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She never wanted
to be a fairy-tale princess.
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As a member of the royal family,
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females were tended to be treated
as honorary men.
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She loves driving the tanks
and firing the guns.
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As the Princess Royal
prepares for her 70th birthday,
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we've had unique access
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to her family...
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and her world.
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Daughter.
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Good morning. At Windsor.
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Wife.
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Any husband who makes a comment
on his wife's fashion style
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is a very brave or risky man.
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Mother.
It's unbelievable,
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the information that's stored
in her brain.
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It is quite annoying as well.
It is quite annoying, yes.
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And grandmother.
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I've offered to try
and do some home schooling.
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I haven't seen hide nor hair
of them at that suggestion.
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We hear from old friends
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with memories
of the young princess...
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She was more determined than most,
more competitive than most.
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..see how she planned
her own education...
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I did volunteer to go to school,
I have to say.
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..became a trendsetting It Girl...
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Vogue cover
is for extraordinary women.
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..and dedicated herself
to a life of service,
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becoming one
of the hardest-working royals.
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She was lovely.
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She really does
hold a conversation with you.
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Does anyone ever try to tell her
to slow down a bit?
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I mean, good luck.
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She's in the public eye,
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but has managed
to stay intensely private.
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Anne doesn't crave the limelight.
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She probably had her fill
of being in the newspapers
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when she was young.
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Being royal in the media age
can be tough.
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Anne was a pioneer.
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The pressure that is applied
to the younger members of the family
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is hard sometimes to deal with.
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The Princess Royal
has always gone her own way.
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The first royal Olympian.
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It is probably the most dangerous
sport on the planet.
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As fearless in the saddle...
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Good evening. Shots have been fired
at Princess Anne...
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..as in the face of a kidnapper.
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I had thought about it before that,
"What would you do if...?"
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Now in close-up,
Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise,
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the Princess Royal
as we've never seen her before.
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I'm like a goldfish in a bowl here.
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There he goes. Hello, big boy.
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Summer, 2020.
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And, like the rest of the country,
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the Princess Royal
is self-isolating at home.
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In her case,
Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire.
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We have cattle and sheep here,
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partly because, environmentally,
you're better off
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if you share the feeding...
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Actually, the fertilising as well.
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Thank you, dear.
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In any other summer,
Gatcombe would be hosting
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the Festival of British Eventing.
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A sport where horses and riders
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undergo timed trials.
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APPLAUSE
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Princess Anne has been
the royal face of the sport
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for 50 years.
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The festival is informal,
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a chance for the public
to see her up close.
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The princess' children,
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Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips,
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live locally.
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Their children are on hand
to help out their grandmother.
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She loves seeing them ride.
She loves having them round
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for Sunday lunches
and taking them for walks,
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and doing all the stuff
that we used to do as kids,
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she now takes them
to do those sorts of things.
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We quite like
leaving them on Sundays.
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We say, "We'll pick them up later.
See you, then."
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And they are off racing.
Off they go.
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Round the outside, number six.
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He is going quite a storm
on the outside there.
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The festival is a family affair.
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But this year,
COVID-19 changed that.
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Once it was legal
for her grandchildren to approach,
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the princess was ready
to play schoolmarm.
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They've got ponies and they
come over and they can ride here.
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But they are...
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They face the same challenges
as everybody else
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in terms of home schooling.
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And I think that is a challenge
wherever you are.
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I've offered to try and do
some outdoor learning,
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but so far
it hasn't been taken up on.
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When I was small, we had
to pick things and then press them.
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And identify them. I don't think
anybody does that any more.
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And I was thinking, you know,
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it might be a good idea
if we started doing that again.
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Haven't seen hide nor hair of them
at that suggestion.
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It's the longest time
I've ever spent at Gatcombe
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in the 40-odd years
we've been here.
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It's frustrating, I think,
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but look around, it's not hard here.
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The idea of being
stuck in a block of flats
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with small children and...
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I can't imagine
how difficult that would be.
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For five decades, she's been used to
a packed work schedule.
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The Princess Royal didn't expect
to spend her 70th year
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down on the farm.
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Working from home
has been a challenge.
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Husband,
Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence
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has seen the frustration.
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Almost everything that she does
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in a public way
involves people coming together
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to meet her
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for some reason or another.
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So that's been extremely difficult.
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The charity work is constant.
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'It's Tom here. I'm just going
to introduce Her Majesty The Queen.'
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But country broadband isn't.
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These aren't your average
conference calls either.
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Good morning.
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At Windsor.
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Good morning. I'm very glad
to have been able to join you.
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Can you see everybody?
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You should have
six people on your screen.
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Yes. Well, I can see four, anyway.
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Actually, you don't need me.
You know what I look like.
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With online technology,
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being in touch is one thing,
but it's not quite the same.
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The ability to meet people,
that's what makes the difference.
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I know what Twitter is, but
I wouldn't go anywhere near it...
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if you paid me, frankly.
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That's a slightly different issue.
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So I do feel pretty useless
stuck here
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in relative terms
to what I think I should be doing.
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Whatever the new normal brings,
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the old normal was a life of duty.
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Seasons marked by state events
at Buckingham Palace,
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evenings filled with charity dinners
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and speeches.
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Most mornings
involve an early start
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even before the transport arrives.
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The princess has a daily schedule
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of public appearances.
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Today, they are all over Kent.
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She is very hard-working.
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She is the busiest member
of the royal family,
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regularly carrying out
over 500 engagements a year.
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Away days, each of those
will probably be different.
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Different reasons for going. Many
are for voluntary organisations.
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And if you can do anything
to raise their profile,
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then you will have
achieved something.
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You are reflecting
Her Majesty's position.
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But most of the time,
you are, I think, in my case,
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just trying to cover
the bits of the country
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that most other people won't get to.
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WOMAN:
Huxley, come and practise your bow.
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Mummy practise her curtsy, then?
Ready?
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There we are.
See, it's good, isn't it?
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That's my curtsy. Is that right?
What do you do with your hands?
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Today, the first organisation
is English Rural.
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Near Ashford,
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villagers are getting ready
for the royal opening
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of some new homes.
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Princess Anne
is coming to visit my house.
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I'm a bit nervous,
with two young boys.
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But there you go.
No, it's very exciting.
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I hear she's
quite a country girl like me.
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We have to send her programmes,
her briefs,
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her speeches, and God help me
if there was something missing.
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She would read
with a really sharp eye.
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And I remember once,
I've never forgotten it,
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she said, "Private Secretary,
what normally comes after 16?"
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And I knew then that page 17
of the brief was missing.
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The organisation has back stories
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that are quite useful to know.
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So that's either length of time,
people involved,
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impact of what it does.
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She's like a sponge.
It's unbelievable
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the information that's stored
in her brain.
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It's incredible.
It's quite annoying as well.
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It is quite annoying, yes.
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Had to wait a bit, haven't you?
Yes.
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I first registered an interest
about a year and a half
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or two years ago.
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But we're very happy here.
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Did you help with the decorating?
Huxley?
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Did you help with the decorating?
The princess is talking to you.
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Oh, he's being really bashful.
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Your Royal Highness.
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The first unveiling of the day done.
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Then it's back to the helicopter.
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At Maidstone Hospital,
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a new helipad needs opening.
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We've got about 200 people here.
I don't suppose
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she'll be able to say hello
to every single one of those,
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but anybody she can say hello to,
I know they'll really appreciate it.
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Oh, look, she's coming.
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Sometimes people react
in the most extraordinary ways.
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They get completely overawed
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being in front of a princess.
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And thoroughly overdo the curtsies
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or the bows or don't do it at all.
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Or practically shake her hand off,
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which can happen.
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You don't literally
work your way through the crowd,
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that's usually
left up to other people.
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In some ways,
it would be just as much fun
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if you did it all by yourself,
but it would be a bit chaotic.
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Although Holyrood,
at the Garden Party,
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I used to work up
the back of the border,
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which is where the people
who didn't want to be seen went.
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That was my... They were almost
pretending they weren't there,
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so engaging them in conversation...
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They were always looking around,
"I'm not really here.
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"I don't really want
to talk to anyone."
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And this is Lucia.
Nice to meet you.
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So, Lucia is the senior employee
of the whole of the NHS,
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93 years old.
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Lucia now looks after
the junior doctors on this site.
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You know where they live
is called a mess?
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But actually it's very clean.
It's not a mess at all, is it?
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It's only because of her.
It's only because of Lucia.
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Very nice to meet you.
Nice to see you.
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The impact of a royal visit,
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it's very hard to quantify,
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but you get back into the car
and you see people just beaming.
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It's winter,
two hours before sundown,
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but the Princess Royal
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is only halfway through
her day's engagements.
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I always reminded
many of our colleagues
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at the British Olympic Association
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that while we've all
sort of sauntered into
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a board meeting at two o'clock
that runs till five,
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she's probably opened five hospitals
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by the time
that she's even had lunch.
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Does anyone ever try to tell her
to slow down a bit?
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Er... I mean, good luck.
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We would try, and, you know,
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and then it would be
a very short conversation.
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At Gillingham, there are hospital
building works to inspect
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and staff at the Maternity Unit
of the Year to congratulate.
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..to events and then coming here.
It's amazing.
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And I know how demanding it is.
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So, really, my hat off to her.
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She's a remarkably
hard-working woman.
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I haven't done a curtsy
since I did ballet.
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I'm just
gonna have to do a little bob.
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Three, two, one.
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Here she comes.
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She's got so much more energy
than anybody that I know who's 70.
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Well, apart from
various members of our family.
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But she's certainly...
