Princess Anne at 70

Captain Mark Phillips did NOT abandon his wife. He was doing everything he could to stop her from being pulled out of the car. He came out of it as behaving like any normal loving husband. He was a military man after all and trained for emergencies.

I thought that this no nonsense, straightforward, honest documentary reflected Anne’s working life very well. I have always liked her and now that I know that she told her children to expect to earn their own living I like her even more.

Yes a hard working royal As are her other two brothers ,

Princess Anne is a credit to her mother and father and a very hard working royal
Unlike her brother PA who at the moment is a crushing embarrassed to them all

And she does her own hair often, by the sound of it.

The hairstyle is quite unique to Princess Anne, but the the Queen has a unique hairstyle and has Camilla. They all seemed to find a hairstyle which suited them at an early age and stuck to it.

As others have said, PA seems to be a lovely person with a lovely family. I'm glad I watched the programme now. I admire her for sticking to the same hairstyle all these years. I don't know anyone else who has done that. I wonder if she would secretly prefer to have it all cut off now. She might look rather nice with a pixie cut.

They should have put her in charge of home schooling.
Enforced nature walks and wildflower identification!

I remember one of my nieces and I going for a country walk many years ago, she would have been about 7, and she knew the names of all the wildflowers in the hedgerows and different grasses too. She taught me a lot.

Thoroughly enjoyable programme about a thoroughly decent woman.

I've looked at various threads about Anne on Facebook and there are just no nasty comments at all. People either like her or at least have a grudging respect for her. Not many people you can say that about these days.

DH reckons she should be in charge of the Covid pandemic - no ambiguity just straight talking facts.

Royalist or not she has to be admired for her sense and straight talking!

I smiled when Anne said that she had offered to help with home school, doing some nature study, pressing things as children used to do.
As yet she has no takers.

I wonder if she bobs when she goes to see her mother?

I am actually surprised that Anne hasn’t told people to stop bobbing up and down.

Something I often want to say merlotgran

I had forgotten what an attractive woman Anne was in her younger days. Of course she is still an attractive mature woman.

merlotgran
Probably!

Someone i would go to in time of trouble for help with a problem

But don't be surprised if her reply is, 'Get a grip!'

I watched this on catch up yesterday and.... I loved it. She seems to be the type of person i would like as a friend. Hardworking, good sense of humour, no nonsense and full of good advise. Someone i would go to in time of trouble for help with a problem. I would love to meet her. I bet her GC adore her.

I think Megan would have turned that one down. She doesn't like smells, (remember St. George's Windsor smelt too musty for her and she asked for air fresheners!)

merlot. ?

Meghan would have flown in by private jet and given a speech about the empowering benefits of public toilets.

‘Princess Anne................opening the new public lavatory in Tobermory.’

Love it, this made me smile varian.

Sparklefizz I agree, I would have loved to see their faces had H+M been asked to open a public lavatory. I wish they had been asked

I remember her saying that Deeda

In the days when Diana was always seen hugging orphans in Africa and rather overshadowing Anne's work for Save The Children I remember Anne saying something to the effect that you didn't have to be soppy about children to believe that they all deserve a decent start in life. It seemed to sum, up her practical approach to life.

Really enjoyed it and she came across very well.