Princess Anne has also made her views on retirement clear (Image: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
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After completing the most royal engagements out of any other royal last year, Anne, 74, has already started 2025 on the right footing, having already completed various UK engagements and
As The Princess Royal will be turning 75 this year, many are beginning to wonder whether the King’s sister will take a back seat and gradually step away from royal duty. However, one person who worked with Anne for over a decade has said that will not be the case.
Ailsa Anderson, who was Anne’s press secretary for almost 13 years, as well as the former communications secretary to Queen Elizabeth II, believes that the princess will never retire.
Ms Anderson spoke fondly about Anne, who she says has always been passionate about her work.
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Ms Anderson said: “She’s (Anne) absolutely extraordinary. She likes to get on and do things. I can’t see her retiring at all.”
This verdict comes after the Princess Royal herself addressed questions about retirement in an interview last month as part of her South African royal tour.
When asked about retirement, the royal told PA News: “It really isn’t written in, no. It isn’t really an option, no, I don’t think so.
“You’re jolly lucky… if you can continue to be more or less compos mentis and last summer I was very close to not being. Take each day as it comes, they say.”
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Princess Anne has a similar work ethic to her mother Queen Elizabeth II (Image: Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images)
Anne’s attitude to retirement is similar to that of the one held by her mum the late Queen Elizabeth II, who was
Two days before her passing, the late monarch met with outgoing Prime Minister and appointed the then-new Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss.
It is also believed the Queen, who was 96 at the time of her death, was