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She certainly doesn't act it.
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Age is not a thing to her.
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It's very much,
the more she keeps doing,
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the younger she'll stay.
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She always says she doesn't have
very good role models
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for slowing down.
No, that's true.
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I do remember,
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a day the princess
must've met a thousand people
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on four or five engagements,
and I remember thinking,
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"I'm absolutely wrecked"
at the end of the day.
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She was still
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giving everybody the attention
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she gave
at the beginning of the day.
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Ma'am, if I could introduce
Laura and Chris.
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And their new baby, Oliver.
Nice to see you.
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You work here, do you?
Yeah.
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This is Laura's third baby.
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CHRIS:
Early Christmas present, I think.
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You don't need to wrap it up, OK?
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Have a very good Christmas.
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You, too.
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The princess is scheduled
to land at Kensington Palace helipad
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at just after four o'clock.
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A cup of tea, a change of clothes,
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and then she'll be off
to a charity dinner.
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There may be a change
to a formal thing, a ball gown,
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or cocktail dress,
and she's so adept
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at chopping and changing.
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I've not quite
mastered the art myself.
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The Princess Royal's presence
is requested
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at charity dinners
most nights of the week.
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She has one golden rule.
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I'm very jealous.
The princess doesn't drink at all.
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It is a busy day for her.
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She does start early
and then doesn't really finish
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until nine o'clock at night, maybe.
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If it's after a dinner,
quite a lot later.
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ZARA: I always remember
when we were living at Gatcombe
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that she would come home
from engagements
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and she would be in
exactly what she was wearing
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and her make-up on and stuff.
Put her welly boots on,
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her jacket on,
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and then she walks up and goes
to do her chickens and get her eggs.
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Sitting still
really doesn't happen very much.
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Sometimes, of course,
it's unavoidable.
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I'm thinking, how could you possibly
take that long?
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Princess Anne has got quite a lot
of character in her face.
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Sculptor Frances Segelman Petchey
is making a bust
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to mark the princess'
70th birthday.
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She's done most of the royal family.
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She's coming for her second sitting.
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I'd love her to have a tiara. I'm
gonna try and persuade her today.
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Good morning. It's lovely to meet
you again. Thank you for coming.
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I did this sculpture of your mother
in 2008. 2008?
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Your father in 2000. Boris.
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Hm. The hairdo is tricky.
LAUGHS
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The princess must now be
centre of attention,
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not something she enjoys.
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Caroline Nunnerley
is a lady-in-waiting.
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Her job?
Anticipating the boss's needs.
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Right now, it's probably escape.
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I'm like a goldfish in a bowl here.
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Frances bravely tries the "T" word.
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So, we were going to talk about
the tiara. Were we?
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Yeah.
I thought I'd said no.
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I know, but I just think it would
look so fabulous if you did.
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Yeah, but I've only got little tiny
tiaras that are not really worth it.
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It would just make it so nice.
We could think about it again.
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Yeah? If you do wear a tiara,
will the back still be the same?
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To be honest, if I'm,
if I'm wearing a tiara,
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I do my hair differently.
It's probably a no.
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But there is another type
of crown to discuss.
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I want people to like us,
to feel that they know us. Huh!
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I know you value your privacy,
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but I think there's
a lot about you
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that they would like if they,
if they got a chance.
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The fact that you're generally...
you're good value for money.
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Like a pair of long-lasting boots.
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Actually, I read an article
the other day about the...
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I don't watch Netflix
and The Crown but... No.
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..the actress was talking about
how long it took them
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to do their hair like I did.
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Really? And I'm thinking, "How could
you possibly take that long?"
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I mean, it takes me
ten or 15 minutes.
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You do it yourself?
Do you do it yourself?
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Because it's so much quicker.
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And the idea
that they're taking that long...
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Don't you think I did that
every day?
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I don't think so.
How amazing.
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The early ones
were quite interesting.
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When your mum was young.
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Making a series about people
who are still living
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is always quite
a dangerous thing to do.
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The television princess
wasn't interested in celebrity.
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Not unlike the real one.
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She's not a person that is
constantly looking for praise.
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She gets on and does her work,
er, regardless,
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because she thinks it's important.
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Anne doesn't crave the limelight.
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She probably had her fill
of being in the newspapers
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when she was young.
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So there's a lot of things
that she does under the radar.
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There were no tears
when Princess Anne
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was first captured on film,
in September 1950.
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NEWSREADER: It's an occasion
when we would all wish
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to share their joy and pride.
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Anne was a new princess
for a new age - the media age.
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She grew up surrounded by cameras,
in public and at home.
365
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Both the princess' parents
were keen home filmmakers.
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When he was six,
the Earl of Caithness
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was invited to Balmoral play dates
with the five-year-old princess.
368
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I was very fortunate
to know Princess Anne.
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She was always a lot of fun.
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She was a very determined person.
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She was not gonna get beaten
by a situation or by somebody.
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And if somebody could do something,
she could do it, too.
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She was a very imaginative child,
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and curious about everything
that happened.
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So she was curious
about the environment.
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And, of course, the Duke
was very keen on the environment.
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So he was passing that knowledge
and interest onto his children, too.
378
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She also was, er, brought up
by her father to sail in dinghies
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and developed a love of sailing.
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Almost her earliest memory is going
on board the Royal Yacht Britannia.
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The Duke of Edinburgh
just got on with things.
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Didn't suffer fools gladly.
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And I think
it's fair to say that, that...
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that the princess has many
of her father's characteristics.
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The Duke of Edinburgh's home movies
capture determination,
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and perhaps more, in the child
who would become the Princess Royal.
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She was more determined than most,
more competitive than most.
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And that was a lovely streak in her.
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Anne and her brother Charles
were first educated together,
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at Buckingham Palace
by Miss Catherine Peebles.
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Schooldays was governess-driven,
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so the range of what you can do
is quite limited.
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My basic skills were OK.
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Erm, but we won't go
further than that,
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and I did more French
than most people did.
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But no maths. And no Latin.
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NEWSREADER: A new term
at Benenden School...
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When she was 12, Anne took
the initiative and asked her mother
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if she could go to school
outside the Palace.
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The first princess to do so.
401
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I did volunteer to go to school,
I have to say. And I was thrilled.
402
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School was much more interesting.
403
00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:48,960
NEWSREADER: Now she'll live
and learn with 300 other girls
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and be treated,
at the Queen's request,
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exactly the same
as any other girl.
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This was a new experience,
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the first time she'd mixed with
large groups of other children.
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Did you feel you were treated
like one of the girls, almost?
409
00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:04,960
You'd have to ask
the other girls that.
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00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:05,960
I thought so.
LAUGHS
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One of them
was classmate Sandra Hacking,
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already part of a tight
friendship group.
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For six years,
they'd share the princess' hopes,
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dreams and secrets.
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We were given encouragement
to be as natural as possible
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with, with the princess.
417
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The perception was that the princess
might be quite shy,
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but we had this group of friends,
and the princess, erm,
419
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just popped up and joined in.
420
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For me, of course, it was
education at a different level.
421
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And the fact that you were doing it
with a group of people,
422
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I was amazed at how much
I enjoyed it.
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And I got on very well with our,
er, headmistress, Miss EB Clarke.
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But most people
were terrified of her.
425
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We used to have quite interesting
conversations
426
00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,960
and she was fascinating.
Didn't happen all that often,
427
00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,160
but I was always intrigued by what
people were so frightened of.
428
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Perhaps the head
was on best behaviour
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with a pupil
who had her own policeman.
430
00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,960
There was a really lovely
security officer,
431
00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:06,960
and we did lead him
a bit of a dance.
432
00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,960
It was rather fun
to, erm, break out of school
433
00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:11,640
and go to the fish and chip shop.
434
00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,960
And trying to escape
this loyal detective
435
00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:15,960
who was supposed to be
looking after her.
436
00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,480
And erm, anyway,
we did that a few times.
437
00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:24,960
She was a very normal, er, teenager.
She was sensible and fun.
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00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,960
Scotland Yard had help.
439
00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,960
Anne's classmates
also kept an eye on her.
440
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There was possibly
a general instruction
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not to talk to the press.
442
00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,960
The paparazzi did exist then.
443
00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,960
I don't recall intrusion
at school,
444
00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,640
but on the public road, they were
quite keen to photograph her.
445
00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,960
So there was a sense
of looking after her.
446
00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,960
After A Levels,
many went on to further education.
447
00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,960
The princess went into
the family business.
448
00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:53,960
So many of my contemporaries,
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00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:55,960
when asked why
they were going to university
450
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would say, basically,
cos that's what you do.
451
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And I'm thinking, really?
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That's not a very good reason
for going to university.
453
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So I thought I'd skip that.
454
00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,960
But I also thought
that I might have the opportunity
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to travel
with Her Majesty on her tours.
456
00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:12,640
I did geography A Level so it,
for me, it made more sense.
457
00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:15,960
Shortly before her 19th birthday,
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the princess joined her parents
on a state visit to Austria.
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It was the start
of a lifelong career
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representing the country abroad.
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On early trips, the princess
was learning the ropes.
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People talk about,
erm, being trained
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to become a member
of the royal family.
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00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,960
Erm, I'm sorry to disappoint you,
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00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,960
there is no such thing,
it's just learning by experience.
466
00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,320
Hardly ever does anything go
quite according to plan,
467
00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:43,480
you have to learn that.
468
00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,960
One that sticks in my mind
about going up in lifts.
469
00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:48,960
There was the Queen
and the Duke of Edinburgh
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and the lady-in-waiting and me.
