A majestic match. Princess Anne — the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip — married Sir Timothy Laurence in December 1992.
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Princess Anne, daughter of the late Queen Elizabeth ll, has praised her mother for staying in Balmoral with a young Prince William and Harry when their mother Princess Diana died suddenly in 1997.The former Princess of Wales was just 36 years old when she was killed when the car she was travelling crashed in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris as it tried to evade paparazzi. Princess Anne said the Queen "did exactly the right thing" when she remained in the royal family's Scottish holiday residence with William, then 15 and Harry, 12, rather than returning to London immediately after Diana's death, despite facing backlash from a grieving public.The Queen's only daughter made the comments in an unseen interview from 2017 where she also praised her parents' 73 year marriage, saying that their "partnership was really important".
For all of the latest updates, sign up for OK!'s Royal newsletter. She said of the Queen after Diana's death: "I think my mother did exactly the right thing.
I think it's absolutely extraordinary that any right-minded parent should believe... [there] would have been an alternative to bring those children down here to London in all that hoo-ha.
"I just don't know how you can think that would've been a better thing to do." When asked by ITV News Royal Editor Chris Ship if the Queen was simply putting her grandchildren first, Princess Anne replied: "Absolutely." She continued: "I don't think either of those two would've been able to cope had they been anywhere else. "That was the only good thing that happened was that they were there, and they had that structure, they had people around them who could understand, give them the time." Princess Diana' sister Lady Sarah McCorquodale also defended the
.A majestic match. Princess Anne — the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip — married Sir Timothy Laurence in December 1992.
Bonding together. Princess Anne and first husband Captain Mark Phillips’ children, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, paid their respects to their grandmother Queen Elizabeth II at her state funeral on Monday, September 19.
Queen Elizabeth II’s four children gathered together at Westminster Hall to honor their late mother.
The Princess Royal is visiting Scotland today, accompanied by her husband Sir Tim Laurence. She is touring the Glasgow City Chambers, one of the city's most celebrated works of architecture, and meet with representatives of organisations of which the late Queen was a patron. Anne was accompanied by her husband Sir Tim Laurence, was pictured chatting to crowds outside before reading messages left on bouquets. This comes after Anne, 72, has taken a front-and-centre position during the preparations for her mother's funeral, appearing alongside her brothers and nephews during the coffin's procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall yesterday.
The Queen’s coffin will stay overnight in a room at Buckingham Palace where the monarch dined with foreign royalty and met Premier League footballers.The Bow Room has played host to a number of high-profile figures, including King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, former US president George Bush, and representatives of the Arsenal football team. More than 30 members of the royal family held a private 100th birthday lunch in the Bow Room for the Queen Mother in 2000.
Princess Anne is paying tribute to her dear mother, Queen Elizabeth, who peacefully passed away on Sept. 8.
Queen Elizabeth II. In a statement released Tuesday, the royal opened up about her final moments with the late 96-year-old monarch. «I was fortunate to share the last 24 hours of my dearest Mother’s life,» Princess Anne began.
The late Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrived in London on Tuesday, September 13, five days following her death at age 96.
Princess Anne says it has been an "honour and a privilege" to be with the Queen on her final journey to Buckingham Palace from Scotland.
The Queen's coffin has arrived in London after Her Majesty left Scotland for the very last time.
Princess Anne has shared a moving tribute to her late mother the Queen as she travels with her coffin from Edinburgh to London. Speaking of Queen Elizabeth II in a statement, the Princess Royal, 72, shared: "It has been an honour and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys." She continued: "I was fortunate to share the last 24 hours of my dearest Mother’s life. It has been an honour and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys.
The Queen has embarked on her final journey back home to London after a night in St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, where over 26,000 people came to pay their respects following her death on 8 September. A round of applause was heard by the crowds lining the walls of the cathedral as the coffin of the Queen was placed into a car before being driven out of the grounds and down the Royal Mile. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's coffin will be accompanied by her beloved daughter Princess Anne, 72, as they'll be driven 40 minutes to Edinburgh Airport.
Queen Elizabeth II's coffin travelled in a procession from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh on 12 September. Her Majesty's four children – King Charles III, 73, Princess Anne, 72, Prince Andrew, 62, and Prince Edward, 58 – all followed on foot behind her coffin in the procession. Princess Anne was the only female royal not in a vehicle, with Queen Consort Camilla and Sophie, Countess of Wessex both following behind in a car.
The Queen 's coffin is currently travelling the Royal Mile in Edinburgh in a procession from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles' Cathedral.
Journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan has praised Princess Anne for her selflessness following the death of her mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II. The former Britain’s Got Talent judge, 57, shared a tribute to the late monarch’s only daughter on Twitter, posting a photo of the Princess Royal in a car behind the hearse carrying her mother's coffin on Sunday afternoon. Praising her grace and decorum, the former Good Morning Britain presenter wrote: “Princess Anne is being driven in a car behind her mother’s hearse for six hours from Balmoral to Edinburgh, grief etched on her face.
Princess Anne, the only daughter o f The Queen, was selected especially by her mother to accompany her on the final emotional journey from Balmoral to Edinburgh alongside her funeral cortège. The Princess Royal, 72, made the six hour journey, which marks the first leg of the coffin’s journey back to London, on Sunday.
The Countess of Wessex was pictured comforting Princess Anne as she watched Queen Elizabeth II's coffin being carried into the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on Sunday. Sophie Wessex, 57, the wife of Prince Edward, 58, could be seen placing her hand on the Princess Royal's back in a supportive gesture as the coffin arrived after a six-hour drive from Balmoral. The Queen's children and their spouses watched on in solemn silence as soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland carried the coffin to the Palace's Throne Room, where it will remain overnight.
Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral processions have begun. Three days after the long-reigning monarch died at the age of 96, her coffin has been spotted for the first time.