Princess Anne

[Mylovelygreendress]

Love this photo of Anne at the rugby today . She is such a brilliant supporter of the Scottish Rugby team

Aw. I am pretty devoted anti-monarchist but just on a human level, find that really touching. Think it’s thr joy in all their faces.

thanks for sharing op, nice start to a Sunday morning

I remember watching program about this and how the officers were impressed with her calmness and control in the situation https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-annes-bodyguard-remembers-1974-kidnap-attempt

Anne's ex-husband, Cpt Mark Phillips had a child with a woman in New Zealand.

She nodded her way through that. Tough she is!

Typical horsey women tend to be practical problem solvers with no time for pretension.
Exactly what the RF needs.

Anne’s service to the crown is quite a life’s work. The original spare and the ones who’s actually done the job.

I am English, live in France but definitely rooting for Scotland yesterday. Brilliant match, deserved win, Finn Russell great captain, not really been a top leader since Rob Wainwright in the 90's. Anne is not only president of Scottish rugby but loves it. Great interview with her on the good, the bad and the rugby (Tindal and Haskell) also William and Kate for those who enjoy rugby banter.
Followed by poor performance by England against Italy, Rome will still be celebrating the historic win.

She’s taking the mick as when he last met her he tried to hug her apparently which obviously you don’t do with princess Anne!

Clearly you know nothing about Anne’s support of Scottish rugby ! She is a stalwart fan , sings Flower of Scotland along with the crowd and is very involved and knowledgeable without fuss .,
Peter Phillips played rugby for Scottish schools

In a less discreet moment, chats I’ve had with staff at two Scottish royal residences have made it clear that she is the staff’s absolute favourite, ‘nae bother’ and missed when not there. Says quite a lot…..

It always amuses me when people are so incredibly admiring when amember of the RF behaves in any way like a normal human being. It’s like when a man changes a nappy. “He’s such a great hands on dad!!!!!”

Well, exactly. ‘Less obviously awful than the rest of her family, had a discreet affair and a discreet divorce, didn’t give the kids titles’ isn’t much of a recommendation.

What a miserable comment. You’re clearly not Scottish.

I'd like that kind of work for that kind of money, can other people apply?

She’s probably the only one that I don’t dislike. I quite like Camilla, too. She just gets on with it with minimal fuss or attention. In my fantasy world where we get rid of them all, she can stay.

Well I do think it is at least a little admirable that having been born into a very odd type of life which often breeds the entitled, lazy and emotionally disregulated, she is’normal’.

It seems fairly clear that she didn’t much like being a princess or the expectations put upon her to be decorative and had little choice at that time in history but to accept it. She made the very best of it trying to be useful in engagements, pursuing her riding and trying to keep her children’s lives ordinary.

Sorry?

Anne and John Davidson at the rugby .

Oh give it a rest. People are just showing a bit of appreciation for quiet duty, a rare virtue these days.

It’s not, you know. I know a ton of people who live lives of quiet duty-public service, charity work- without getting paid megabucks for it.

We’ll see this is the royal family sub , I would assume that people are here to discuss them , but I’m sure you can find a charity sub or public service sub to discuss your friends good work.

Discuss? But only in an adoring and respectful way…..

Well that’s clearly not true judging by the posts on this topic currently! And you clearly can’t help but pop up to criticise any royal regardless of what they are doing!
but then I imagine it’s a complicated narrative.

✊ spunk for milk

Did we ever find out what the complicated narrative was in respect of Catherine’s cancer?

No ! We did not!