Princess Anne
Royal Wootton Bassett
For four years the people of the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett came out to line the High Street and pay their respects as the bodies of repatriated military personnel from Iraq and Afghanistan were driven from RAF Lyneham to a hospital in Oxford. In contrast to the secrecy of American repatriations, the community came together to mourn the loss of these young lives and show support to the bereaved families.
Princess Anne Hits Retirement Age
Princess Anne is celebrating her 60th birthday today; to nobody’s surprise, her reaction to reaching retirement age is to carry on with business as usual. She’s already the hardest-working member of the royal family in terms of sheer numbers of engagements she completes each year, and is showing no signs of slowing down.