471
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I think we were all dressed
for quite a smart do somewhere.
472
00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:54,960
And we went from the ground floor,
473
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,960
we were only supposed
to be going two storeys.
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And it went up to about the 19th
floor, and this chap got in thinking
475
00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:02,960
he was going for a,
you know, a spa treatment.
476
00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,960
He was... slightly surprised.
LAUGHS
477
00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,000
In Australia in 1970,
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00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,480
the princess tried out
a new approach to royal visits
479
00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:14,960
that Fleet Street dubbed
"the walkabout".
480
00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,960
I picked a young woman
who I thought was, sort of, my age,
481
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and she looked at me and she said,
"We've met before."
482
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And I'd never been
to Australia before,
483
00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:24,160
never done a walkabout before,
484
00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,960
and I thought,
"Don't be ridiculous."
485
00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,480
And she said, "I was the floor maid
in Malta when you came."
486
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So you learn.
LAUGHS
487
00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:33,960
This is a small world.
488
00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,960
At the time Princess Anne
came of age,
489
00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,960
whatever the young did was news.
490
00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,960
And whatever young royals did
was big news.
491
00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:44,960
Today, they're celebrities,
like it or not.
492
00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,960
But Anne was the pioneer.
493
00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:51,960
The pressure that is, erm, applied
to the younger members of the family
494
00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,960
is always worse, because that's
what the media is interested in,
495
00:22:55,960 --> 00:23:00,320
and that's, er, you know,
hard sometimes to deal with.
496
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,960
But there was no social media
in my day.
497
00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,960
So it probably has made it
more difficult.
498
00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,960
I know there are lots of younger
royals who are very glamorous,
499
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:10,960
but she was a very modern princess.
500
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,160
NEWSREADER:
In the relatively short time
501
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,960
that Anne has been a grown-up,
fashion-conscious young lady,
502
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:19,960
she's made herself a name
for her choice of hats.
503
00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:21,960
She was actually rather
glamorous, the long hair.
504
00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,160
And she was very much
of her time.
505
00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,800
She's the first princess
to wear a miniskirt.
506
00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:29,640
Different looks
go in and out of fashion.
507
00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,480
She's not ahead of it,
but she's definitely in there.
508
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,480
And she was on the cover.
509
00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,960
For her 21st birthday,
there was a landmark portrait.
510
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,960
Well, to be on the cover of Vogue
in 1971,
511
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,960
I mean, Vogue cover
is for extraordinary women.
512
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:47,160
And she was very much
her own person.
513
00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,960
Not her mother or her, her aunts.
514
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:53,320
Princess Anne hit Planet Fashion
for six.
515
00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,960
Her public wardrobe
was bold and blocky.
516
00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,960
She favoured bright colours
and big hats.
517
00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,960
She was actually really fashionable
as a young woman.
518
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,320
And she's, sort of, her own person
within those parameters.
519
00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,960
The princess turned her visibility
to good use,
520
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,960
backing the textile
and fashion industries.
521
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:18,960
Tonight, she's at London Fashion
Week to present a design award.
522
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,000
So, the princess has been
our president since 1985.
523
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,960
In the '60s and '70s,
524
00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,960
she was known for her
very lively interest in fashion.
525
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,960
The princess has an eye.
I'm sure she wouldn't mind me saying
526
00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,480
that she has her preferences
on colours.
527
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,960
I mean, we see green quite a lot.
Natural colours.
528
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,960
In the '80s, she, she started to
wear, on public occasions, the suit.
529
00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,640
Of course, emblematic
of the working woman.
530
00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:48,960
She also wears those suits again
and again, as a normal woman would.
531
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:53,000
That's made her be recently hailed
as an icon of sustainability.
532
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,960
I'm probably the very last person
to make any comment about fashion.
533
00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:01,960
Er, and any husband who makes
a comment on, on his wife's, er,
534
00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,960
fashion style is, is, is a,
is a very brave or risky man.
535
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,960
What I would say is that she has
developed a style of her own,
536
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:10,960
and, and she sticks to it.
537
00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:12,960
She's not driven by others
538
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,000
to do something
that doesn't suit her.
539
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,960
MUSIC: 'Get It On'
by T.Rex
540
00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,960
Back in the 1970s, if the world's
most eligible princess
541
00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:24,320
was seen anywhere near a bachelor,
it made for banner headlines.
542
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:30,960
Captain Mark Phillips was a rising
star in the equestrian world.
543
00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,960
He met his princess
at an Olympic party in 1968.
544
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,480
Three years later,
the press got their story.
545
00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,960
NEWSREADER: After weeks of rumour,
speculation and denials,
546
00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:44,960
finally, it's official.
547
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,960
Neither the princess
nor her fiance wanted the attention,
548
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,000
but their celebrity
fuelled royal wedding fever.
549
00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,960
In November 1973, the ceremony
was a major television event.
550
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:03,960
There had never been anything
like it
551
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,960
in terms of television spectacle,
probably since the coronation,
552
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,960
which was on tiny
black and white sets.
553
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:12,960
500 million people
watched around the world.
554
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:17,960
With this ring, I thee wed.
With this ring, I thee wed.
555
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,960
The wedding made the princess
and her new husband
556
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,320
the most famous couple on Earth.
557
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,000
It also made them targets.
558
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,960
Good evening. Shots have been fired
559
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,960
at Princess Anne
and Captain Phillips.
560
00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:41,960
At least five shots
were fired at their car
561
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:43,960
and the bullets shattered
the windows.
562
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:45,960
Four months after
her dazzling wedding,
563
00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:50,960
Princess Anne was the target
of would-be kidnapper Ian Ball.
564
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:54,960
What is interesting is what you
remember and how you remember it.
565
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,960
Cos although I thought I remembered
everything that had happened,
566
00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:58,960
I would never have been able
to swear
567
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,960
that I could remember them
in the right order.
568
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:07,960
Because they were like photos.
Individual snapshots. Very clearly.
569
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:12,960
In March 1974, the royal car
was returning from a charity event,
570
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:16,160
when Ball forced it to stop.
571
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,960
The Mall is completely closed off
here tonight.
572
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:19,960
Now, a gunman got out
573
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,960
and fired several shots
through the windscreen.
574
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,000
When Protection Officer Jim Beaton
confronted him,
575
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,960
he was shot in the shoulder.
576
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,960
There was a couple of short cracks.
577
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:34,800
I took my pistol, lifted it up
and fired it in his direction,
578
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,960
but nothing happened.
And it obviously had jammed.
579
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:39,960
And I managed
to get into the car,
580
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,800
and there was Ian Ball with his gun.
581
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,960
So I just stuck up my right hand
in front of it and he fired.
582
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:51,960
Erm... and it went through the
window, obviously, and into my hand.
583
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,800
The driver and Princess Anne's
bodyguard were hurt.
584
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,960
Then a policeman on duty ran up.
585
00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,960
He was turned on by the gunman
and shot at, at point-blank range.
586
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,960
Strangely, I had thought about it
before that.
587
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:07,960
What would you do if?
588
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,960
One thing about horses and sport
589
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,960
is you have to prepare
for the unexpected
590
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,320
and you've gotta think your way
591
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,960
through the sort of problems
that are likely to occur.
592
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,960
And I suppose that was
the discipline which...
593
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,320
to some extent
coloured my thought processes.
594
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,960
The princess tried to talk
the gunman down,
595
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,960
insisting she would not
leave the car.
596
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,960
I remember, she said to me,
597
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,960
"I was so annoyed that he'd tore
the sleeve out of my dress,"
598
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,320
she said,
and it was a good new dress.
599
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:41,160
Before he was overpowered,
Ball shot and wounded four people.
600
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,960
They were all given medals
by a grateful Queen.
601
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,960
Princess Anne, because she was
so cool, calm and collected,
602
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,960
I think it kept the situation
within control.
603
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,960
Three years later came the birth
of a son, Peter.
604
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,960
And in 1981, baby Zara.
605
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:05,960
Their mother decided her children
should be plain Mr and Miss.
606
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,160
Stunning pictures of her in here.
607
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,960
We were always brought up...
608
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,960
on the understanding that we were
gonna have to go to work.
609
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,960
We were gonna have to go out
and earn our, earn our living.
610
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:21,960
Regardless of the fact
of who our grandmother was
611
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:22,960
or who our mother was.
612
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,960
I think it made us fight harder
as well,
613
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,960
to try and be as successful
as we could be.
614
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:34,960
Erm, so I definitely, you know,
we're very grateful to her
615
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,960
not giving us a title, anyway.
LAUGHS
616
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,800
As a member of the royal family,
617
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,800
living with that sort of pressure
is hard,
618
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,960
and the expectations
that come with it is hard.
619
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,960
And that might have been
at the bottom of the list,
620
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,960
that it may be less difficult
for you.
621
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,960
But actually, understanding
where they sit within the family
622
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,960
and what happens next,
it made much more sense.
623
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,960
Peter and Zara both live
with their families
624
00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:02,000
close to Gatcombe Park
in Gloucestershire.
625
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:07,640
It was where they grew up,
a haven for them and their mother.
626
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,800
It was her, her sanctuary,
if you like.
627
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,960
But when you're working
you also, erm,
628
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,960
want to be able to then go home
and, you know, be, be a mother.
629
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:18,960
You know, she was taking us out,
630
00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:20,960
you know, onto the farm
and helping out on the farm,
631
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,960
helping with the lambing
and all that sort of stuff.
632
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:27,960
They didn't give them titles,
633
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:32,160
but Princess Anne and Mark Phillips
did give their children a leg-up...
634
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,960
into the saddle.
