On a visit to Port of Cromarty Firth on
Tuesday, The Princess Royal unveiled a plaque officially naming the
new £50m expansion as Quay West. The Princess was welcomed aboard
the pilot boat Dalmore for a tour of the Cromarty Firth and the
Port’s facilities. During her guided tour, the Princess, who is
Chief Commandant of Women in the Royal Navy, also visited the
Queen’s Dock. The…
The Princess Royal honoured a ‘hidden
figure’ of engineering with the Prince Philip Medal this week,
ahead of what would have been her late father’s 100th birthday. Dr
Gladys West, an American mathematician whose pioneering work in
modelling led the way to the…
Do we take Princess Anne for granted?
This could be the shortest opinion piece in history—yes, we
definitely take Princess Anne for granted. Last week, she undertook
11 engagements that were painstakingly detailed by the Royal
Family’s Twitter account, and for…
The Princess Royal has lent her name to a
charity appeal for unpaid carers to mark her 70th birthday.
Princess Anne, who is President of Carers Trust, has helped launch
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal Respite Fund For Carers,
which will aim to support approximately 30,000 unpaid carers over
the next three years with £3 million in donations from major
donors, corporate supporters, trusts…
The daughter of the Princess Royal and
Captain Mark Phillips, Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall (née Phillips)
was born 15 May 1981 at 8:15 p.m. in the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s
Hospital in London, weighing in at 7lbs and nine ounces. Other
members of the Royal Family have…
One question which has been asked over
the years is why Zara Tindall, like her brother, Peter Phillips,
does not have a royal title, unlike their royal cousins. They are
neither prince nor princess and don’t have the style of HRH in
front of their names. Their…
The Cartier Halo Tiara earned its way
into the royal history books when it was worn by Miss Catherine
Middleton when she married Prince William in 2011. Commissioned by
the Duke of York, Queen Elizabeth II’s father in 1936, from the
House of Cartier, the tiara is made from 1000 diamonds and
platinum. Embed from Getty Images Three narrow bands of brilliant
cut diamonds form the base, which is…
The Princess Royal carried out her first
public engagement since her father’s funeral, visiting three NHS
hospitals in Gloucestershire. Princess Anne’s visits were to thank
the staff of each hospital for their hard work over the past year
and the many challenges of…
Princess Anne's heartfelt tribute to her father: "An honour and a privilege" to follow in his footsteps
11th April 2021
The Princess Royal has released a
statement following her father’s death, calling The Duke of
Edinburgh her teacher, supporter, and critic, and saying that it is
an “honour and a privilege to have been asked to follow in his
footsteps.” Princess Anne’s message…
Princess Anne heads to the bin depot on first engagement since grandson's birth
25th March 2021
The Princess Royal carried out her first
engagement since becoming a grandmother for the fifth time,
visiting the Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service to thank the
essential workers in waste and recycling collection. The Waste
Service is a shared facility that operates out of Waterbeach and is
used by the South Cambridgeshire District and Cambridge City
Councils. During her visit, Princess…
