Princess Anne is known
for being an especially down-to-earth member of the royal family. She eschews
a stylist on official trips, for example, and has always encouraged her
children to not use their royal titles.
So it’s not too surprising
that when it comes to announcing major news, she doesn’t always follow
tradition!
When she became a grandmother
in 2010, after her son Peter Phillips welcomed his first child with his
then-wife Autumn, Anne reportedly had no interest in sharing the news with
the public, and when it was revealed, she initially kept the baby’s sex a
secret from the press.
As royal commentator Richard
Palmer recently recalled to the Daily Express, it wasn’t until a
member of the public outside Sandringham asked the Princess Royal if she had a
grandson or a granddaughter that the media was privy to the answer!
We now know of course that the
Queen’s daughter was a proud grandmother to young Savannah Phillips, now
11.
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The Princess Royal dotes on her five grandchildren
Peter and Autumn also went on
to welcome Isla, ten, while Anne’s daughter Zara shares three children with
her husband, Mike Tindall.
The couple are devoted parents
to daughters Mia, eight, Lena, four, and one-year-old son Lucas.
Royal fans were delighted last
week when Princess Anne made a rare appearance with her mother for a
special joint visit. The duo travelled to Maidenhead on Friday to officially
open the new Thames Hospice building.
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Princess Anne and the Queen made a rare joint visit last week
The 96-year-old monarch, who
had made the quick 15-minute drive from her home Windsor Castle, appeared in
high spirits as she braved the heatwave wearing a cream and blue floral dress.
Anne, meanwhile, was typically
elegant in a striped yellow dress. The royals were given a warm welcome at the
hospice, which provides palliative and end-of-life care to people aged 16 years
and over across East Berkshire and South Buckinghamshire.
