The Queen goes by several names: Her Majesty, Elizabeth II, and Gan-Gan. But only a select few, her eight great-grandchildren, can call her by that last one. While Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, and little Archie are certainly the most well-known of the royal babies, the oldest member of that generation of the Windsor family is actually eight-year-old Savannah Phillips, daughter of Peter Phillips, and granddaughter of Princess Anne.
Here's everything you need to know about her.
Her parents are Peter and Autumn Phillips.
Princess Anne's son Peter, the Queen's eldest grandchild, met Canadian-born Autumn Kelly in Montreal in 2003. They married at Windsor Castle five years later on May 17, 2008. While Autumn was raised Catholic, she converted to and was accepted into the Church of England before the wedding.
Savannah Phillips was born on December 29, 2010 in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
She is the Queen's oldest great-grandchild and Princess Anne's oldest grandchild. A statement at the time of her birth from Buckingham Palace read:
The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Princess Royal, Captain Mark Phillips and Autumn's family have been informed and are delighted with the news.
Her name was not immediately announced, and was first revealed publicly during a church service in Sandringham when the reverend reportedly shared a prayer for "Peter and Autumn Phillips and their daughter Savannah."
Savannah's only sister Isla was born just a few years later on March 29, 2012.
Savannah is currently 16th in the royal line of succession.
At the time of her birth, Savannah was 12th in line to the throne, but Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis bumped her down the list. After the arrival of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor in May 2019, Savannah dropped to 16th in line.
While she holds a position in the order of succession, Savannah does not have a royal title. The BBC reports that children of the daughter of a monarch are not "entitled to the rank" of his or her royal highness. When Savannah's father, Peter Phillips, was born, his parents, Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips, declined the Queen's offer to give him a title, marking "the first child to be born to a princess without a title here for at least 500 years," reported the Washington Post.
"Princess Anne and her husband are understood to have told the queen that they felt a title would be a hindrance in the child's future career."
Since neither of her parents have a royal rank, Savannah doesn't have one either.
Savannah made her royal balcony debut in 2017 alongside her younger sister.
The Phillips sisters were seen hamming it up with Prince George and Princess Charlotte during the annual Trooping the Colour Parade. While Isla and Savannah are seen at royal events on occasion and typically attend Christmas mass with the rest of the royal family, they reportedly live a fairly normal life in London.
In 2018, Savannah stole the show at Trooping the Colour.
Savannah stole the show at Trooping the Colour last year laughing and clapping with Princess Charlotte and playfully telling Prince George to stop singing during the national anthem.
She played a role in Princess Eugenie's royal wedding.
In October 2018, Savannah was tapped to serve as a bridesmaid in Princess Eugenie's wedding to Jack Brooksbank. Savannah was joined by her younger sister, Isla, along with her cousin, Mia Tindall, and other royal relatives, including Princess Charlotte and Maud Windsor, in the bridal party. During the wedding ceremony, Savannah was tasked with taking the bride's bouquet once she arrived at the altar and met her groom.
After the service at St. George's Chapel, Savannah joined the rest of the bridal party on the chapel steps, where they sweetly waved to the crowd..