635
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,960
Captain Phillips
was an Olympic gold-medallist
636
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:39,960
before he and Princess Anne
were married.
637
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:44,000
For the whole family,
horses were work, rest and play.
638
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:48,000
It was part of our lives.
We didn't really know anything else.
639
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,960
We both started off with
a little Shetland called Smoky.
640
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,960
When we went up to the stables
to go and ride,
641
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:56,960
it was a working professional yard.
642
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:58,960
You know,
both our parents were riding.
643
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,960
It was normal. Especially as
our father won Olympic medals
644
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,800
and being hugely successful
in the sport.
645
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:05,960
That was just life growing up.
646
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,800
But the marriage wasn't to last.
647
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,160
After 19 years,
the couple were divorced.
648
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:15,000
Princess Anne then married
naval commander Tim Laurence.
649
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,960
It's quite amusing that she
married first an army officer
650
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:19,960
and then a naval officer,
651
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,960
so there must be something about the
military that, that attracts her.
652
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:26,960
They met while the up and coming
officer was an equerry,
653
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,960
or military assistant to the Queen.
654
00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:31,960
After almost 30 years of marriage,
655
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:36,960
the Vice Admiral and the
Princess Royal make a powerful team.
656
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,960
They both have the understanding
of what being a part of the...
657
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,960
the wider family means
and what is required.
658
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:47,960
And through the last 25 years, plus,
that they've been together now,
659
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:52,960
it, it's, erm... he's been
a very strong support for her.
660
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,960
Naturally, their interests coincide.
661
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,960
The Trafalgar Dinner's
an annual naval tradition
662
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:02,160
and an enjoyable date
for both of them.
663
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:07,960
There's a shared love of history,
duty and much more besides.
664
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:09,960
We are both map and chart people.
665
00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,960
We like to know where we are
and see where we're going.
666
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,960
For more than three decades,
667
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:20,960
Sir Tim has been able to observe
the royal family close up.
668
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,800
Similarities with her father
are much talked about.
669
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:24,960
What is less spoken about
670
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,960
is the similarities with her mother,
the Queen.
671
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:32,800
The, er, the common theme
is humour, fun.
672
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,960
One of the great surprises for me
when I first went to Balmoral
673
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,960
and to Sandringham and Windsor
674
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:41,960
was that these places
are full of laughter.
675
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:45,960
The love of sport is another bond.
676
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,960
We both follow, with great
enthusiasm, the Scottish rugby team.
677
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:54,960
As you may have noticed,
they don't always win.
678
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:59,800
There is one area where
the couple don't see eye to eye.
679
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:03,480
She grew up with horses.
Horses have been part of her life.
680
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:06,480
It's not something
I share with her and, sadly,
681
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,960
I've never been bitten
by the horse bug.
682
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,960
At Gatcombe,
that bug draws the crowds
683
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,960
to the Festival of British Eventing.
684
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:19,960
Jane Holderness-Roddam is a
lady-in-waiting to the princess,
685
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,960
and a former Olympic gold-medallist.
686
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,000
They first met riding as children.
687
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,960
Even at nine years old
or ten years old, you know,
688
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,800
when she appeared,
she had great presence.
689
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:34,960
She never pushed herself forward,
but she just, you know,
690
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:36,160
you knew she was there,
sort of thing.
691
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,960
I started to compete.
692
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,160
There was an acceptance that I'd
give that a try and see how it went.
693
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,320
And then that was more successful
than I thought I was going to be.
694
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,160
Well, she was obviously
very competitive
695
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:49,800
and she had an amazing affinity
with her horses.
696
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,320
You know, her and Doublet were
a, just a real partnership,
697
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:53,960
they were a pleasure to watch.
698
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:57,960
At the age of 21, as a member
of the British Eventing Team,
699
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:04,160
Princess Anne won gold at the 1971
European Eventing Championships.
700
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:05,960
APPLAUSE
701
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:07,160
Well, sport is a great leveller.
702
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,960
It has no respect for who you are
and it, er...
703
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:11,960
it's a question
of whether you succeed.
704
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,960
If you come first
in a World Equestrian Games,
705
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:19,960
nobody can really accuse you of,
of having extra favours
706
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:21,960
because you're a member
of the royal family.
707
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:23,960
You've done it
and it's a great thing to achieve.
708
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:28,960
Also in 1971, there was another
trophy for the royal mantelpiece.
709
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:33,960
Just being selected
with that group of sports people,
710
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,960
has to be a significant honour.
711
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:38,960
Especially from a,
from the perspective of a sport
712
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,960
that doesn't get that level
of profile. Mm.
713
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:43,960
It gives me great pleasure, Ma'am,
714
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:47,960
to present this
Sports Personality Award of 1971.
715
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:52,000
It was a really important moment
for Olympic sport when she won that.
716
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,960
Seeing off George Best at the same
time was pretty much up there.
717
00:34:55,960 --> 00:35:00,960
And, of course, Zara went on to
win it, er, many, many years later.
718
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,960
Which section of the, er,
three-day event do you enjoy best?
719
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,960
The end.
LAUGHTER
720
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,960
It was a slightly novel,
a novel entrance.
721
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:13,960
For everybody.
722
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,960
I was just amazed to be included.
723
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:21,960
But the Olympics were the pinnacle
of the princess' career.
724
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:26,320
And brought even more attention
to her sport.
725
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,960
REPORTER: The Queen was determined
to see the tough, 17-mile
726
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,960
cross-country course that
Princess Anne will find on Saturday.
727
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:34,960
I wasn't at the Olympics.
I couldn't go.
728
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,960
So it was all on the television,
what we saw.
729
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:42,960
And what I didn't know at the time
was that she had this awful fall.
730
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,480
I was going very well.
731
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,960
And then I don't remember
anything else.
732
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,960
But she got back on and competed.
733
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:53,960
She was that concussed
that she couldn't remember,
734
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:54,960
and, still to this day, I believe,
735
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:56,960
doesn't remember
the rest of the course.
736
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,640
REPORTER: Nothing at all?
Nothing at all, no.
737
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:03,960
It is probably the most
dangerous sport on the planet.
738
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:05,960
I've watched a lot
of three-day eventing.
739
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:10,160
Er, I, know the sort of,
the competitive granite, er,
740
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:13,960
that those men and women
are made from.
741
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,960
And she's absolutely hewn from that.
742
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,000
Her mantra for life is very much,
743
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,960
if you fall,
get back up and try again.
744
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,960
Get up, carry on
and mind your manners.
745
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:30,960
All that early exposure
inspired the next generation.
746
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:35,480
Zara Phillips was a gold medallist
with the British Eventing Team,
747
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,960
and was, for four years,
World Champion.
748
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:43,960
In 2012, she won silver
at the London Olympics.
749
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,960
Her mother presented the award.
750
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:50,960
To be given your medal by your
mother is, is pretty special.
751
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,960
And you can't really ever
explain that, that feeling.
752
00:36:54,960 --> 00:37:00,960
She very much, you know, knows what
it takes to achieve and to win.
753
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:04,960
Having the whole family come
and watch was incredible as well.
754
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:06,960
All the cousins were there,
weren't they? Mm.
755
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:10,960
It was a really, erm, special day,
a special family day for, erm...
756
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:14,960
It's the only competition that
everyone's watched me in but...
757
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:18,960
Well, if it's gonna be one,
it's gonna be that one.
758
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,960
Was it very important that
you beat your mother's record?
759
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:25,960
Hmm, no, but it was very important
I beat my father's.
760
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,960
LAUGHTER
761
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:30,960
It was pointed out to me
a while ago that, erm,
762
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:32,960
that I'm the only member
of my direct family
763
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:33,960
not to have a gold medal.
764
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,960
Erm, but, erm,
we've moved on from that.
765
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,960
SPEAKER: The International
Olympic Committee...
766
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:43,480
It was her competitors'
understanding of the Olympics
767
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,960
that made the princess a key player
768
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,960
in the bid to bring the Games
to London in 2012.
769
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:49,960
London!
770
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:57,960
I really think the team
have earned it.
771
00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:59,800
They've done a fantastic job.
772
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:03,960
She was absolutely integral
to our winning the, er,
773
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,960
bid for the Olympics in 2005.
774
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:10,960
Then did a huge job, er, with
the British Olympic Association.
775
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,960
The Princess Royal was on
the... the big committee,
776
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:17,800
and her contribution was seismic.
777
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:19,960
Er, and it was always to the point.
778
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:24,160
Erm, she doesn't always
suffer fools, er, gladly.
779
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:26,960
She doesn't speak
for the sake of speaking.
780
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:30,960
I do remember,
after a rather long-winded, erm,
781
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,960
interjection by one of the, er,
committee members,
782
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,960
she'd actually forgotten
to turn her microphone off.
783
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:41,320
And she did manage to utter
the immortal words,
784
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:45,960
"I think this person is probably the
most stupid person in world sport."
785
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:49,960
Er, and this echoed
absolutely around the room.
786
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:51,960
And she never flinched.
787
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,960
It was as though it never happened,
and we just moved on.
788
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:58,640
But it is probably
one of my favourite moments.
789
00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:02,960
Not flinching is a speciality.
790
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:04,960
Even in the heat of battle.
791
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:17,320
In Estonia, the King's Royal Hussars
are awaiting the princess,
792
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:18,960
their colonel-in-chief.
793
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,320
She's coming east
to observe their manoeuvres
794
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,960
as part of a NATO battle group.
795
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,640
The first time I've driven
a member of the royal family.
796
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:28,960
I'm buzzing, I'm really
looking forward to it.
