Princess Anne launches 2008 Poppy Appeal
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard – October 22, 2008 – By Alex Love.
HRH PRINCESS Anne arrived at Kemble Airport yesterday to launch the annual poppy appeal for the Cotswolds.
Royal opening for £10m swimming pool and gym
October 21, 2008
The Journal – October 21, 2008 – By Paul Loraine
Centre will benefit locals and tourists
THE Princess Royal visited Northumberland yesterday to open a £10m swimming pool and gym. Princess Anne was in Hexham to help celebrate the extension to Wentworth Leisure Centre.
SMILES Princess Anne is greeted at Hexham, though one of the crowd spots something more interesting.
The building now houses two swimming pools, fun and splash areas and a gym.
The Princess was welcomed by Tynedale Council chairman Coun Mrs Janet Somerville and shown around the building by Tynedale Council chief executive Richard Robson.
Royal visitor will learn of students’ enterprise
October 16, 2008
The Journal – October 16, 2008
Enterprising students at a Northumberland school are preparing to welcome a Royal visitor next week.
The Princess Royal will call in at St Benet Biscop RC High School in Bedlington on Monday afternoon.
She will be briefed on how the school has become a specialist business and enterprise centre, focusing on developing links between education and the world of commerce.
Mutton dressed as lad: duffel coats
October 12, 2008
Gloverall coat from Dover Street
The Times – October 8, 2008
It’s associated with a former Labour leader, but this coat lets you dress to the Left or the Right, says The Mutton
The party conference season always reminds me how much I miss Michael Foot. I’m not talking oratory here, but sartorial policy. You may remember that the white-haired Labour leader attracted much criticism for wearing a duffel coat to the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday.
Princess Royal visits tomb of ancestor
October 8, 2008
Wilts and GLoucestershire Standard - October 7, 2008
PRINCESS Anne had the rare privilege this week of touching the tomb of one of her Royal ancestors – behaviour which would normally be frowned on by the experts who have just finished restoring it.
A right royal approach to carers
October 8, 2008
The Herald – October 8, 2008
OUT AND ABOUT: Groups such as the No Limits Sports Club for Children with Special Needs in West Lothian provide much-needed support.
It seems strange that it should take a royal to bridge the gap between ordinary people and policy makers. However, yesterday Princess Anne was the magnet for a meeting that drew people from every level of government and the NHS to the same table as local charities and relatives who care for sick family members.
Princess Royal marks Gurkha anniversary
October 5, 2008
Matt Westcott
Princess Royal marks Gurkha anniversary
The Princess Royal paid a visit to Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire on Wednesday to mark the 50th anniversary of 10 The Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment.
