Princess Anne turns 60

Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, turns 60 on Sunday, August 15. Here are a collection of articles and interviews celebrating this landmark.

No plans to Slow Down as Princess Anne turns 60

Her family is known as The Firm and she is regarded as one its hardest-working members. The Princess Royal has links to more than 200 charities and organisations and last year she carried out 600 engagements.

Sport has always been a passion – she rode at international level. And so she chose to give her 60th birthday interview to the BBC’s Inside Sport programme.

Video: BBC News
Article: The Mirror

The Best King We Never Had

Imperious and aloof, she’s more of a man than her brothers – but with a suprising sex appeal and a rather racy private life. As she reaches 60 . . . Why Princess Anne is the best king we never had. This article by the Daily Mail heralds the life of the Queen’s only daughter — from her childhood, her marriages, her dedication as a royal, and her children.

Article: Daily Mail

HRH The Princess Royal

Who is the real Princess Royal? Her biographer, Brian Hoey, lets us into her world as she turns 60

Article: The Lady

My daughter Zara, the Royal Celebrity

Princess Anne opens her heart.  She has admitted that her own daughter is a celebrity – and said that these days, it ‘comes with the territory’.  Despite condemning the way the royal family has become ‘public property’, the Princess Royal said Zara, 29, had no choice but to accept a long list of lucrative sponsorship deals to support her horse riding career.

Article: Daily MailRelated Posts:

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The Royal Family were in high spirits yesterday when they took a walk down memory lane at the end of a 10-day holiday cruise.  Three generations of royals, with Peter Phillips’s pregnant wife Autumn carrying a fourth, disembarked the five-star cruise ship, the Hebridean Princess, and took a nostalgic trip to the late Queen Mother’s home, the Castle of Mey.

The Queen paid £300,000 out of her own private funds to charter the 49-passenger vessel, although it cost taxpayers an estimated £1 million for police, divers, dog handlers, Ministry of Defence police marine units, and a Royal Navy Type 23 frigate, HMS Kent, to provide security for the trip.

Article: The Express | Daily Mail

Zara Phillips Joins Sailing Team for Cowes Week

Think Zara Phillips and you think jodhpurs, crops and horse riding competitions. But today, the young Royal proved that her sea legs are just as competitive as she swapped the equestrian life for one on the open waves.

Zara was taking part in the Artemis Challenge, which saw a fleet of six yachts sail round the Isle of Wight to win money for charity.

Article: Daily Mail

Prince Andrew in Sardinia while  a Man Arrested for Breaking Into his Home

Cops have arrested a man on suspicion of breaking into the grounds of Prince Andrew’s house. The 43-year-old was nicked at his home in Colnbrook, Berks, over conspiracy to commit theft and is being held in police custody.

While all this was happening, Prince Andrew was spotted in a yacht in Sardinia, apparently with a woman massaging sun cream on his back. According to Richard Palmer, the woman was the wife of another guest, and not Prince Andrew’s new girlfriend

Article: The Sun
Pictures: StarTraks Photo
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The Queen, the Duke, with their young children - Prince Charles & Princess Anne

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II may be 84 but she still has plenty of byte – as she’s shown by joining the photo-sharing website Flickr.

The Queen has already uploaded more than 600 snaps, many of which are very rare, and she plans to write a frequently-updated diary of the Royal Family’s engagements.

The pictures include historic shots of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert from the early days of photography, plus the Queen as a child with her parents and in early royal duties.

The launch follows that of royal.gov.uk, the monarchy Twitter account in 2009 and the Royal Channel on YouTube in 2007.

A Palace statement said: “The Flickr photo site is the latest way the royal household is engaging with technological innovation.”

Article: The Sun
Link: The British Monarchy’s Flicker account
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Among the highlights of the trip will be two parties to celebrate the 60th birthday of The Princess Royal next month and the 50th birthday of The Duke of York earlier this year.

Bathed in glorious sunshine, an excited Royal Family arrived en masse at Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis to begin their holiday.

The Queen, dressed in a lime green trouser suit and pastel headscarf, boarded the luxury Hebridean Princess, which will be their home for the next ten days. She was joined by the Duke of York and his daughters, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice.

The Princess Royal, boarded with a backpack and wearing cream trousers and a jacket, followed by her husband, Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence, who was carrying two bags. Viscount Linley, Princess Margaret’s son, was present with his wife Serena Stanhope and their two children, Charles and Margarita. The viscount’s sister, Lady Sarah Chatto, her husband, Daniel, and their sons, Samuel and Arthur, appeared cheerful as they boarded.

Among those due to join the trip later are the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex, with their children, and Peter Philips and his wife, Autumn.

Article: Telegraph
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Queen Elizabeth, Easter 2010

The Queen was joined by two of her granddaughters as she took part in the traditional Easter Sunday service at Windsor Castle.

