POLL: Were Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips right to turn down royal titles for Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall?

Princess Anne's engagement to Captain Mark Phillips was announced on 29 May 1973, five years after the couple first met at a party in 1968. The couple married at Westminster Abbey on 14 November 1973, before separating in 1989 and divorcing in 1992. Anne married Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence later that year. 

One of the most significant decisions of Anne's marriage to Mark was over their children's future: the couple jointly decided not to accept royal titles, such as an earldom for Mark, for their children, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall. Looking back in a 2020 Vanity Fair profile, Anne said: "I think it was probably the right decision... I think most people would argue that there are downsides to having titles." 

Today Zara, Mike Tindall and their three children live at Aston Farm on the Gatcombe Park estate, while Peter married Harriet Sperling in June. Some royal fans say growing up without titles gave Peter and Zara the freedom to build lives and careers of their own. Others feel titles are part of royal heritage that the monarch's grandchildren should have been able to keep. Where do you land? Cast your vote below and tell us in the comments.