The Princess Royal from today's Engagements and Memorial in Lockerbie.Princess Anne visited the Lockerbie Air Disaster Memorial today, March 25:
I know and lifted the tree herself before plating it!Typical no nonsense Princess Anne- when planting the ceremonial tree she is not just going to place it in the hole and walk away, she asks for a shovel to secure it in properly and is given a tiny hand trowel...her reaction?
"No the bigger one"
Love it.
Around 30 each year it says on the official websiteThe Princess is rather busy with all those investitures. How many are there on a yearly basis?
Around 30 Investitures are held each year, and over sixty recipients attend each ceremony, either in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace, or in the Grand Reception Room at Windsor Castle. Investitures also happen occasionally at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, or overseas during State or Royal visits.
This week, in the middle of April, she has made an exception to grant vanishingly rare permission for The Telegraph to follow her on the road, for a snapshot of her work.
At no small effort from her close-knit team, which has accommodated me in its nomadic office, I have been allowed to document her encounters with the approximately 650 people she has met, the many charities and organisations she has put in the spotlight – and report from inside a Windsor Castle investiture for the first time.
I’ve spent seven years writing about the Royal family, travelling across the UK and the world to watch them at work, but Princess Anne’s no-fuss, no-frills team is unlike anything I’ve seen up close before. Professional and precise, she barely stops – every hand is shaken and every minute counts.