ITV’s documentary celebrating the Princess Royal at 70 (the big day itself is on August 15) to come out in the same week as extracts from Finding Freedom, the tome setting out the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s side of The War of the Waleses 2.0.And yet, after days of royal laundry airing, there couldn’t possibly be a more refreshing reminder, in take after take, of just what a no-nonsense, good humoured princess Anne really is.
There’s the quip about setting her grandchildren outdoor lessons during lockdown: “I haven’t seen hide nor hair of them since.” The acknowledgement of the ease of seeing out the pandemic on the Gatscombe Park estate: “Look around – it’s not hard here”.
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