“Damn them, I’m going.” A short – but powerful – response. The kind one has almost come to expect from the no-nonsense Princess Anne. The Princess Royal’s defiant retort came after the UK’s Foreign Office insisted she cancel a royal tour she was undertaking for a charity close to her heart back in the 1980s.
- Anne, the Princess Royal, has always been fiercely independent and fiercely committed to her work – and that can be seen in a throwback anecdote involving a royal tour in the 80s
- Anne was seemingly ordered to cancel her tour of some countries due to safety concerns, but she point-blank refused to let down her charity
- In other royal news, King Charles will have a second coronation – sort of. Find out why the oldest set of crown jewels weren’t at the first coronation, and where he will be presented with them
