 60th birthday in 2010 and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/royals\/princess-anne-turns-70-official-portraits\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her 70th birthday in 2020<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p> Princess Anne.<\/p>\n<p>John Swannell for Buckingham Palace\/PA Wire<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Swannell&#8217;s latest portrait continues a longstanding relationship with the royal family, as he has captured photographs of many members through the years.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> According to Swannell&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnswannell.com\/about-john-swannell\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, the late <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/princess-diana\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Diana<\/a> personally commissioned him to photograph her with her sons, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince-william\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince-harry\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a>, in 1994.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> He was later asked to take <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince-edward\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Edward<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/sophie-countess-of-wessex\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh<\/a>&#8216;s picture for the stamp celebrating their wedding, took the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/royals\/queen-mother-king-charles-do-lets-have-another-drink-exclusive-excerpt\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Mother<\/a>&#8216;s photograph for the stamp commemorating her 100th birthday and also took <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/queen-elizabeth\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth<\/a>&#8216;s portrait for her Golden Jubilee and Diamond Jubilee.\n<\/p>\n<p> Sir Tim Laurence and Princess Anne.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Jackson\/Getty Images for Buckingham Palace<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Princess Anne&#8217;s new portrait by Swannell give an intimate glimpse of the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/princess-anne-continues-streak-as-hardest-working-member-royal-family-even-after-concussion-hospitalization-8750482\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;hardest-working&#8221; royal <\/a>and is the second official image released for her 75th birthday.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> On Aug. 8, one week before the big day, Buckingham Palace <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/princess-anne-sparkles-new-tiara-portrait-husband-75th-birthday-festivities-begin-11787717\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unveiled a new tiara portrait of Anne with her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The photo by Getty Images&#8217; royal photographer Chris Jackson showed the Princess Royal and Sir Tim, 70, standing and smiling together in their finery before the French state banquet at Windsor Castle on July 9.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> There, Princess Anne shimmered in the Festoon Tiara and wore the Royal Family Orders of her brother, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/person\/king-charles-iii\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Charles<\/a>, and their late mother, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/queen-elizabeth\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <strong>Can&#8217;t get enough of PEOPLE&#8217;s Royals coverage?<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-royals-newsletter-sign-up-8692768\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Sign up for our free Royals newsletter<\/a> to get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!\u00a0<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The shot caught the attention of royal watchers, as the portrait gave a closer look at the first hair change Anne debuted in 50 years!\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The Princess Royal swept her tresses into a chignon for glam banquet, marking a rare departure from the bouffant she&#8217;s rarely deviated from throughout the last half century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Buckingham Palace has released a new portrait of Princess Anne in celebration of her 75th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-344892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115029324835434550","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}