Princess Anne makes astonishing admission about her grandchildren in new interview

Through her two children, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, Princess Anne has five grandchildren - four girls and one boy.

The princess also explained how she teaches Savannah Phillips, Isla Phillips, Mia Tindall, Lena Tindall, and Lucas Tindall about "conservation", a topic she is very passionate about.

The 73-year-old said: "I don’t see so much of them but making the point that they live in an area which they shouldn’t take for granted is important I think; both my children are aware of that."

Anne's two children and their respective families all live on the Gatcombe Park estate in Gloucestershire.

The estate features 730 acres of parkland.

The princess added: "You’ve just got to live with what’s there and make sure it doesn’t get overwhelmed.

"I’m not sure that rewilding at scale is necessarily a good idea – it probably is in corners, but if you’re not careful you rewild all the wrong things because they are just the things that are more successful at growing.

"My biggest row at home is ragwort.

"Lots of people think that ragwort is absolutely brilliant because butterflies love it, but it’s not good for the horses [it is toxic].

"I would say don’t take all the ragwort out, just where the horses are – but it’s quite a delicate balance."

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According to the princess, there are "quite a lot of horses at home, but they’re other people’s as well".

Both Anne and Zara are former Olympic equestrians, with the latter even winning a silver medal at the London 2012 Games.

Princess Anne admitted that she still rides whenever she can.

She told The Telegraph: "It’s a very good place to observe nature from."