âI do not want to be admired. I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions.â - Virginia Woolf I only seem to like Anne & Tim content. Who needs anything else?
Princess Anne and Sione Tuipulotu sharing a laugh - and nearly a hug - as she presents him with the Auld Alliance Trophy after Scotland beat France in the Guinness Six Nations đŽó §ó ąó łó Łó Žó żđ
Princess Anne shares a laugh with Sione Tuipulotu as she awards him the The Auld Alliance Trophy during the Guinness Six Nations 2026 match between Scotland and France at Scottish Gas Murrayfield, on 07 March 2026.
pov: anne being confused and wondering why there are cheers during an injury break until sheâs being told that sheâs on the big screen and the cheers are for her ⊠đ„čđ„°đđŒ
#love this #cant believe itâs already over #will miss my thursdays with these two #is it just me or has this season been more perfect than usual #allcreaturesgreatandsmall #acgs #mrfarnonmrshall #siegfriedaudrey
In the run-up to the Princess Royalâs 75th birthday next Friday a new photograph of HRH and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence has been released by Buckingham Palace. The image was taken by @ChrisJack_Getty before the state banquet for President Macron at Windsor Castle last month.
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Princess Anne at 75: why she wonât stop work until sheâs 90
The hardest-working royal is the familyâs ultimate uncomplaining âspareâ. Friends who praise her work ethic and warmth say Harry should be in touch
By Roya Nikkhah for The Times
As commemorations go, it typifies Princess Anne: understated and under the radar. On Friday, the Royal Mint issued a silver ÂŁ5 coin to mark Anneâs birthday next month, with the simple inscription: âThe Princess Royal. Celebrating 75 years. Duty and devotion.â
The coin, which was approved by the princess, is the only commemoration Anne has authorised to mark her birthday on August 15. Despite courtiersâ best efforts in recent months to engage her in ideas, she has refused all suggestions of new official portraits or media interviews. Several meetings with royal aides to discuss options were swerved by the princess.
Eventually, aides gave up trying after strict instructions not to make a fuss. As one said: âShe told us she would do things for birthdays that had âzeroes, but not for the fivesâ.â
Despite being nearly a decade past the official retirement age, Anne shows no sign of slowing down yet. Last year, she once again topped the list as the hardest-working royal, clocking up 474 engagements. The King was in second place with 372.
Earlier this year she was asked if she was considering retirement. She replied: âIt isnât really an optionâ, a possible reference to the small number of working royals since the Duke of Sussexâs departure and the Duke of Yorkâs demotion.
But the Kingâs straight-talking sister, who bears many of her fatherâs no-nonsense traits, is now thinking ahead. She plans to follow in Prince Philipâs dutiful footsteps and retire in her tenth decade. A source close to Anne said: âShe has said her plan is to push on [with work] until she is 80, then start winding down a bit, and then copy the [late] Duke of Edinburgh and wind down completely at 90.â Philip retired from public life in 2017 aged 96, marking his final solo engagement at Buckingham Palace by taking the salute â in heavy rain â from the Royal Marines after 64 years as their captain general.
The source added: âThe head of state has to go on but the princess is in a position where she can wind down and say, âIâve done my bitâ, just like the Duke of Edinburgh did. She would like to do it while she is still in reasonable health and she can enjoy some time at Gatcombe [Anneâs home in Gloucestershire]. A driving force is also Tim, [Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Anneâs husband], who is very supportive of her. One of his main concerns has always been that she doesnât burn herself out.â
For more than seven decades, Anne has appeared almost unstoppable, but she was forced to press pause in June last year after being admitted to intensive care with concussion and head injuries. Doctors believed they were consistent with being struck by a horse.
Anne has said she does not âremember a single thingâ about the incident at Gatcombe Park. In an interview with the Press Association during an official visit to South Africa in January, Anne conceded the accident had given her pause for thought: âIt just reminds you, shows you â you never quite know, something [happens] and you might not recover.
âYouâre jolly lucky ⊠if you can continue to be more or less compos mentis and last summer I was very close to not being. Take each day as it comes, they say. You are sharply reminded that every day is a bonus really.â
Last month, she was back riding on the parade at Trooping the Colour on Noble, the first time she had ridden in public since the incident. A source, who knows Anne well, says: âHer accident was so much worse than anyone let on and it took quite a while for her to feel herself again.â
She returned to work three weeks after the accident, sporting a black eye, prompting a rare personal message on X from the Prince and Princess of Wales, acknowledging her work ethic: âSuper trooper! So great to see you back so soon. W&C x.â Prince William is known to admire his auntâs devotion to duty and Anne is fond of her nephew and will support him as King in the future if she is still working when he accedes to the throne.
