Princess Anne, who holds her role as Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, will host the Chancellor’s Dinner at the Palace of Holyroodhouse on Wednesday. Princess Her Royal has held the position since March 2011, succeeding her father, Prince Philip, who stepped down from that role a year before her. She has been busy with work in Scotland since Tuesday, officially opening a new Lady Haig poppy factory in the capital in the next few days, planting a tree at Jubilee Wood in Holyrood Park, and working with nurses and midwives. and visit her WildGenes Laboratory at the Edinburgh Zoo. Less than a month after Anne was revealed as 2022’s hardest working royal, a jam-packed week has arrived.
The only daughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh attended the most royal engagements of any member of the royal family last year, according to a tally by Reboot SEO Company using Court Circular. Anne topped the list with a total of 214 engagements.
Her brother Charles III came in second with 181 engagements in the last 12 months, followed by Prince Edward, Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, Prince William, Queen Camilla and Kate, Princess of Wales. rice field.
Anne has long been admired for her dedication to the company and is admired by both the public and her family.
But while the title of hardest working royal is often seen as an impressive honor, Prince Harry suggests it’s the result of an obsessive rivalry between royals.
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He said some royals had included public interactions that were “just a blip,” something he and William would not include, and that the list was based on unreliable data. It was suggested that both the Queen and his father allowed the company to work.
Harry said it was “grossly unfair” to be “publicly flogged for the amount of Pa” he and William allowed.
He also criticized the types of engagements allowed in court notices, noting that meaningful encounters were sometimes ignored while more flashy events were celebrated.
The contents of the list were never openly discussed, but the prince claimed it was a constant source of “tension” within the family.
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In his book and recent media interviews, the prince has been outspoken about the competitive spirit and jealousy involved in the royal family.
According to Harry, the Duke of Sussex launched the Invictus Games in 2014 – an international sporting event for wounded, wounded and sick military personnel, both military and veterans, who heard about his brother’s idea of the Invictus Games. William wasn’t too happy about it.
In Spare, Harry suggested that the then Duke of Cambridge had a jealous reaction, stating that “he seemed very irritated” and William complained that it drained funds from the foundation. Harry described his brother’s problem as “ridiculous” and accused him of being reluctant to compete with his siblings.
The siblings’ strained relationship is a recurring theme throughout the Duke’s memoirs. Harry even calls the Prince of Wales “a beloved brother and nemesis.”
Elsewhere, the duke suggested that Charles III and Queen Camilla were jealous of the young royal family, and claimed the couple didn’t want William and Kate to receive “a lot of publicity.”
He also claimed that his father was worried that his wife, former Hollywood actress Meghan Markle, would end up in the limelight.
The topic of jealousy within the royal family has been touched on before, with Finding Freedom author Omid Scobie arguing that the company is made up of different households competing with each other. “There are different households: Clarence House, Kensington Palace, Buckingham Palace,” Scobie told his The Cut in 2020.
“Each is responsible for looking after the members of the royal family they work for. These are personal aides, communications staff, and courtiers. Characters who work behind the scenes. Often it’s a popularity contest: the royal family. members are mostly competing for coverage in newspapers.
His comments contrast with the royal family we see today. In the wake of Harry’s memoir and explosive interview, Charles, Camilla, Kate, and William seemed to unite and stand together in the Sussex bombshell.
Spare is Prince Harry’s memoir released on January 10, 2023. Written by JR Moehringer and published by Penguin Random House.available here.
