Princess Anne travels to Scotland following Princess Kate and Prince William's surprise visit

Princess Anne travels to Scotland following Princess Kate and Prince William's visit

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Dorothy Reddin

By Dorothy Reddin


Published: 25/09/2024

- 14:30

The Prince and Princess of Wales were snapped attending church last weekend at Balmoral

Princess Anne has travelled to Scotland following Princess Kate and Prince William's visit.

The Princess Royal frequently travels all over the UK and overseas for her public engagements.


She was back up in Scotland on Tuesday, just days after the Prince and Princess of Wales joined the King and Queen at church.

When staying at Balmoral, the royals regularly attend church at Crathie Kirk, where Princess Anne married her second husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence in 1992.

Princess Anne, Princess Kate and Prince WilliamPrincess Anne travels to Scotland following Princess Kate and Prince William's visitPA

The Prince and Princess of Wales met at the University of St Andrews nearby in 2001, where Lady Louise Windsor is currently studying for her English degree.

Princess Anne, 74, was in Scotland to attend a Food and Farming Day at Solsgirth Home Farm in Dollar.

She also visited Hugh Black and Sons Limited butchers in Stirling.

Footage shared by a neighbouring boutique, Stons Stirling, showed the royal dressed in a red jacket and black trousers.

Crathie Kirk

A general view of Crathie Kirk, a Church of Scotland parish church, where Kate and William attended last weekend

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As she emerged from her car, the Princess Royal was greeted by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk (Alan Simpson).

Anne also paid a visit to the independent butchers in her role as President of the Scotch Chef's Club.

She is unlikely to have had time to see her brother King Charles and sister-in-law Queen Camilla during her time in Scotland, as she returned to London on Tuesday evening to host a dinner at St James's Palace for Opportunity International United Kingdom.

It comes after the Princess Royal travelled to The Netherlands with her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, last weekend to attend a service in remembrance of the soldiers who died during the Battle of Arnhem 80 years ago.

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Princess Anne is in Scotland to attend a Food and Farming Day at Solsgirth Home Farm

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Princess Kate and Prince William went to church on the Balmoral Estate last weekend

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Anne laid a wreath and spoke with veterans as she gathered with families and members of the public to pay their respects at Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery in The Netherlands on Sunday.

The Battle of Arnhem, part of Operation Market Garden, was a manoeuvre intended to create a route for Allied forces into northern Germany in September 1944.

The Princess Royal will fly to France on Thursday to open the Loos British Cemetery Extension in Loos-en-Gohelle in her role as President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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