Princess Anne wins the coronation with Swagger – and Block’s hat

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Prince Harry wasn’t just sitting in the third row, far from his father and brother, at Westminster Abbey on Saturday. His line of vision at King Charles’ coronation appears to be obscured by an aggressively vertical red plume sprouting from his aunt Princess Anne’s military hat.

Photographs from the coronation show the Princess Royal alternately smiling and posing, and she may also dress up in the most impressive figure of the day as Charles’ official bodyguard.

Anne, Colonel of the Blues and Royals since 1998, wore her regimental uniform with dark green thistle mantle, thistle collar, garter’s sash, garter’s star, thistle’s star, GCVO’s star, full-size medals, KCVO’s star and mate’s. Arrangement of the decoration of the neck of the bathroom. Welcome! mentioned That Thistle’s cloak is made of “dark green silk velvet with a lining of white taffeta, and features a hand-embroidered gold badge and blue velvet hood”.

Anne told Canadian Broadcasting Corporation In a recent interview. “And Gold Stick was the original close protection officer. This is the role I was asked if I wanted to do this coronation, and I said yes. Not least, it solves my dress problem.”

After the coronation service, the Princess Royal remained in a state of ostentation on horseback, with a “golden wand-in-waiting” leading 6,000 troops from the Abbey, down the Mall to Buckingham Palace – a particularly powerful image of leadership such as one night at the market In 1974, Anne was subjected to an attempted kidnapping.

A man named Ian Paul tells Anne that he intends to kidnap her and hold her for ransom. He told her to get out of her car (he shot and wounded four men, including the personal police officer who was trying to protect her).

Ann’s alleged response was “It’s not likely to be bloody”.

“It was all infuriating; I kept saying I didn’t want to get out of the car, and I wouldn’t get out of the car.” “I almost lost my temper with him, but I knew if I did, I had to hit him and he’d shoot me.”

For a long time, Ann was known for telling photojournalists to “stop it” in the early 1980s, although some photographers say her actual choice of phrasing was the f-word.

While the role of Charles’ bodyguard was ceremonial, it also reflected the relationship between Charles and Anne, experts say.

“She is the one the King knew best.” said royal commentator Wesley Kerr OBE Tatler. “She can be relied upon for complete discretion and unconditional love. Anne is wise, intelligent and incredibly attached to the modern United Kingdom. She fully understands who and what has shaped him and yearns for success: for their beloved Mum and Dad and for the country and the Commonwealth.”

However, the famously no-nonsense, hard-working Anne isn’t too keen on Charles’ plans for a slim royal, telling CBC that it was originally proposed “when there were just a few people around,” that is, a few other working royals.

She added, “It doesn’t sound like a good idea from where I stand, I guess. I’m not quite sure what we can do.” In the interview, Anne was also asked how she thought her brother would act as king. She responded, “You know what you’re going to get because he’s been training a little bit, and I don’t think he’s going to change.”

And no one feels like Princess Anne.