But several sources close to the princess note that she would like to see him do more of the âbread-and-butterâ royal engagements. Only the King, Anne and William do investitures, many of which take place at Windsor Castle, near Williamâs Windsor home, Adelaide Cottage. A source close to Anne says: âSheâs still doing most of the investitures [at Windsor] even though William lives there. It annoys her.â
Family remains important to Anne, who is close to her two children, Peter Phillips, 47, and Zara Tindall, 44, from her first marriage to Captain Mark Phillips, which ended in divorce in April 1992. She married Laurence, 70, in December that year. She has five grandchildren, Mia, 11, Lena, 7, and Lucas Tindall, 4, and Savannah and Isla Phillips, 14 and 13, and is often spotted larking about with them when Zara, a former Olympic equestrian like her mother, is competing.
Though their respective busy diaries limit the time they spend together, the bond between Charles, 76, and his sister, remains strong. On the rare occasions they do joint engagements, they are often photographed laughing together. Their bond was evident in a BBC documentary marking the coronation in 2023, when footage behind the scenes at Buckingham Palace showed Anne greet her brother with, âHello, old bean,â to his delight.
The princess is also close to her younger brother, the Duke of Edinburgh, and when diaries permit, catches up with Edward, 61, and Sophie, 60, over dinner. There is said to be less of a bond with the Duke of York, 65, who stepped back from public life in 2019.
Anne has given nothing away publicly about her thoughts on the Duke and Duchess of Sussexâs departure from royal life in 2020, and the subsequent controversies. But when Prince Harry arrived solo at Balmoral to find Charles, Camilla and William had decamped to nearby Birkhall in the hours after Queen Elizabethâs death, it was âAunt Anneâ who greeted her nephew with a hug and showed him to his grandmotherâs bedroom where she lay at rest, so he could say a final goodbye.
With renewed speculation about a possible reconciliation between Harry and his father, some royal watchers have suggested Anne could have a role to play in peace-building. In his memoir, Spare, Harry revealed that after a physical fight with William, he called his therapist. At the time, a friend of the royal family told me that a session with Anne, the ultimate uncomplaining âspareâ, would be time better spent.
âHe really ought to talk to Princess Anne,â the friend said. âShe often talked about how, as children, she was treated so differently from Charles. She was second to him and kicked further down the line of succession as a woman, but she forged her own path. In her twenties she was bolshy and upset about a lot of things, but she came through that. He should talk to her about her experiences. She is shrewd. She could tell him a lot about what she went through.â
Anne will spend her birthday doing what she does every August, sailing with her husband around western Scotland for about ten days with no staff on board, before joining the King at Balmoral. Being at sea with Laurence, say friends, is her âhappy placeâ, and a testament to the strength of their marriage. âIt speaks to their relationship,â a friend says. âThey go every May and August and have done it for years. How many couples could go out to sea that often, just the two of them, and still be speaking to each other? She loves it.â
A former aide recalls diary planning meetings with the princess, who resisted attempts to create more space for downtime. âIâd look at the diary and suggest, âMaâam, you really canât do another weekend of engagements, itâs your third weekend in a row.â âWhy not?â she would say. âBecause Iâll get a rocket from your husband on Monday asking, âWhen are we going to spend some time togetherâ.â
Aside from the commemorative coin issued last week, the only other concession Anne made to mark her birthday, was hosting more than 100 of her charities last month at a Buckingham Palace reception. In typically self-effacing style, the princess, who is patron of more than 400 organisations, such as Riding for the Disabled Association and Save the Children, told guests over tea in the ballroom: âIâm not here because this was my choice. You very kindly asked me to become patron of your organisations, so itâs an honour for me to have all of you here.â
A palace source at the event said: âThis personifies what Her Royal Highness cares about. She didnât want to do anything for her birthday but bring her charities together to hear more about their work and how she can help them.â
Over at the Royal Mint, Rebecca Morgan, director of commemorative coin, appeared to have missed the memo that Anne is allergic to public praise, issuing this gushing tribute to accompany the coinâs unveiling last week: âHer Royal Highnessâs unwavering commitment to public service, charitable work, and support of His Majestyâs armed forces over seven and a half decades makes her truly deserving of this tribute. The graceful design ⊠perfectly captures both her dignified presence and extraordinary legacy while also celebrating the Princess Royalâs 75th birthday.â
At Gatcombe, there will almost certainly have been eye rolls and audible snorts from the royal familyâs most reliable workhorse.
Anne will spend her birthday doing what she does every August, sailing with her husband around western Scotland for about ten days with no staff on board, before joining the King at Balmoral. Being at sea with Laurence, say friends, is her âhappy placeâ, and a testament to the strength of their marriage. âIt speaks to their relationship,â a friend says. âThey go every May and August and have done it for years. How many couples could go out to sea that often, just the two of them, and still be speaking to each other? She loves it.â
Princess Anne at 75: why she wonât stop work until sheâs 90
Princess Anne and Sir Tim Laurence on La Coupee, a narrow walkway connecting Sark and Little Sark, as they attend commemorations in Sark to mark its liberation anniversary on 10 May 2025 đšđ¶
Sir Tim Laurence making his wife, Princess Anne, laugh, during a tour of Seddulbahir Castle at Seddulbahir Duasi, in the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, on 24 April 2025.
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