797
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,160
It's an honour to have a member
of the royal family on our tank.
798
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:32,960
Tell the grandkids.
THEY LAUGH
799
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:38,960
The monarchy is our guiding light,
our moral compass.
800
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,960
Having someone like the Princess
Royal, who stands for that family,
801
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,960
and she's the head of our family,
is incredibly important.
802
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,960
She's hugely in admiration
803
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:50,960
of what the United Kingdom's
military does for this country,
804
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,480
and she wants to support them.
805
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:54,960
It was really good.
806
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,800
She's interested in seeing
variants of what we do.
807
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:01,960
It's really nice to see her come out
and get amongst all the lads.
808
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,640
I think it's important
that they recognise
809
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,960
that there is somebody
from outside the military
810
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,960
who might understand
what they're doing.
811
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:10,960
They are working very hard,
so that's...
812
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:14,480
I hope what they feel is...
is being achieved.
813
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:17,960
We all know her, and we've all felt
that personal touch
814
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:18,960
that she brings.
815
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:23,480
And her ability to talk to everyone,
er, of any rank,
816
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:26,960
of any age is something
that we all love about her.
817
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:30,480
So, as Royal Engineers, we're
setting up battlefield simulations
818
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:31,960
for the attack that's gonna happen.
819
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:35,960
The Challenger 2 is a hugely
effective piece of equipment.
820
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,960
There are in-life upgrades
going on at the moment.
821
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,640
There's always the technology
to catch up on,
822
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:43,480
cos that's changing all the time.
823
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:55,960
It's quite a full-on environment.
It's loud, it's noisy.
824
00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:01,000
She loves going in
any of her army vehicles.
825
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,960
She loves driving the tanks,
firing the guns.
826
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,960
There's a huge amount going on.
827
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:12,960
I was impressed by actually how much
she immediately understood.
828
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:18,160
Right in the middle,
she got out her...
829
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:21,960
her phone and started filming,
which is what people do today.
830
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:26,160
She doesn't stand above and beyond
it, and she's terribly human.
831
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:35,960
At headquarters, the officers' mess
is a shrine to their royal comrade.
832
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:37,480
As a member of the royal family,
833
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,960
females were tended to be treated
as honorary men.
834
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:41,000
So, you know,
they would become involved
835
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,160
in organisations
that are otherwise men-only.
836
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:46,960
In 1969, the princess joined up.
837
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:47,960
Her first rank?
838
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:53,160
Colonel-in-chief of the 14th/20th
Hussars, as they were then known.
839
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:54,960
That was almost the first thing
that I did,
840
00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:56,960
and they were in Germany then.
841
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,320
At the age of 19,
842
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:02,960
she was on exercise
in a Chieftain tank named after her.
843
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:04,480
Just perfect for Trafalgar Square.
844
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:05,960
No.
LAUGHS
845
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:07,960
That solves all your problems,
really.
846
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:09,000
Oh, they're fantastic bits of kit.
847
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,960
Commanding Officer
Lieutenant Colonel Angus Tilney
848
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:15,960
is keeper of
the regimental scrapbook.
849
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:17,960
We've got photos here
of the Princess Royal
850
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,960
driving a Chieftain,
er, with her headscarf on.
851
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,800
I'd make sure she had a helmet on
if she did it today.
852
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:25,960
And firing the Sterling
submachine gun.
853
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,960
Again, no ear defence in those days.
854
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,960
Erm, but certainly today,
we'd make sure that she did!
855
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:33,960
LAUGHS
856
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:35,960
It'd be the end of me
if I had the Princess Royal
857
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:38,960
shooting a Sterling submachinegun
without ear defenders.
858
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:41,480
But she seems pretty easy with it.
859
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:44,960
She's actually the longest-serving
member of the King's Royal Hussars.
860
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,960
It's a very long association.
861
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:51,960
I thought I'd got old when the son
of the commanding officer,
862
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:55,960
who, when I met him,
was in short pants in Germany,
863
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:57,960
became an officer in the regiment.
864
00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,960
I thought I'd been there
too long already.
865
00:42:59,960 --> 00:43:03,960
We're into grandchildren, yeah.
LAUGHS
866
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:05,640
When she was very young,
867
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:07,960
Princess Anne would join
Prince Charles
868
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:11,480
watching the Queen at the grandest
military ceremony of all.
869
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:14,960
It's among her first memories.
870
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,960
Well, the earliest ones
were the Trooping of the Colour,
871
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:18,960
the Birthday Parade.
872
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:20,960
It was important training
for Princess Anne
873
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,960
in the ceremonial role
of the monarchy.
874
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:26,960
You were allowed to go
quite early in your career.
875
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:29,960
That was much the earliest
of the sort of ceremonial events
876
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:30,960
you were allowed to be part of.
877
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,960
State visits came much later.
878
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:39,640
For today's ceremony, the princess
will ride behind the Queen
879
00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:41,160
as a Royal Colonel.
880
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:43,800
Right, final polish and grooming.
881
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:45,000
You can get the other horse out now,
chap.
882
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,960
Every year, Royal Stud Groom
Terry Pendry
883
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:50,960
prepares the family's horses
for the ceremony.
884
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:54,960
The Princess Royal,
there we have her saddle.
885
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:56,960
She's a fine, fine horsewoman.
886
00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,000
Passed on from her mother,
her grandmother.
887
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,960
All the royal children,
they learn to walk,
888
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:04,160
and straight after walking,
they were learnt to ride.
889
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:07,960
And, of course, the Princess Royal
just went from strength to strength.
890
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,960
I did compete against her.
891
00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:13,960
On the odd occasion,
I have beaten her.
892
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:15,960
But most of the time,
I would have seen
893
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:17,480
her backside disappearing into...
894
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,640
She was a lot better
than I'll ever be.
895
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:21,960
Right, saddles on.
896
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:24,960
I'm pretty certain they know
they're going on parade.
897
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:26,960
George behind me certainly does.
898
00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:28,960
Yeah, they do know,
I'm certain of it.
899
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:34,960
Trooping the Colour
is the most astonishing mixture
900
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:36,480
of pageantry,
901
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:40,960
military ceremonial horsemanship
and horsewomanship.
902
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:43,960
But at the heart of it
is this family.
903
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:45,960
And the family, of course,
are on performance.
904
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:47,960
Anne, of course, does very well,
905
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:49,960
since she probably rides
more than the others.
906
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:52,960
Trooping the Colour,
it is absolutely crucial
907
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:56,320
in terms of what they do
as members of that family.
908
00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:58,960
For me, like, family occasions
were all about
909
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:04,960
hanging out with our cousins and
just having as much fun as possible.
910
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:07,480
You'd get a clip round the ear
and say, "Right, behave yourself,"
911
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:08,960
you know,
"We're going out on the balcony.
912
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:11,960
"Don't pick your nose,"
and, you know, "Don't yawn."
913
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:18,480
Today, the Princess Royal
increasingly helps out the Queen,
914
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:20,960
and not just in military ceremonies.
915
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:22,960
She also takes a key role
916
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,960
in the most exciting civil event,
the Investitures.
917
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:30,960
I didn't think I would ever be asked
to do an Investiture.
918
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:33,960
It's a real pleasure. I'm delighted
to be able to go on doing those.
919
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:35,640
These are all British Empire.
920
00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:36,960
That's a CBE.
921
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:40,640
And then over there is the sword
that the Princess Royal
922
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:42,960
will be using
for the Investiture today.
923
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:44,960
The honours system
is a wonderful way
924
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:47,960
of recognising individual people
around the country
925
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:48,960
that makes this country great,
926
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:52,960
rather than, you know,
big companies or politicians.
927
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:54,960
This is it.
928
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:58,960
Journalist Brenda Emmanus
is to receive the OBE
929
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:01,960
for services to broadcasting
and diversity.
930
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:04,960
READS: "Her Majesty the Queen
may be graciously pleased
931
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:06,960
"to approve that you be appointed
932
00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:10,480
"an Officer of the Order
of the British Empire."
933
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:14,480
It's really quite amazing
and quite humbling.
934
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:15,800
My mother was so proud.
935
00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:18,960
It's the first time I've seen her
genuinely bursting with pride.
936
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:21,960
Choosing what to wear took forever.
937
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:22,960
That's the coat.
938
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:25,480
But I'm not sure
what the formality is,
939
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:27,960
whether you keep your coat on
or take your coat off
940
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:29,960
when you go up to do your bit.
941
00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:32,960
Go straight up the stairs.
942
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:37,960
Today, 65 recipients
and their families
943
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:40,960
have travelled to Buckingham Palace.
944
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:44,960
Linda Longstaff has come
from Sunderland to receive an MBE
945
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:47,960
for her work as a hospital chaplain.
946
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:50,800
Absolutely overwhelmed. What a day!
947
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:54,960
And to be with my husband
and my two girls...
948
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:57,160
it's wonderful.
949
00:46:57,160 --> 00:47:01,960
For most people, this will be their
first contact with the royal family.
950
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:04,960
Brenda's mum has bought a new hat.
951
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:07,960
I feel very proud this morning.
952
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:09,960
Yes, I am.
953
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:11,960
Because of my daughter.
954
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:14,960
Coming to get this,
it's quite a thing, actually,
955
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:15,960
it's starting to hit me.
956
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:21,800
The Princess Royal likes to spend
a chunk of time
957
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:23,960
talking to each recipient.
She's really good at it.
958
00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:25,960
So, you know, we tailor the numbers
accordingly.
959
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:29,480
She does her homework,
with her staff, on each person
960
00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:31,960
so that she knows
their background story
961
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:34,960
and, er, will remember each one
as they come up.
