In the latest season of “The Crown,” the Duke of Edinburgh makes a request of his only daughter, Princess Anne. He wants her help, he says, because she is “the most thrifty, feet-on-the-ground, low-profile, unpretentious royal we’ve got.”

He isn’t wrong. Fourteen when Season 3 opens, Anne (played by Erin Doherty ) belts out David Bowie in the car. She punches her older brother in the stomach — never mind that he’ll be king one day. As her mother helms the monarchy, her father has a midlife crisis and her brother grapples with the responsibilities of being an heir, Anne is busy just enjoying herself.

There’s something about her sass, her nonchalance — “I look like a hydrangea,” she responds to a compliment on her blue evening gown — that gives the princess a relatable edge, even if she did grow up in a palace. The real-life Princess Anne is just as complex; here’s what to know about her when you watch Season 3.

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Our first glimpse of Princess Anne this season is a close-up of her riding boots as she strides through the halls of Buckingham Palace.