She ended her statement simply: “To my mother, The Queen, thank you.” She went on to thank mourners for their love and respect and the British public for the support shown to her brother the new King. “It has been an honour and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys”. “I was fortunate to share the last 24 hours of my dearest Mother’s life,” she wrote in a poignant tribute.
On her arrival in London, in just 120 words, the Princess Royal last night encapsulated what has been an extraordinarily moving few days.
It was Anne, her trusted confidante, who her mother had chosen to accompany the coffin on its journey from Balmoral, and to fly with it to RAF Northolt from Edinburgh. But this solemn moment was also emblematic of her dedication to her mother, and the strength and steadfastness of spirit that have long made her a jewel in the Crown. When the Princess Royal stood guard with her brothers, with calm dignity, by her late mother Queen Elizabeth’s coffin at the vigil at St Giles’ Cathedral on Monday, she made history as the first woman to do so.
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