962
00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:36,960
She's exceptional at it.
963
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:38,960
If you get in a position
where you can see and hear
964
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:40,960
what I have to say, please.
965
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:43,960
It's my job to explain
how an Investiture works.
966
00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:46,960
Turn to face the Princess Royal,
neck bow.
967
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:49,960
And from the ladies, and much better
than I can do, it's a curtsey.
968
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:52,960
We're now moving forward
towards the dais,
969
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:56,000
receive your award,
conversation, hand shake.
970
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:58,960
Take it, shake it, let go...
LAUGHTER
971
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:00,960
..and go back two or three paces.
972
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:03,960
Neck bow, or a curtsey,
973
00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:06,960
turn to your right, and passing out
in that direction.
974
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:13,960
People whinge about
having an awards system.
975
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:16,480
But, actually, this one does work.
976
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:19,960
And, I think, on the whole,
the decisions made have been good,
977
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:22,320
and they do reflect, I think,
appropriately,
978
00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:24,640
the important issues.
979
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:26,000
The system itself
gets a bit of flack
980
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:28,960
because occasionally somebody
controversial gets an honour,
981
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:32,960
but the award of an MBE to somebody
who's been beavering away
982
00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:36,640
for ten or 20 years,
supporting some charitable cause
983
00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:41,000
is a massively important part
of our national life, I think.
984
00:48:41,960 --> 00:48:45,960
This is absolutely the heart
of what the monarchy does.
985
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:50,960
Because the princess
has been going around the country
986
00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:55,960
for 50 years-ish, she would
give an MBE out to a health worker,
987
00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:57,960
and the lady would say,
988
00:48:57,960 --> 00:49:00,960
"I remember when you opened
the General Hospital
989
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:03,960
"in North Allerton in 1980."
990
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:05,960
And then the conversation
would go on from there.
991
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:11,960
Talking about, erm,
we've met before.
992
00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:15,960
That happens more in Investitures
than I care to think.
993
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:18,160
And then often a bit of a challenge.
994
00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:20,960
But there you go.
LAUGHS
995
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:22,960
WHISPERS: She was lovely.
996
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:24,960
She really does hold
a conversation with you.
997
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:27,640
Cos I was really worried
what to say.
998
00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:28,960
And she knows about you, as well.
999
00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:31,960
She asked me I prefer being
in front of the camera or behind.
1000
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:33,960
She knew a lot about my artwork.
1001
00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:36,960
Oh, it's beautiful, isn't it?
1002
00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:43,000
Some of the palace authorities
thought the Princess' Investitures
1003
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:45,960
went on a bit too long.
1004
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:50,000
But it gave enormous joy and pride
to the recipients,
1005
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:52,960
which, at the end of the day,
is what it's all about.
1006
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:56,960
The royal presence
makes all the difference.
1007
00:49:56,960 --> 00:50:00,000
It's the electricity
the Princess aims to bring
1008
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:02,960
to the 300 charities she represents.
1009
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:14,480
Hello.
Hello.
1010
00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:15,960
And that was a preview
of Princess Anne and me
1011
00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:17,960
on our Blue Peter Royal Safari.
1012
00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:21,160
The Princess Royal
has spent 50 years
1013
00:50:21,160 --> 00:50:24,960
bringing the spotlight to the vast
array of charities she represents.
1014
00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:27,960
It all began in 1970,
1015
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:31,640
when she became president
of Save The Children.
1016
00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:35,960
I don't know why they asked me
cos, patently, as a 19-year-old,
1017
00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:40,960
erm, who'd done very little,
that was quite a interesting risk.
1018
00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:43,960
The princess gets
this wonderful new role.
1019
00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:46,960
Royal events before that,
she'd maybe been, you know,
1020
00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:48,960
with her mother and father,
or maybe with Prince Charles.
1021
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:51,960
So this time, it was,
you know, it was her film.
1022
00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:55,960
Do you like flying?
Well, I wouldn't consider it
1023
00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:57,960
one of my favourite
forms of transport.
1024
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:01,000
Probably, that first interview
was a little bit awkward,
1025
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:02,960
because it was the first time
she was doing it
1026
00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:04,960
and the first time I was doing it.
1027
00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:07,960
Once we got into Kenya,
it became much more relaxed.
1028
00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:09,960
LION GROWLS
Grrrrr!
1029
00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:13,960
She's very natural,
she was very easy with the children.
1030
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:16,960
I think she was enjoying the film,
being there and being...
1031
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:19,960
Let's face it,
she was the centre of attention.
1032
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:23,960
But she absolutely knew all about
the Save The Children fund.
1033
00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:26,960
And she absolutely wasn't
going to make any mistakes,
1034
00:51:26,960 --> 00:51:28,960
she'd done her homework.
1035
00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:31,800
She was in charge of
Save The Children when I was a kid,
1036
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:32,960
as far as I can remember.
1037
00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:34,960
I thought, "Who is this person
who wants to save me
1038
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:36,960
"and all other children?"
1039
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:38,960
At the charity's
London headquarters,
1040
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:40,960
they're awaiting her arrival.
1041
00:51:41,960 --> 00:51:43,960
50 years after she joined them,
1042
00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:46,960
Her Royal Highness
is still on the headed notepaper
1043
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:48,960
and on the board.
1044
00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:50,960
I suppose it took me about ten years
to work out
1045
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:53,960
just how Save The Children...
functioned.
1046
00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:56,960
So I didn't say much in ten years!
SHE CHUCKLES
1047
00:51:56,960 --> 00:51:58,960
It was a good organisation
to learn from,
1048
00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:00,960
because it...
If you've got children involved,
1049
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:02,960
it's about health,
it's about education.
1050
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:04,960
It links
to all sorts of other things.
1051
00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:08,960
The princess
has a really inquisitive mind,
1052
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:13,960
er, and a huge knowledge across
the workings of all her charities.
1053
00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:16,960
The great advantage
of having the Princess Royal
1054
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:18,960
sitting at your boardroom table
1055
00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:21,960
is that, when you have somebody
1056
00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:24,960
of that bandwidth of experience,
1057
00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:27,960
it allows you to make much better,
and informed, decisions.
1058
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:31,640
The princess
delivers experience and exposure
1059
00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:35,800
to more than 300
charities and patronages.
1060
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:37,960
It was the reason that, in 1987,
1061
00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:39,960
the Queen made her Princess Royal.
1062
00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:41,960
APPLAUSE
1063
00:52:41,960 --> 00:52:44,960
One of the things my father said
was, you know,
1064
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:46,960
"You'll be offered
a whole lot of things."
1065
00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:50,800
And the big mistake
that was made in the past
1066
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:53,640
was just accepting anything
that anybody asked you to do.
1067
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:55,960
And he said, you know,
"Just be a bit careful,
1068
00:52:55,960 --> 00:52:58,960
"and find something that
either you're interested in,
1069
00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:00,960
"or you think you might be able
to have an impact."
1070
00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:06,640
And, for me, that was the
Riding for the Disabled Association.
1071
00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:10,960
No knowledge of disabilities,
but some knowledge of ponies.
1072
00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:15,960
In June, the charity holds a weekend
of competitions and displays.
1073
00:53:15,960 --> 00:53:18,960
It's a fixture
in the princess' diary.
1074
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:21,960
Her Royal Highness has been involved
with Riding for the Disabled
1075
00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:23,960
for 50 years.
1076
00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:26,960
The fact that she's a horsewoman
makes it much more authentic.
1077
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:28,960
She's incredibly inspirational.
1078
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:32,000
Afternoon.
This is my horse, Seren.
1079
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:35,320
Have you not competed yet?
Not yet.
1080
00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:39,320
Well, horses are used as a great
therapy in lots of organisations,
1081
00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:43,960
and the princess knows very much
the therapeutic use of riding,
1082
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:47,960
erm, to help both
physical disabilities and mental.
1083
00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:50,960
The organisation
has provided support
1084
00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:53,960
for 17-year-old showjumper
Evie Toombes.
1085
00:53:53,960 --> 00:53:57,320
She hasn't let the complications
of spina bifida
1086
00:53:57,320 --> 00:53:59,960
dent her Paralympic ambitions.
1087
00:53:59,960 --> 00:54:03,960
It's a wonderful association.
It helps in so many ways.
1088
00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:06,480
Daisy recognises
that my legs don't work very well
1089
00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:09,000
and I'm not very strong.
She knows when I'm a bit weak,
1090
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:11,960
and she can kind of
look after me that bit more.
1091
00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:13,960
She's very special to me.
1092
00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:16,960
Horses make the world go round!
1093
00:54:16,960 --> 00:54:18,960
At least, for everyone here.
SHE LAUGHS
1094
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:20,960
I actually had to ask my sister,
1095
00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:22,960
"What is the correct way
to address the princess?"
1096
00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:24,960
Oh, yeah. What is the correct way?
1097
00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:26,960
Do I say, "Ma'am,"
or, "Your Highness"?
1098
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:28,960
Cos I was gonna say,
"Her Royal Highness,
1099
00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:30,800
"the Princess Royal," or...?
1100
00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:34,960
WOMAN: This is Evie Toombes. Good
afternoon, Ma'am. Nice to meet you.
1101
00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:37,960
She rides with Lincolnshire Wolds
RDA. She's an amazing showjumper.
1102
00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:39,960
You competed this morning,
didn't you?
1103
00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:40,960
Yeah, I do a lot of riding,
1104
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:44,960
and I also visit primary schools
to educate on hidden illnesses
1105
00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:46,960
and kind of spread the love
for riding.
