Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence

[kelly1972]

Does anyone really have any any interesting info on the Princess Anne's husband Tim Laurence. Not a lot is ever written about him. He does spend a lot of time however, supporting his wife at equestrian meets and public engagement and so forth. What do they have in common?

[tiaraprin]

I have heard some things about Tim Laurence, and not all are flattering. I have read that he has become more "royal" than the royals, but not as bad as Princess Michael is.

He met Princess Anne while he was an equerry to The Queen. They passed love letters which were stolen from Princess Anne's briefcase. The letters were shown to all the tabloids and all of the world knew Anne had her own lover just as her then husband had many of his own. It had been rumored that the Phillips' marriage had been bad for several years, and this was the icing on the cake. They soon separated after this incident.

When the divorce became final 2 years later, Princess Anne wed Laurence in Scotland where a church wedding was possible. It was reported that The Queen had to place pressure upon the Queen Mum to attend. The Queen Mum was adamantly anti-divorce and didn't countenance remarriage unless one was a widow/widower.

[kelly1972]

I just recently found out that he shares a love of yachting and sailing with his wife.

[sm1939]

Im sure I read long time ago , that things werent happy in Anns and Tim's marriage
did any one else read that somewhere as well?

[lady_windsor]

Originally Posted by sm1939

Im sure I read long time ago , that things werent happy in Anns and Tim's marriage
did any one else read that somewhere as well?

Yes. I read that the royals found him boring? i dont remember the whole story but it was sumthhing about him being young and still being able to break up with Princess anne and hav kids..i dunno it was reallly complicated

[*SofiaM*]

I read, I think somewhere on the internet that Tim felt like the royals, especially Charles, still treated him like a member of staff rather than a member of the family and that he felt uneasy being around them.

[iowabelle]

Recently, he and Princess Anne were touring lighthouses as a hobby.

[Elspeth]

Warren has made at least two requests to keep this thread on topic and not get derailed into discussions about Judaism. It appears that some people don't think moderator requests are worth paying attention to. Those people are asking for a strong reality check if they carry on ignoring moderator requests to stop derailing threads.

Since the off-topic posts were beginning to dominate the thread, I've deleted them. Please don't start this digression up again.

Elspeth

Royal Forums administrator

[Jil]

How old is he? When did he marry Princess Anne?

[HMQueenElizabethII]

He married the Princess Royal in Decmber 1992.

Originally Posted by Jil

How old is he? When did he marry Princess Anne?

[pollyemma]

Originally Posted by Elspeth

Warren has made at least two requests to keep this thread on topic and not get derailed into discussions about Judaism. It appears that some people don't think moderator requests are worth paying attention to. Those people are asking for a strong reality check if they carry on ignoring moderator requests to stop derailing threads.

Since the off-topic posts were beginning to dominate the thread, I've deleted them. Please don't start this digression up again.

Elspeth

Royal Forums administrator

I really don't want to ignore your request, Elspeth, but I am very curious why people were discussing Judaism in connection with Tim Laurence. is he a convert to that religion? I'd really like to know.

[kelly1972]

Tim Laurence was born in March 1955. So he just celebrated his 50th birthday this year.

[Lady Jean]

Does anyone have more info about the stolen letters between Anne and Tim that appeared c. 1989 in the newspapers? Were direct quotes printed?

[Elspeth]

Originally Posted by pollyemma

I really don't want to ignore your request, Elspeth, but I am very curious why people were discussing Judaism in connection with Tim Laurence. is he a convert to that religion? I'd really like to know.

Someone said Tim Laurence was Jewish, although there doesn't seem to be any information to back that up. It led to quite a digression about Jews, Germans, and all sorts of other off-topic stuff.

[iowabelle]

Originally Posted by Elspeth

Someone said Tim Laurence was Jewish, although there doesn't seem to be any information to back that up. It led to quite a digression about Jews, Germans, and all sorts of other off-topic stuff.

I think he has a Jewish great-great-etc. grandparent. The genealogical tie is rather distant, and he wasn't raised in the Judaic tradition.

[Warren]

We have two Tim Laurence threads: Timothy Laurence, and Rear Admiral Tim Laurence, both running concurrently.

They are now merged.

[Warren]

Originally Posted by iowabelle

I think he has a Jewish great-great-etc. grandparent. The genealogical tie is rather distant.

1826 to be precise.

[pollyemma]

Originally Posted by Elspeth

Someone said Tim Laurence was Jewish, although there doesn't seem to be any information to back that up. It led to quite a digression about Jews, Germans, and all sorts of other off-topic stuff.

ah, I see. Thanks for 'splaining it to me.

[auntie]

What do we know about the man, his background, career, marriage etc. where does he live and so forth. Do we have any pictures?!

Please write and post!

[Oppie]

I asked this before and it seemed there wasn't much known about him.

For starters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Laurence

He was born in 1955, is a Rear Admiral, Anne is his first marriage and he has no children and used to work as a Royal Equerry.