A crowd of well-wishers gathered outside St George’s Chapel to see members of the Royal Family as they arrived for the Mattins service.

The Queen, wearing a long violet coat and matching hat accessorised by a flower, was joined by her children Prince Andrew, Princess Anne and Prince Edward. The Duke of York’s daughters Eugenie, wearing a dark purple dress, white beret and jacket, and Beatrice, who was in a floral dress and pale grey hat, were also present, as were the Countess of Wessex and Princess Anne’s husband Tim Laurence.

The Daily Mail also featured their story, focusing on Princess Beatrice and Eugenie’s Easter glamour.

Articles: The Telegraph | Daily Mail
Pictures: Getty Images
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The Princess spent time in Camp Bastion, the forces’ main base on March 1st, and met soldiers from a number of units including a group of military dog handlers. She was was welcomed by soldiers and officers of the Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistics Regiment, with a traditional battle display. She also met servicemen from 9 Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps and the Household Cavalry Regiment and toured the British field hospital.

The visit was said to have been a great morale boost for the troops.

Article: The Telegraph

Prince William says homelessness ‘tarnishes’ society

Prince William, who is patron for Centrepoint – a charity for homeless young people that he first visited with his mother – admitted that he has had a privileged upbringing but said his work with the group had given him a greater understanding of the issues involved.

In remarks focusing on the number of homeless people in London he said: “I realise that I am very fortunate. But through my involvement with Centrepoint, and talking with the disadvantaged young people it looks after, I feel I have an understanding of some of the issues surrounding homelessness, one of the many manifestations of poverty in this capital city.”

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The crown for “hardest working royal” once again goes to Princess Anne. Here are 2009’s numbers:

• Princess Anne ———- 554 public engagements
• Prince Charles ——— 540
• Prince Andrew ——— 490
• The Queen ————– 375
• Prince William ———- 27
• Prince Harry ———— 15

Article: Daily Mail

Other tidbits on the Queen:

• A widely known dog lover, she cheers up a pensioner with a condolence letter after he wrote to Buckingham Palace saying his dog has died.
• The Queen burst out laughing during a church service in Sandringham when Right Reverend Graham James told the congregation he believed John the Baptist should have appeared on British TV show “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here.”

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The whole family was there for the church service. Pictures show Prince William and cousin Zara Phillips linking arms, the Queen receiving flowers from children, William hugging a church regular, Zara & Autumn (visiting with husband Peter Phillips) in killer heels, plus a host of Philip Treacy hats. Security is reportedly significantly tighter this year.

Article: Daily Mail
Pictures: Getty Images
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It appears that the family was sharing a rare moment with the Queen Mother, King George VI, and Princess Margaret.  It is believed the shots were taken in 1951 by a member of the Buckingham Palace staff — before King George VI’s death in 1952.

The photos are due to be sold at an auction in Colchester next week.

Article: The Sun

Pippa Middleton has once again hit the ice!  Kate’s little sister attended the VIP opening of Skate hosted by Tiffany and Co held at Somerset House on November 16, 2009 in London, England.  Two years ago, William and Kate surprised locals by skating in the same rink.

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HM The Queen led the nation is paying respect to Britain’s war dead in the Remembrance Sunday ceremony.

Warmly clad in a black coat against the autumn chill, the monarch placed the first wreath in the annual event at the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Soon followed the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Harry, on behalf of Prince Charles who is on an official visit to Canada, and Prince William. It is the first time that Prince Harry – who served in Afghanistan – has placed a wreath on Remembrance Sunday.  The Princess Royal and the Earl of Wessex were also present.

As usual, the boys look gorgeous in uniform!

Pictures: Getty Images | Rex Features
Article: Daily Mail

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Columns and Opinion

Richard Palmer of the Express writes saying it was wrong for the Queen to have issued media bans on Sandringham.  As public servants, he believes the Royal Family has to accept that there would be genuine public interest on their private lives.  And as taxpayers who provide for their protection and livelihood, the British people have the right to know everything that they do. Apparently, in the last couple of weeks, the Queen’s lawyers have threatened the media twice: (1) to stay away from Sandringham this winter, and (2) to stay away from Prince Harry and his chums while on holiday in Botswana.  I’m with the Queen for trying to implement these bans.  The paparazzi and media could be vile, vile creatures.  Gone were the days when the press actually treated the RF with reverence and honour.  Now it’s all about selling papers — hence the shameless attempts at capturing unroyal behaviour, boozy nights and crotch shots.  Let us remember that the RF also has personal income that don’t come from taxpayers.  And even if people paid to feed them, it doesn’t mean they should give up their privacy. The Queen has every right to protect her family’s dignity. They are, after all, still people — not national possessions.

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