1106
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:49,160
So, when did you start riding,
yourself? How old were you?
1107
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:51,960
I was about four years old,
cos my mum rides,
1108
00:54:51,960 --> 00:54:54,960
so I'm really lucky in that aspect,
yeah. I got pushed.
1109
00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:57,800
Even my neurosurgeon,
when I had neurosurgery,
1110
00:54:57,800 --> 00:54:58,960
said, "Get on a horse," so...
1111
00:54:58,960 --> 00:55:01,000
Well, that's...
That was doctor's orders. Yeah!
1112
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:05,960
I expected her almost
to be a bit, like...
1113
00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:08,320
up it and posh and all that,
but she was nice.
1114
00:55:08,320 --> 00:55:11,960
She's so relaxed, though. It
makes it so enjoyable, doesn't it?
1115
00:55:11,960 --> 00:55:14,960
Because she's so relaxed,
she's not bothered.
1116
00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:17,960
And she laughs. Yeah.
Which is really important.
1117
00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:20,960
BORIS JOHNSON: She invests
a huge amount of time in...
1118
00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:23,960
in all sorts of charities
around this country.
1119
00:55:23,960 --> 00:55:27,320
And sticks up for, er, you know,
the smallest and most obscure,
1120
00:55:27,320 --> 00:55:29,480
er, charities you could -
you could imagine.
1121
00:55:29,480 --> 00:55:32,960
The small organisations
who find it more difficult...
1122
00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:35,960
I think raising their profile
is no bad thing.
1123
00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:40,960
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is
a small charity with a big profile.
1124
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:43,960
Partly thanks
to the princess' patronage.
1125
00:55:43,960 --> 00:55:46,960
Hearing Dogs came through
a chap I met years ago, who,
1126
00:55:46,960 --> 00:55:49,000
erm, blinded in the war,
1127
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:51,960
was very much
part of my father's life.
1128
00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:53,960
He was one of those people who said,
1129
00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:56,960
"No," he said,
"I'd rather be blind, because I...
1130
00:55:56,960 --> 00:55:59,960
"If I couldn't hear, I couldn't be
part of this conversation."
1131
00:55:59,960 --> 00:56:03,960
And suddenly you become aware of
the fact that this is an isolation,
1132
00:56:03,960 --> 00:56:05,640
erm, by being deaf.
1133
00:56:05,640 --> 00:56:08,960
And the dogs helped people
get over that.
1134
00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:10,960
The charity trains the puppies
1135
00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:13,960
and the deaf people
they'll live with.
1136
00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:15,960
The princess has been patron
since 1992.
1137
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:19,000
Hello, darlings! Hello!
1138
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:23,320
Michele Jennings is the
organisation's new chief executive.
1139
00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:26,960
She's still getting used to
the hands-on royal.
1140
00:56:26,960 --> 00:56:30,160
She does far more than I ever
expected a royal patron to do.
1141
00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:32,960
The temperament
is crucially important,
1142
00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:36,960
so we breed
about 75% of our own dogs.
1143
00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:38,960
She's incredibly engaged
1144
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:41,960
in how we're bringing up these
animals, how we're training them.
1145
00:56:41,960 --> 00:56:44,160
It's very complex, what we do.
1146
00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:47,960
The whole working life of the dog
is around £45,000.
1147
00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:50,960
It's a very, very costly endeavour.
1148
00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:52,640
But it changes lives.
1149
00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:54,960
The people you go and visit and see,
1150
00:56:54,960 --> 00:56:57,960
they're the ones doing the research,
the development
1151
00:56:57,960 --> 00:56:58,960
and the work on the ground,
1152
00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:02,800
and being the volunteers
who make the difference. Not me.
1153
00:57:02,800 --> 00:57:04,960
But you can sometimes
help other people
1154
00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:07,960
make an even bigger impact
than they're already doing.
1155
00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:11,480
The team work around the clock
to train dogs like Scamp,
1156
00:57:11,480 --> 00:57:16,960
who's become the ears
of 15-year-old Amelia Price-Moxon.
1157
00:57:16,960 --> 00:57:18,960
May I introduce Amelia?
1158
00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:20,960
Hello. Nice to meet you.
With her hearing dog, Scamp.
1159
00:57:20,960 --> 00:57:22,960
Morning, Scamp.
1160
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:26,000
So, what have you found
has been helpful about Scamp?
1161
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:28,960
Erm, he's made me feel
more confident.
1162
00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:30,960
Do you go out more?
Yeah, with him.
1163
00:57:30,960 --> 00:57:32,960
On buses and trains...
Yeah.
1164
00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:34,960
..and things like that.
And he's good at that? Yeah.
1165
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:37,960
Very good. That's crucial.
Yes.
1166
00:57:37,960 --> 00:57:39,960
Cos Amelia can't really
hear behind her, or...
1167
00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:42,000
so the safety aspect.
1168
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:44,960
Scamp's been a lifesaver for you,
hasn't he?
1169
00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:46,800
Yeah.
Very good.
1170
00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:48,960
And he does school assemblies,
as well.
1171
00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:49,960
Oh, really?
Yes. Yeah.
1172
00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:53,640
Mm. He likes doing those, does he?
And what about in the house?
1173
00:57:53,640 --> 00:57:56,960
Yeah. He, like,
helps me like sleep better,
1174
00:57:56,960 --> 00:57:58,960
as I know he's there with me.
Mm-hm.
1175
00:57:58,960 --> 00:58:02,960
And he does - he doesn't
sleep on the bed, does he?
1176
00:58:02,960 --> 00:58:04,960
Yeah. But at the end.
OK.
1177
00:58:04,960 --> 00:58:06,960
LAUGHTER
1178
00:58:06,960 --> 00:58:09,960
PETER PHILIPS: She's been supporting
a lot of these organisations
1179
00:58:09,960 --> 00:58:11,960
for many, many years.
1180
00:58:11,960 --> 00:58:14,160
She's invested in, you know,
all those things now.
1181
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:18,640
That's why, I think, everything that
she's involved in has done so well.
1182
00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:20,960
If you've got that much knowledge
and...
1183
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:24,960
erm, association with something,
you put your passion into it.
1184
00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:26,960
Certainly, as she's got older,
1185
00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:29,960
she's tried to cut down,
although she clearly hasn't.
1186
00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:32,960
As the princess
enters her eighth decade,
1187
00:58:32,960 --> 00:58:36,960
cutting down is not on the agenda.
1188
00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:46,960
When Trooping the Colour's over
for another year,
1189
00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:49,960
the Household Cavalry
head for the beach.
1190
00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:53,960
It's time for
the horses' summer holiday.
1191
00:58:53,960 --> 00:58:55,960
We come out here to get the horses
away from London.
1192
00:58:55,960 --> 00:58:58,960
We're really lucky
to be able to take them
1193
00:58:58,960 --> 00:59:01,960
for a couple of beach rides,
go for a canter-slash-gallop,
1194
00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:03,960
and we take the horses swimming.
1195
00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:05,960
Some of them love it.
1196
00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:08,960
Some of them are a bit reluctant
to get in the water.
1197
00:59:08,960 --> 00:59:11,960
Their colonel also enjoys
the seaside.
1198
00:59:11,960 --> 00:59:14,960
Today, she's dropping in
for a private visit,
1199
00:59:14,960 --> 00:59:17,960
horseplay and a spot of lunch.
1200
00:59:17,960 --> 00:59:19,960
Every year, she comes up
after the Queen's birthday
1201
00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:21,960
for a drink in the mess.
1202
00:59:21,960 --> 00:59:23,000
And occasionally to some dinners.
1203
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:25,960
Erm, but not to summer camp,
regularly.
1204
00:59:25,960 --> 00:59:27,960
She came up, erm... Well,
she was due to come up last year,
1205
00:59:27,960 --> 00:59:29,960
but, unfortunately,
her helicopter broke down.
1206
00:59:29,960 --> 00:59:30,960
Morning.
1207
00:59:30,960 --> 00:59:34,960
Colonel Anne, as she's known,
arrives without fuss or formality
1208
00:59:34,960 --> 00:59:37,960
and joins in the camp activities.
1209
00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:40,960
It's a bit more
of a relaxed environment.
1210
00:59:40,960 --> 00:59:42,960
And it's great to be able to see,
you know, our colonel
1211
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:45,960
come along to chat to lots
of soldiers and the officers,
1212
00:59:45,960 --> 00:59:47,960
to meet the horses,
to go for a ride.
1213
00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:49,960
It's just a really good way
to do a visit.
1214
00:59:49,960 --> 00:59:51,960
OK, we have Oscar for you to ride...
OK.
1215
00:59:51,960 --> 00:59:53,960
..ride later.
1216
00:59:53,960 --> 00:59:56,960
Major Harriet Telfer
is a regimental vet,
1217
00:59:56,960 --> 00:59:59,960
used to talking horse
with the princess.
1218
00:59:59,960 --> 01:00:01,960
I mean, clearly,
her horse knowledge is...
1219
01:00:01,960 --> 01:00:03,960
is outstanding.
1220
01:00:03,960 --> 01:00:05,960
Even as a clinician, I sort of...
1221
01:00:05,960 --> 01:00:08,960
worry that she knows more than I do
about the horses!
1222
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:10,960
And you'd think that would be
intimidating,
1223
01:00:10,960 --> 01:00:11,960
but it isn't,
cos she puts you at ease.
1224
01:00:13,640 --> 01:00:15,960
You seem to have an empty box.
LAUGHTER
1225
01:00:15,960 --> 01:00:18,640
You see Colonel Anne
go up to soldiers,
1226
01:00:18,640 --> 01:00:21,960
and, at first, they are
really nervous. Rigidly nervous.
