Leave it to Princess Anne to find a way to immediately put a room full of people tasked with an important job at ease. The Princess Royal has long been admired for her dry sense of humour, her dependable work ethic and the fact that, despite being the only daughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II, she doesn’t stand on ceremony.
This is apparently true even in situations which are definitely all about her - like when a portrait is being painted. Speaking to Hello!, portrait artist Louise Pragnell has recalled the time she was working on a piece and Princess Anne came sweeping into the room, dispensing with rigid protocols.
