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Emma Shacklock

Princess Anne's blunt reaction to Prince William's birth is about as *her* as it gets

A composite of a picture of Princess Anne in 2026 and a picture of Princess Diana, King Charles and baby William in 1982.

Princess Anne is a royal who doesn't mince her words and amongst all her legendary quips is the exceptionally *her* response to Prince William's birth in June 1982. The Princess Royal was undertaking an engagement in New Mexico and was seemingly unaware that she'd just become an aunt for the first time.

Asked for her reaction to Princess Diana having a son, Princess Anne replied, "I didn't know she had one". Another journalist then quizzed her on if she felt everyone was making "too much fuss" of the royal baby, to which the Princess said simply, "Yes".

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