by Enrica Roddolo
As the tribute to the Queen continues in Scotland, Anna will accompany her home, London, tonight. Anna, on whom her brother King Charles III. matters much for his rule
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LONDON – Anna, her beloved daughter, the only one to receive the title Princess Royal from the Queen, still touches her to accompany Elizabeth on her long journey home. London, Buckingham Palace.
He accompanies you from Edinburgh Cathedral to the airport, from where the body flies to the RAF base in Northolt in the evening. As Charles III and Camilla arrive in Belfast, Northern Ireland at Hillsborough Castle and then St Anne’s Cathedral.
As the new king continues Operation Spring Tide – the journey into all the souls of the kingdom – the journey to the Queen’s house continues. And just like in the past days, Anna will be with her today. Who had already made the long six-hour drive through the Scottish countryside from Balmoral to Edinburgh, where – again, Anna – was the first royal woman to take care of the ‘guard’ of Elizabeth’s remains alongside her brothers.
Anna in her Royal Navy admiral uniform. Inside the Cathedral of St Giles. What has special value for Anna is that in 2011 Anna’s daughter Zara, seen with tears in her eyes in front of the flowers of many for the Queen, got married. Anna, who is closest to Philipp. And yet so attached to Elizabeth. Her father’s favorite because of her Germanic temperament, resolute, decisive, frugal. And over time, it has also become the safe shoulder of Elizabeth, who has always reciprocated Anna’s dedication to working at royal engagements (always the one with the most engagements on the agenda) with the title Princess Royal. And when Elizabeth’s coffin entered Edinburgh Cathedral with this bow to the floor, Elizabeth II once again showed all her sense of duty. What connected him to his mother.
Anna, who, like every Englishman, always took the tube, the London underground. Anna, Princess Royal since 1987 at the behest of Elizabeth II (her mother) always went her own way. A woman with character, a firm shoulder to lean on. Anna’s cold-bloodedness came in handy one night in March 1974 when she and her first husband, Mark Phillips, were in danger of being kidnapped. On the way to the Palace in the Mall, they were gunned down by Ian Bell, who was hoping for a £2million ransom. The man grabbed the princess’ arm, but she kicked and jerked free. Credit to the training that every Windsor undergoes. Hard worker, first in office at 18, a workaholic.
Always ready to set out for Save the Children UK, of which she has been Patron since 1970. Adored by her father Prince Dynamo, as Patricia Mountbatten has said for the politician close to the Duke of Edinburgh, Gyles Brandreth, there has always been competition between Anna and her father. Gold at the Munich games, she was never much of an angelic castellan. At the helm of the British Olympic Association, a member of the IOC after competing in Montreal – the first Windsor at the Olympics – in 1976, his love of horse riding got on his wedding cake (with a themed decoration). And Elizabeth had bet on her after Harry and Meghan left. And when Charles ascends the throne, his weight won’t drop an iota, so strategic for the crown, former secretary Nick Wright has always said.
Anna didn’t want titles for her children: Peter, who made headlines for advertising Chinese powdered milk, and Zara, who competed in the 2012 London Olympics, most recently to their mother.
Anna, who could now also have a role, a title (she she never sought for her children), to recreate her role around Charles III. As before, next to the queen. In short, these days of national mourning and his role in the front row, albeit only 16 but in the aftermath, may just be the dress rehearsal for an ever stronger role in the future.
It’s no secret – and she too admitted it speaking to ITV TV in Scotland – that it will now be a team effort for Carlo and the Windsors. The royal dream team was already put to the test in the last years of the Queen’s life.
09/13/2022 (Change 09/13/2022 | 11:07 am)
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