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Details Revealed Royal insiders have spoken out after Princess Anne made a tough decision about her royal duties amid some of the busiest weeks in the calendar.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Princess Royal has just returned from a grueling trip abroad, touring South Korea and Thailand on behalf of her brother King Charles III, and wasted no time jumping back into domestic official duties after less than 24 hours off. Princess Anne, at age 73, is part of an older generation but has steadfastly refused to consider stepping down and slowing her pace.<\/p>\n \u2018No Pause for Breath\u2019 \u2018It\u2019s impossible to imagine the Princess Royal actually pausing for breath,\u2019 Ailsa Anderson, who served as private secretary and communications secretary to Queen Elizabeth II, told the Hello!<\/p>\n Magazine. \u201c Think about how many other people her age are putting their feet up, watching TV, and she just carries on. It\u2019s all about duty. She inherited that sense of duty and service from both of her parents.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t think the word \u2018retirement\u2019 is in her vocabulary.\u201d <\/strong> Her work and support were vital to Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s later years, and now it has a similar role in support of the monarch after Queen Elizabeth\u2019s passing and the King\u2019s accession to the throne.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Princess Royal is determined not only to continue serving the public but also the Sovereign for an unlimited time.<\/p>\n As always, she enjoys all her opportunities to serve and is willing to take on as much international and domestic engagement as she can fit.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The hardest-working senior royal in the country by number of total annual official engagements, Princess Anne remains a key pillar of the monarchy.<\/p>\n