Princess Anne

[Mylovelygreendress]

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

It’s not criticism to question their role and their cost effectiveness. Or to question people deciding that one of them is lovely, or down to earth, or hardworking, or a good parent, or whatever, based entirely on PR releases. Or a 30 second interaction. Incidentally, I have a lot of admiration for the Queen’s commitment to combatting VAWG. None of the others, to my knowledge, have even mentioned it.

What has that got to do with Anne at the rugby?

I don’t get the point here. Don’t most people opt for occupations that are aligned with their interests and abilities? Are jobs and roles only of value if you actively dislike what you are doing?

What an odd perspective….

It’s not criticism to question their role and their cost effectiveness.

Fair enough. Tell us then, what is the view of the Scottish Rugby Union about Anne’s cost effectiveness and support for their work? The teams? Their fans? Surely they are the most important stakeholders here?

It’s complicated.

Always someone gotta throw salt and vinegar over a lovely sugary, tasty, appealing cake. 🙄

If you didn’t see the whole interaction between them it is worth checking out - it demonstrates the shared humour and respect between Scottish Captain Sione Tuipulotu and Anne - they are both joking about the protocol that she doesn’t hug people.

https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/26531924539745875?igsh=YW4zand6bGs1bDNh

Then maybe take your blinkers off and look at Sophie’s work.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-15590659/Sophie-Duchess-Edinburgh-visit-Somalia-gender-based-violence.html

You’re right-I forgot Sophie. And she appeared to be very nice the couple of times I’ve met her.

There are some people for whom any narrative aside from their preferred one is far too complicated to understand.

Their sole purpose is to spew bitterness and hatred to derail anything that does not focus on their pet issues.

Best to ignore and move on.

@Mylovelygreendress always liked
her since she rode in the Olympics, and appeared on Question of Sport and ended up clouting Emlyn Hughes with her handbag 🤣🤣🤣

I am no fan of any royal but respect Anne for her obvious love of Scottish Rugby, she has been patron of Scotland RU for decades. So it's obvious her love for the game is very genuine. She is always present at their matches.

Being a rugby nut myself, I get that.

I was at Six Nations matches last year, this year it didn't work out for me.

What they had to say about visiting politicians though …… 🤣

I am no royalist but she is the best by a landslide. And as a Scottish rugby fan I’m delighted she’s the one we have. Love her natural camaraderie with Sione and also her with John Davidson. Anne for Queen!

Not getting the Anne love.

Yes she does the most 'engagements' but they total around two month's FTE of the whole six months the entire lot sweat away at.

She's raised a couple of grifting chancers who'd hold their own against any grasping cousin in a greed-off, she's been fined for dangerous driving offences and criminally convicted over her aggressive dogs biting kids.

Quite draw dropping she's regarded as the the dream usurper.

But the ribbon cutting and the 'being involved with' various organisations - is that really work?

And if it is work, what the heck is it that the rest of the population does?

What’s your definition of work? Very few of us work down the mines these days, of course.

Does it involve time and energy, intentionally expended? Is the output valued by the recipients? If yes, sounds like work of some form to me.

I think you had to have seen the Calcutta Cup presentation for context. Sione leaned in to hug Princess Anne and she dodged back. It was initially awkward but they both laughed it off. The Auld Alliance trophy was a follow on from that and they just played it up.

I think it was that match when the cameras panned over to Princess Anne and the crowd just cheered. She looked genuinely confused and then rather embarrassed when she was told she was the subject of the cheering.

I'm very anti monarchy but find it hard to dislike Princess Anne. She was born into the RF and has done her best to live her own life within its constraints. She puts her brothers to shame.

She's genuinely a great supporter of Scottish Rugby. I met her at a reception before a game and she honestly seemed genuinely excited - and way more optimistic than most for a Scottish win. Unfortunately her optimism was misplaced on that occasion....

Having RTFT I still like her.

I'm Australian and don't follow the rugby; either here or in the UK. I think there are 2 types, league & union?

Mike Tindall played union, yes? This was an interesting video to watch, if only to see them all together. It's from several years ago but jeez PA seems quite knowledgeable.

Respectfully I disagree on this occasion! , still love you and your driving opinions though.

Yeah, she does her job ok, but she seems pretty charmless to me.

Just on PA having two children who are grifters- hmm, yeah perhaps.

However, at least Zara & Mike can claim their sponsorships are a result of their world-class sporting achievements.

Peter Phillips perhaps not.

She's the only royal I can stand

I do think it’s naive to suggest that their sponsorships are because of their sporting achievements alone!

@CurlewKate Yes you're probably right!

Take Zara for instance. Training as an equestrian is not a cheap hobby. Had she not had access to her own stables and pick of the best horses, etc etc...

She & Mike have sponsorships for all sorts of things. This mob for one:

Explore the Zara Phillips & Calleija jewellery partnership

When I say mob, I mean mob (ahem).

Lovely jewels though. Wouldn't mind a few of those pink diamonds 👌