Royal fans quickly noticed the official palace website published a glaring error about Princess Anne 's personal life in what was meant to be a special 75th birthday celebration.
The controversy reportedly began when eagle-eyed royal watchers spotted a factual mistake in the official tribute to King Charles ' sister, who turns 75 on Friday, August 15.
Among the "75 fascinating facts" compiled to honor the Princess Royal, fact number 14 contained information that simply wasn't true.
The article incorrectly claimed that Princess Anne had gained two stepchildren named Tom and Amy Laurence through her second marriage to Sir Timothy Laurence .
However, when Princess Anne married Laurence in 1992, he was actually a bachelor with no children. The Princess Royal became his first and on