Why Princess Anne didn’t attend Remembrance Sunday with the Royal Family & how she marked it instead
The King led this year’s Remembrance Sunday spectacle at the Cenotaph in London, surrounded by thousands of service people from all the UK forces, politicians, religious leaders and other members of the Royal Family. Prince William and Prince Edward supported the King on the ground in full uniform, while the Queen, the Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Edinburgh watched on from the balconies above. However, there was one figure noticeably missing from the service: Princess Anne.
The Princess Royal is usually front and centre when it comes to military events, even riding a horse in full military regalia for in the Coronation parade. For Remembrance Sunday this year, however, a wreath was laid on Princess Anne’s behalf as she wasn’t able to be there in person.
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Princess Anne and The King laying wreaths in 2023
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Princess Anne on Remembrance Sunday two years ago
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Instead, Princess Anne was in Australia as part of an official four-day visit. The Princess is Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals, so she was there to mark its 100th anniversary on Saturday (8 November). The following day (9 November), while other members of the Royal Family were at the Cenotaph in London, the Princess Royal marked Remembrance Sunday by laying a wreath in Sydney at the Anzac Memorial.
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Princess Anne attends a Remembrance service at the ANZAC Memorial in Sydney
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Princess Anne’s Australian visit continues until 11 November, and then she’ll head to Singapore for a two-day visit marking 60 years of diplomatic relations between the nation and the UK. The Princess is accompanied on her visit by her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence.
The pair will then return to the UK in time for Princess Anne to present the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service on 18 November, before a dinner at the The Royal Academy of Engineering that evening.
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