There was a time when Peter Cross kept a photograph of Princess Anne in the spare bedroom of his Kent home. Signed by the Princess Royal herself and framed in leather, the image was a touching reminder of what was once tactfully referred to publicly as her ‘close friendship’ with the former royal protection officer. … Read more
After Mike Tindall revealed that the royal family have been forced to scale back celebrations for Princess Anne’s 70th birthday on Saturday because of Covid-19, FEMAIL has taken a look back at some of the royal’s most memorable moments. Amongst the momentous occasions include the royal’s wedding to first husband captain Mark Phillips on 14 November … Read more
The Queen has spent the past three months socially isolating at Windsor Castle amid the coronovirus pandemic but it has not been all doom and gloom. Just two weeks after she attended the nuptials of her granddaughter Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at Royal Lodge, yesterday she was present at another moving family engagement. … Read more
1 . Princess Anne turns 70 on August 15. She will celebrate this landmark birthday with a glass of barley water and a modest cake from the Mr Kipling range. ‘I can never see the point of candles,’ she says. ‘Why bother lighting them if you’re just going to blow them out?’ 2. At her public school, … Read more
Prince Philip famously quipped of his daughter ‘if it doesn’t fart or eat hay, she isn’t interested’. However not even the dedicated equestrian Princess Royal could come to the rescue of the Animal Health Trust, of which she has been president since 1991. I can reveal the much lauded veterinary charity, which celebrated its 75th … Read more
Princess Anne has given royal fans a rare glimpse into her country home at Gatcombe Park. The Princess Royal, 69, was seen sitting in a traditionally decorated room as she opened the NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow via videolink yesterday. She is thought to be in isolation at Gatcombe Park, the Gloucestershire estate where she … Read more