Princess Anne Gives Rare Interview Ahead of King Charles' Coronation

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King Charles III's coronation is conscionable a fewer days away. In a caller interview, Princess Anne shares her thoughts connected the benignant of king she thinks her member volition be. Read her answer.

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Wondering what benignant of monarch King Charles III volition be? His sister Princess Anne has an idea.

"Well, you cognize what you're getting due to the fact that he's been practicing for a bit, and I don't deliberation he'll change," she told CBC News successful an interrogation that aired May 1. "He's committed to his ain level of work that volition stay true." 

While Charles ascended the throne pursuing Queen Elizabeth II's decease past September, helium and Queen Camilla will beryllium officially coronated May 6 astatine Westminster Abbey successful London.

So however is the royal household preparing for this adjacent chapter?

"We've been precise lucky," Anne said. "My parent was the queen for a precise agelong time. And though you benignant of cognize that this mightiness happen, you don't truly deliberation astir it precise much—not slightest of each due to the fact that the monarchy is astir continuity. But I deliberation for my brother, you cognize this is thing he's been waiting for, and he's astir apt spent much clip reasoning astir it. For the remainder of us, it's much a question of, OK, we person to displacement the mode we support, and that's what we request to do."

As for however Anne volition beryllium supporting Charles connected his coronation day, she'll beryllium fulfilling an important job.

"I person a relation arsenic Colonel of the Blues and Royals successful the Household Cavalry regiment arsenic Gold-Stick," she explained to the quality organization. "Gold-Stick was the archetypal adjacent extortion officer. So that is simply a relation that I was asked if I'd similar to bash for this coronation. So, I said yes. Not slightest of all, it solves my formal problem."

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King Charles III's coronation volition beryllium the archetypal for the British royal household successful 70 years. The past was for Queen Elizabeth II successful 1953, which then-Prince Charles attended astatine the property of 4. Princess Anne, who was conscionable 2 years aged astatine the time, was not there. 

"The full work volition beryllium antithetic successful galore respects," the royal, present 72, shared. "He was conscionable aged capable to person gone to my mother's coronation. I don't cognize what his impressions were. I was not allowed to go, astir apt rather rightly astatine that signifier of my career. It could've been mode much occupation than it was worth."

And portion Anne says Charles' coronation volition beryllium "such a antithetic scenario," its value remains.

"There is truthful overmuch successful that service which you truly person to bash that is fundamentally important," she aboriginal noted. "It is the meaning of the coronation successful each way. It's not conscionable a large ceremony. It is simply a precise indispensable portion of the responsibilities of the Crown."

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