Princess Anne became the first member of the royal family to attend court in over 100 years

Prince Harry is expected to spend a grueling day or two on the witness stand this week as part of his case against Mirror Group Newspapers.

Although it is rare for a high-ranking member of the royal family to appear in court, it is not unique.

In this regard, his aunt Princess Anne has taken quite the lead, especially when it comes to traffic violations.

At the age of 21, Anne was given a written warning after being caught driving at speeds of up to 150 km/h on the M1 in 1972, although Thames Valley Police chose not to prosecute.

Five years later, the princess, then 26, was not so lucky. She was fined £40 at Alfreton Magistrates in Derbyshire for driving 96 mph in a 70 mph limit on the M1.

Anne was fined £500 for the attack and ordered to pay £250 in damages to each of the victims and £148 in court costs

Princess Anne was seen driving her Land Rover Discovery car in Gatcombe Park on August 4, 2006

Then, on 22 October 1990, she was fined £150 and banned from driving for a month by magistrates in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, after admitting two speeding offences. She said she was late for an engagement.

More recently, Anne became the first member of the royal family to be convicted of a crime unrelated to driving after her dog attacked two boys in 2002.

This time she appeared in person before the Slough Magistrates Court.

Joined by her husband Time Laurence and two children, Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips, Anne pleaded guilty to leading a dog that got dangerously out of control in a public place under the Dangerous Dogs Act.

During the hour-long hearing, it was admitted that her bull terrier, Dotty, was dangerously out of control, but it was said to have come as a great shock to Anne.

The dog, who was three years old at the time, was described as a good-natured animal “without malice.”

The court heard that a 12-year-old suffered a bite to the collarbone and two bites to the left leg and that a seven-year-old had scratches to his right forearm, back and left leg.

The Princess Royal was subsequently fined £500 for the attack and ordered to pay £250 in damages to each of the victims and £148 in court costs.

The dog, who was three years old at the time, was described as a good-natured animal “without malice.” Pictured: Anne walking her dogs in Gloucestershire

Dotty, the English bull terrier, was ordered to stay on a leash in public places and undergo training after the incident

The family of the injured boys immediately criticized the punishment and thought the dog should have been put down. But Dotty escaped with an order that she be kept on a leash in public places and undergo training.

Princess Anne has been caring for bull terriers for decades and this wouldn’t be the first time one of her dogs has turned violent.

The following year, Dotty’s mother, Florence, bit maid Ruby Brooker in the knee, before later mauling one of the Queen’s corgis, Pharos, so badly that he had to be put down.

The Princess Royal’s first fine (pictured) was for speeding in 1977 on her way to an engagement

Princess Anne pictured driving her Scimitar car at Crookham in Hampshire in March 1971

Florence and Dotty were sent for retraining, but Anne’s bull terriers gained such a reputation that Queen Elizabeth II banned them from the Sandringham home.

In 1993, her dog Eglantyne went to a spectator in Gatcombe after attacking a smaller dog in Windsor two years earlier.

And in January of this year, it was reported that one of Anne’s bull terriers had attacked another dog during a Boxing Day pheasant hunt.

An insider said the king’s sister had brought her pet to the family gathering in Sandringham when it bit its teeth into the gamekeeper’s dog and bit its ear in a “frenzy”.