1227
01:00:21,960 --> 01:00:24,960
And as soon as she starts talking,
and talking about
1228
01:00:24,960 --> 01:00:26,960
something they know,
they just instantly relax.
1229
01:00:26,960 --> 01:00:29,960
Colonel, we've got you on Javelin,
which is a colonel's horse.
1230
01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:32,960
Oh, Javelin.
I thought you said Oscar.
1231
01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:34,960
Well, it was Oscar. Erm...
1232
01:00:34,960 --> 01:00:37,960
I've taken advice
from the other riding master.
1233
01:00:37,960 --> 01:00:38,960
So you've spread the blame already!
1234
01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:41,960
Yeah, absolutely! Erm, I rode
Javelin yesterday on the drills,
1235
01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:43,960
and she was very good, actually.
No, fair enough.
1236
01:00:43,960 --> 01:00:45,960
HORSE WHICKERS
1237
01:00:45,960 --> 01:00:47,960
It's not Trooping the Colour.
1238
01:00:47,960 --> 01:00:50,960
But the day still has some of
the ingredients the princess enjoys:
1239
01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:53,960
duty, precision and horses.
1240
01:00:53,960 --> 01:00:56,960
No, walk on. Not backwards.
Thank you.
1241
01:00:57,960 --> 01:01:00,160
12 months on,
1242
01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:03,960
a virus has made all this
a golden memory.
1243
01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:08,160
Back at Gatcombe Park,
the farmer princess has work to do.
1244
01:01:08,160 --> 01:01:09,960
Well, I don't sit still.
1245
01:01:09,960 --> 01:01:11,960
I mean, that's the advantage
of being here,
1246
01:01:11,960 --> 01:01:14,960
is there's always plenty to do,
and a lot of it is physical.
1247
01:01:14,960 --> 01:01:16,640
She doesn't go to the gym,
but she is...
1248
01:01:16,640 --> 01:01:20,320
She will always go for a walk, or
she'll always do something in a day.
1249
01:01:20,320 --> 01:01:23,960
You know, she's...
she's very disciplined in...
1250
01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:25,960
in that kind of thing.
She still rides every day.
1251
01:01:25,960 --> 01:01:28,960
She's always walking the dogs.
She's not one of these people
1252
01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:31,960
to sit down and, you know,
feel sorry for yourself.
1253
01:01:31,960 --> 01:01:33,960
As soon as travel was legal,
1254
01:01:33,960 --> 01:01:36,960
she was back
visiting testing stations.
1255
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:39,640
Good afternoon, Your Royal Highness.
Good afternoon.
1256
01:01:39,640 --> 01:01:41,960
In time of crisis,
representing the Queen.
1257
01:01:41,960 --> 01:01:43,960
'In this day and age,
1258
01:01:43,960 --> 01:01:46,960
'there's still
an expectation of the monarch
1259
01:01:46,960 --> 01:01:49,960
'for that kind of
overall assistance.
1260
01:01:49,960 --> 01:01:53,960
And I suppose part of it
is the experience that we have
1261
01:01:53,960 --> 01:01:57,960
across the board just gets...
gives you a...
1262
01:01:57,960 --> 01:02:02,960
a better idea of the impact
that these dramas are having.
1263
01:02:02,960 --> 01:02:06,960
And I would argue that that spread
of knowledge is important,
1264
01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:10,480
that you're not seen to be
a single-issue person.
1265
01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:14,960
Being seen as a role model
was never an ambition.
1266
01:02:14,960 --> 01:02:18,960
One of the oddities about my life
is that I've never either felt that,
1267
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:23,160
or, erm...
or was encouraged to BE that.
1268
01:02:23,160 --> 01:02:25,960
Maybe because...
1269
01:02:25,960 --> 01:02:28,960
I like doing things on my own,
and I did my own things,
1270
01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:32,960
so, no, I'm afraid I was really bad
at that sort of role model bit.
1271
01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:37,960
The princess was born as
post-war Britain was being recast.
1272
01:02:37,960 --> 01:02:41,960
The processes that shaped the nation
helped to shape her,
1273
01:02:41,960 --> 01:02:44,960
a royal for the new age.
1274
01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:48,960
She is very uncompromising,
and she is incredibly loyal.
1275
01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:53,160
I'm sure she would never
self-identify as a feminist,
1276
01:02:53,160 --> 01:02:54,960
but, you know,
she's a working woman,
1277
01:02:54,960 --> 01:02:57,960
and, er,
feminism is as feminism does.
1278
01:02:57,960 --> 01:02:59,960
I wish I had her energy!
1279
01:02:59,960 --> 01:03:02,960
There's nothing
she's not prepared to tackle.
1280
01:03:02,960 --> 01:03:06,960
She keeps herself very fit
and just gets on with it.
1281
01:03:06,960 --> 01:03:10,960
Frances Segelman Petchey
has finished her sculpture.
1282
01:03:10,960 --> 01:03:13,960
This is very much like Elizabeth I.
1283
01:03:13,960 --> 01:03:16,960
Her hair. The way it goes up.
1284
01:03:16,960 --> 01:03:18,960
Thanks to COVID-19,
1285
01:03:18,960 --> 01:03:21,960
the subject herself
hasn't seen it yet.
1286
01:03:21,960 --> 01:03:24,640
We're hoping that
Princess Anne will unveil it
1287
01:03:24,640 --> 01:03:26,000
for her birthday, in August.
1288
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:27,960
I think it's elegant.
1289
01:03:27,960 --> 01:03:30,960
And I think it's imposing,
and I think it's her.
1290
01:03:30,960 --> 01:03:35,320
She is a very elegant,
serene, strong lady.
1291
01:03:35,320 --> 01:03:38,960
At the start of her eighth decade,
1292
01:03:38,960 --> 01:03:40,960
the Princess Royal
could just put her feet up.
1293
01:03:40,960 --> 01:03:45,640
She won't be spending her weekends
at home with her slippers on.
1294
01:03:45,640 --> 01:03:48,960
She's more likely
to be wearing sea boots.
1295
01:03:48,960 --> 01:03:52,000
Our ideal of a, er... a break,
if we have a break,
1296
01:03:52,000 --> 01:03:55,640
is to go up to our boat
on the west coast of Scotland.
1297
01:03:55,640 --> 01:03:59,960
Er, spend a few days...
sometimes getting wet and cold.
1298
01:03:59,960 --> 01:04:01,960
It is very nice to be able
to do it just together.
1299
01:04:01,960 --> 01:04:04,960
I navigate.
I know how to get from A to B,
1300
01:04:04,960 --> 01:04:06,960
but she's a better, er,
sailor of the boat.
1301
01:04:06,960 --> 01:04:10,960
She's... She's better at setting
the sails and that sort of thing.
1302
01:04:10,960 --> 01:04:12,960
I'm sure she tells the admiral
what to do.
1303
01:04:12,960 --> 01:04:14,960
She's also - she's also an admiral.
Oh, yes, she is!
1304
01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:16,800
SHE LAUGHS
1305
01:04:16,800 --> 01:04:19,480
And actually, I think she's slightly
more senior than he is, as well.
1306
01:04:19,480 --> 01:04:22,960
I'm sure they tell each other.
Luckily.
1307
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:24,960
You wouldn't go on a boat with them,
would you?
1308
01:04:24,960 --> 01:04:28,480
For this
senior royal senior citizen,
1309
01:04:28,480 --> 01:04:31,640
stopping is clearly
out of the question.
1310
01:04:31,640 --> 01:04:34,800
But there is another S-word.
1311
01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:36,960
Slow down?
I thought I had slowed down.
1312
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:40,640
I think the...
the thing that nags away at you
1313
01:04:40,640 --> 01:04:43,960
is that, after all this time,
you should have learnt something.
1314
01:04:43,960 --> 01:04:45,960
And there is
an element of responsibility
1315
01:04:45,960 --> 01:04:48,960
to make sure that you kind of
knit that knowledge together
1316
01:04:48,960 --> 01:04:50,960
and pass that on.
1317
01:04:53,960 --> 01:04:58,960
Maybe I could ask you each a word
that sums up HRH?
1318
01:04:58,960 --> 01:05:00,960
I wish you had told us this
at the beginning,
1319
01:05:00,960 --> 01:05:02,960
then we could have thought about it.
1320
01:05:02,960 --> 01:05:05,640
If you read your notes, you'd
have known this question was coming.
1321
01:05:05,640 --> 01:05:07,800
Well, you haven't got one ready!
1322
01:05:07,800 --> 01:05:09,320
Well, do you know what,
1323
01:05:09,320 --> 01:05:12,960
I don't know
whether this is the right word...
1324
01:05:12,960 --> 01:05:16,960
"tenacious", I think,
is a pretty good word to...
1325
01:05:16,960 --> 01:05:18,800
to sum her up.
1326
01:05:18,800 --> 01:05:19,960
I don't know if you can sum her up
in one word.
1327
01:05:19,960 --> 01:05:21,960
You can't, but that's about as...
1328
01:05:21,960 --> 01:05:23,960
It's a bit stingy.
..good as I can come up with.
1329
01:05:23,960 --> 01:05:24,960
I'll give you three.
1330
01:05:24,960 --> 01:05:25,960
SHE LAUGHS
OK.
1331
01:05:25,960 --> 01:05:27,960
Professional.
1332
01:05:31,160 --> 01:05:32,960
Erm, caring.
1333
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:36,960
Honest.
1334
01:05:36,960 --> 01:05:38,960
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