Princess Anne 'would give you a mouthful' says Arthur Edwards

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Princess Anne hasn’t provided any indication she is planning to slow down after the end of the Queen’s reign, a royal commentator has said. The Princess Royal has been a tireless working member of the Firm over the past five decades and, despite being in her 70s, she continues to proudly represent and champion her patronages and the Crown by carrying out hundreds of engagements every year.

Royal expert Jonathan Sacerdoti said there is “no reason to believe” the royal will not continue with her supporting work also during the reign of her elder brother King Charles III.

He told Express.co.uk: “I think Princess Anne is very largely accepted as an extremely hard-working, no-nonsense, relatively low-profile royal and there is no reason to believe she won’t carry on like that.

“She has embraced her position as working royal, I think she is one of the hardest-working if not the hardest-working in terms of volume of engagements, and I don’t see why she shouldn’t carry on supporting the new King in the same way she did with their mother.

“In fact, in the statement she made during the mourning period, she did speak about her brother Charles and I think her gratitude was for the public who were supporting him in this moment of transition and mourning.

“So I don’t see why she wouldn’t carry on. They are all getting older, so there will be a point in which maybe they will want to take on less.

“It’s an interesting feature of his reign, he is coming on the throne at an age in which many think about retirement or are already retired, instead he is taking on a massive role which is even bigger than the one he has carried out throughout his life.

“It applies to all of them that they are ageing, obviously there is a next generation, there is Prince William for example, and maybe they will take on more of the work as older members like Princess Anne may slow down. But I am not sure we have seen any indication of that just yet.”

Mr Sacerdoti referred to the statement issued by Buckingham Palace on behalf of Anne on September 13, after the royal had travelled with the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II from Scotland to London.

After saying she was “fortunate” to be at her mother’s bedside on her last 24 hours and speaking of the “honour and privilege” it had been to be with the late Queen on her final journey across the country, Anne thanked mourners around Britain.

She added: “We may have been reminded how much of her presence and contribution to our national identity we took for granted.

“I am also so grateful for the support and understanding offered to my dear brother Charles as he accepts the added responsibilities of The Monarch.”

Anne even stepped out during the seven-day period of royal mourning following Elizabeth II’s funeral to thank Navy members who had taken part in her mother’s funeral procession.

Since the accession on the throne of King Charles, the Queen’s only daughter has carried out several engagements, including holding an investiture ceremony during which she awarded actor Daniel Craig a CMG.

She also paid a low-key visit to New York, during which she packed in several engagements linked to organisations she supports, earlier in October, less than one month after the death of Elizabeth II.

Today, Anne and her husband Sir Timothy Laurence are to begin a busy trip to Uganda lasting until Friday, during which the Princess Royal will visit projects linked to her patronages, including Save The Children and Opportunity International. 

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