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Early life

Anne was born in Paris, France, the daughter of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma and Princess Margrethe of Denmark. Together with her three brothers she spent her childhood in France. In 1939 her family fled from the Nazis and escaped to Spain. From there they went on to Portugal and then to the United States of America. Part of the Paris skyline with from left to right: Montparnasse Tower, Eiffel Tower, and in the background, towers of neighboring La Défense. ... Marguerite, Princess of Bourbon-Parma was a Danish princess and wife of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma. ...

Anne attended the Parson's School of Art in New York from 1940 to 1943. She also worked as a sales-person at Macy's department store. In 1943 she volunteered for military service in the French Army. She served in Algeria, Morocco, Italy, Luxembourg and Germany, and received the French Croix de guerre. Macys is a chain of American department stores with its flagship store in Herald Square, New York City, which has been billed as the worlds largest store since completion of the Seventh Avenue addition in 1924. ... The Croix de guerre is a military decoration of both Belgium and France which was first created in 1915. ...

Marriage and family

In November 1947 Anne met King Michael I of Romania who was visiting London for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom) to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Anne and Michael were engaged soon afterwards. Michael returned to Romania where he was forced to abdicate by the Communists on December 30. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of 16 sovereign states, collectively known as the Commonwealth Realms. ... The Duke of Edinburgh The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Philip Mountbatten, formerly Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark) (born 10 June 1921, Greece) is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. ... The Romanian Communist Party (Romanian: Partidul Comunist Român) was a Communist political party in Romania until 1989. ...

Anne and Michael married soon after his deposition, on June 10, 1948 in Athens, Greece, at the invitation of King Paul of Greece. As a Catholic, Anne was bound by the Catholic Canon law of marriage which required that she receive a dispensation to marry a non-Catholic Christian (Michael is Orthodox). At the time, such a dispensation was normally only given if the non-Catholic partner promised to allow the children of the marriage to be raised Catholic. Michael refused to make this promise since it would have had a detrimental impact upon any possible restoration. The Holy See (which dealt with the matter since Michael was a member of a reigning house) refused to grant the dispensation unless Michael made the required promise. Since no dispensation was given for the marriage, it was invalid according to Catholic canon law. Many years later (reportedly in the 1990s) Anne and Michael had their marriage recognised by the Catholic Church. June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína IPA: ) is the capital and largest city of Greece and the birthplace of democracy. ... Paul, King of the Hellenes (December 14, 1901 - March 6, 1964), was King of Greece from 1947 to 1964. ... Canon Law is the ecclesiastical law of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Separate articles treat Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Orthodox Judaism. ...

Anne is by courtesy known as Queen Anne of Romania, although she married Michael after the loss of his throne.

Anne and Michael have five daughters:

• Princess Margarita of Romania (born 1949); married Radu Duda, later Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen.
• Princess Elena of Romania (born 1950); married 1st and divorced Robin Medforth-Mills; married 2nd Alexander Phillips Nixon McAteer.
• Princess Irina of Romania (born 1953); married John Kreuger. Divorced 2003.
• Princess Sophie of Romania (born 1957); married Alain Michel Léonce Biarneix de Laufenborg. Divorced 2002.
• Princess Maria of Romania (born 1964); married Casimir Mystkowski. Divorced 2003.

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After their marriage, Anne and Michael lived first at Villa Sparta, the home of Michael's mother outside Florence, Italy. In 1949 they moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, and in 1951 to England, where they lived at Bramshill House in Hampshire and then at Ayot St Lawrence in Hertfordshire. In 1955 they returned to Switzerland and settled in Versoix near Geneva. A style of office, or honorific, is a form of address which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a title or post, or to the political office itself. ... HM can signify: Air Seychelles: IATA code Heard Island and McDonald Islands: ISO 3166 digram and FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code HM (patient), pseudonym of a man with no long-term memory (also written H.M.) HM Magazine, a Christian Hard rock magazine His Majesty/Her Majesty, a form... Country Italy Region Tuscany Province Florence (FI) Mayor Leonardo Domenici Elevation 50 m Area 102 km² Population  - Total (as of 2006-06-02) 366,488  - Density 3,593/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Fiorentini Dialing code 055 Postal code 50100 Frazioni Galluzzo, Settignano Patron St. ... Lausanne is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France) and with the Jura hills to its north. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq... Hampshire (abbr. ... Ayot St Lawrence is a small village in Hertfordshire, between Harpenden and Welwyn. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ... Versoix is a small town in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, which sits on the right bank of Lake Geneva. ... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German: //, Italian: Ginevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich), and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ...

In 1992 Anne and Michael visited Romania for three days; it was Anne's first visit to the country. From 1993 to 1997, despite repeated attempts, Michael was not permitted to enter Romania. During these years Anne visited the country a number of times representing her husband. Since 1997 there have been no restrictions on Anne and Michael's entrance to Romania.

Bibliography

Duda, Radu. Anne of Romania: A War, an Exile, a Life. Bucharest: Romanian Cultural Foundation, 2002. A quasi-official biography by her son-in-law, originally published in Romanian as Război, un exil, o viată (Bucharest, 2000).