She Was Almost Kidnapped, and 7 Other Fascinating Facts About Princess Anne

Anne began public engagements in 1969 — straight after leaving secondary school — and accompanied her parents on a state visit to Austria that same year. She has since been traveling abroad on behalf of the United Kingdom up to three times a year and was the first member of the Royal Family to make an official visit to the Soviet Union when she went there as a guest of the government in 1990.