Residents from the time are less sure that she was so unimpressed. She certainly returned for a summer fete one year, where she was by all accounts charming and sociable. And those who encountered the royal couple when they were in residence remember a down-to-earth pair who shopped in the arcade and frequented the greengrocers. Another says Anne told her that she ‘loved living in Dolphin Square’ and commented on the large numbers of residents that she encountered when she had to leave for work early in the morning who crept around with dogs they were not meant to have according to their leases.
Princess Anne and Tim Laurence’s time living in a flat in Dolphin Square as newlyweds, as remembered by residents who were there at the same time.
‘Scandal at Dolphin Square: A Notorious History’ by Simon Danczuk and Daniel Smith (2022)
