A majestic match. Princess Anne — the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip — married Sir Timothy Laurence in December 1992.
12.09.2022 - 10:56 / ok.co.uk
Princess Anne, the only daughter o f The Queen, was selected especially by her mother to accompany her on the final emotional journey from Balmoral to Edinburgh alongside her funeral cortège. The Princess Royal, 72, made the six hour journey, which marks the first leg of the coffin’s journey back to London, on Sunday.
Despite the tragic circumstance, the senior royal remained ever composed as she was driven behind the hearse in a royal Bentley during the funeral procession, with her husband of 30 years Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence supporting her throughout the difficult time. With all of the Queen’s funeral arrangements planned meticulously in advance of her death, the accompaniment of her daughter means it is very likely that her Majesty personally requested her daughter to accompany the coffin to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
Princess Anne will also accompany the coffin as it travels by air on Monday, down to London, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.The flight, which is due to depart Edinburgh at 6pm, will fly her majesty’s coffin to RAF Northolt in Ruislip, West London, with Princess Anne also joined by The Very Reverend Professor David Fergusson, dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland for the journey. After arriving in London, the coffin will then be transported to Buckingham Palace by a waiting state hearse.
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She also holds a strong relationship with her older brother King Charles III, often acting as a close confidante to the monarch prior to their mother's death. Queen
.A majestic match. Princess Anne — the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip — married Sir Timothy Laurence in December 1992.
Bonding together. Princess Anne and first husband Captain Mark Phillips’ children, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, paid their respects to their grandmother Queen Elizabeth II at her state funeral on Monday, September 19.
The final day of the Queen’s lying-in-state has come and the queue could close “within hours”, while a one minute silence will be held later to mourn The Queen's passing at the age of 96. The late monarch’s coffin will remain in Westminster Hall for the public to view until 6.30am on Monday, ahead of the state funeral in Westminster Abbey, with today likely to be the last chance to join the queue.
Queen Elizabeth II’s four children gathered together at Westminster Hall to honor their late mother.
Representing the royal family. Princess Anne greeted mourners in Glasgow, Scotland, days before Queen Elizabeth II‘s funeral.
The Princess Royal is visiting Scotland today, accompanied by her husband Sir Tim Laurence. She is touring the Glasgow City Chambers, one of the city's most celebrated works of architecture, and meet with representatives of organisations of which the late Queen was a patron. Anne was accompanied by her husband Sir Tim Laurence, was pictured chatting to crowds outside before reading messages left on bouquets. This comes after Anne, 72, has taken a front-and-centre position during the preparations for her mother's funeral, appearing alongside her brothers and nephews during the coffin's procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall yesterday.
Princess Anne is paying tribute to her dear mother, Queen Elizabeth, who peacefully passed away on Sept. 8.
Queen Elizabeth II. In a statement released Tuesday, the royal opened up about her final moments with the late 96-year-old monarch. «I was fortunate to share the last 24 hours of my dearest Mother’s life,» Princess Anne began.
Princess Anne says it has been an "honour and a privilege" to be with the Queen on her final journey to Buckingham Palace from Scotland.
Forever in her heart. Princess Anne honored her mother, Queen Elizabeth II, with a touching tribute following her death at age 96.
Princess Anne has shared a moving tribute to her late mother the Queen as she travels with her coffin from Edinburgh to London. Speaking of Queen Elizabeth II in a statement, the Princess Royal, 72, shared: "It has been an honour and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys." She continued: "I was fortunate to share the last 24 hours of my dearest Mother’s life. It has been an honour and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys.
The Queen has embarked on her final journey back home to London after a night in St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, where over 26,000 people came to pay their respects following her death on 8 September. A round of applause was heard by the crowds lining the walls of the cathedral as the coffin of the Queen was placed into a car before being driven out of the grounds and down the Royal Mile. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's coffin will be accompanied by her beloved daughter Princess Anne, 72, as they'll be driven 40 minutes to Edinburgh Airport.
Royal tradition. Princess Anne made history while taking her place beside late mom Queen Elizabeth II‘s coffin during the Vigil of the Princes.
Queen Elizabeth II's coffin travelled in a procession from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh on 12 September. Her Majesty's four children – King Charles III, 73, Princess Anne, 72, Prince Andrew, 62, and Prince Edward, 58 – all followed on foot behind her coffin in the procession. Princess Anne was the only female royal not in a vehicle, with Queen Consort Camilla and Sophie, Countess of Wessex both following behind in a car.
Mourning her mother. Princess Anne honored Queen Elizabeth II with a touching gesture in the aftermath of her September 2022 death.
King Charles III led the Royal Family as they followed The Queen’s coffin along the procession from Holyroodhouse to St Giles’ Cathedral. The King was joined by Princess Anne, Princes Andrew and Edward, along with Princess Anne’s husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
The Queen 's coffin is currently travelling the Royal Mile in Edinburgh in a procession from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles' Cathedral.
King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, have flown to Edinburgh ahead of the late Queen's coffin procession.They boarded a plane to Edinburgh at RAF Northolt in Hillingdon, west London. Charles and Camilla waved at dozens of members of the public as they arrived in a Rolls Royce with a police escort at about 11.15am on Monday.The 96 year old Queen Elizabeth II passed away "peacefully" at Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire on Thursday, 8 September, before her coffin was taken to the throne room of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, where members of the public could come to pay their respects.
Journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan has praised Princess Anne for her selflessness following the death of her mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II. The former Britain’s Got Talent judge, 57, shared a tribute to the late monarch’s only daughter on Twitter, posting a photo of the Princess Royal in a car behind the hearse carrying her mother's coffin on Sunday afternoon. Praising her grace and decorum, the former Good Morning Britain presenter wrote: “Princess Anne is being driven in a car behind her mother’s hearse for six hours from Balmoral to Edinburgh, grief etched on her face.
Princess Anne, daughter of the late Queen Elizabeth ll, has praised her mother for staying in Balmoral with a young Prince William and Harry when their mother Princess Diana died suddenly in 1997.The former Princess of Wales was just 36 years old when she was killed when the car she was travelling crashed in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris as it tried to evade paparazzi. Princess Anne said the Queen "did exactly the right thing" when she remained in the royal family's Scottish holiday residence with William, then 15 and Harry, 12, rather than returning to London immediately after Diana's death, despite facing backlash from a grieving public.The Queen's only daughter made the comments in an unseen interview from 2017 where she also praised her parents' 73 year marriage, saying that their "partnership was really important".