On Thursday The Princess Royal made a special stop at RAF Brize Norton, where she serves as honorary air commodore, to bestow a new standard to honour the reformation of the No. LXX, (70), Squadron.
The Princes Royal at RAF Brize Norton.
The Squadron stood down five years ago after being based at RAF Lyneham for over 25 years. There was great sadness over this, but there was hope that it would one…
The Princess Royal has spent three days in Bosnia-Herzogovina where one of her responsibilities was to represent Britain at a service marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. Princess Anne stood alongside other dignitaries including Queen Noor of Jordan…
The First World War was one of the most devastating conflicts in history. Over six million soldiers from the United Kingdom fought in the war and contributed massively to the country’s victory. But it was not just the men who helped win battles – around 1.3…
Princess Anne speaks out on ‘over-breeding, doping and indiscriminate horse trading’
12th May 2015
The Princess Royal has spoken out on the inhumane conditions suffered by horses bound for slaughter outside the UK.
Writing in the foreword to Horse Welfare: Use not Abuse, a new book on the topic, Princess Anne criticised hauliers and the meat industry saying that horse welfare has deteriorated due to “over-breeding, doping and indiscriminate horse trading.”
The Princess writes…
Prince Charles and Princess Anne appointed Commodores-in-Chief of Royal Canadian Navy
5th May 2015
The Canadian Minister of National Defence, The Honourable Jason Kenney, has announced that The Prince of Wales and The Princess Royal have both been appointed as Commodores-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Navy by their mother, Her Majesty The Queen.
Commodore-in-Chief is one…
The Princess Royal has officially opened Britain’s first dental school and hospital in nearly 40 years during a visit to the east end of London. During her trip to Whitechapel, the Princess met patients and staff at the medical centre which will treat around 70,000 people…
The Queen’s granddaughter, Zara Tindall, was on Friday forced to withdraw from this year’s Rolex Kentucky after her horse, High Kingdom, suffered a minor injury.
Mrs Tindall was supposed to be making her debut at the American classic equestrian event with Trevor Hemmings’ horse on whom she rode when she won British team’s silver medal at last year’s World Equestrian…
A horse which is co-owned by Zara and Mike Tindall finished in third place at yesterday’s Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree showing that the huge gamble in entering him paid off.
After finishing seventh in 2014, Monbeg Dude put extra effort in this year to…
Monbeg Dude at last years Grand National where he finished in 7th place
It’s Grand National day, the time of year where the eyes of the horse racing world descend to Liverpool where the world’s most famous horse race takes place.
This year, Monbeg Dude, the horse…
Princess Anne to attend service to mark 100 years since Britain’s worst railway tragedy
4th April 2015
The Princess Royal will next month attend a commemorative event to recognise 100 years since Britain’s worst railway tragedy at Gretna Green, on May 22.
She will be joined alongside soldiers, dignitaries and members of the local community at the site where the Quintinshill train disaster occurred, killing 227 people in 1915.
However, despite the huge loss of life and many injuries, the tragedy…
