Princess Royal joined by husband in new photograph to mark 75th birthday
Princess Anne, who turns 75 on Aug 15, declined suggestions to celebrate her birthday officially, instead choosing to invite members of her charity patronages to Buckingham Palace for a royal engagement.
She will mark the day itself as per her summer tradition, sailing off the west coast of Scotland with Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence.
The new image, taken by photographer Chris Jackson ahead of the French state banquet at Windsor Castle last month, shows the Princess and her husband smiling.
Dressed for the white tie dinner, it captures a semi-casual moment ahead of the formalities, in which the Princess and Sir Timothy joined the King to host President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte.
'She cares about the state of Britain'
In June, leaders and volunteers from 300 of the Princess's charities and patronages were invited to a palace reception, where she said she told them of 'the pleasure I get from visiting and finding out a bit more about what you do'.
Colonel John Boyd, her private secretary, gave a short introductory speech in the ballroom, telling guests: 'There has been a significant amount of interest in HRH's 75th birthday celebrations. As you are aware the Princess has given decades of time and support to more than 400 charities and patronages.
'It probably won't come as a surprise, given HRH's commitment to you all, that the way the Princess wants to celebrate this milestone is to replicate what she's done on previous significant birthdays and hold this charities forum again to once again understand how she can help you, at a time when the third sector is facing unprecedented challenges and transformations.'
The Princess added later: 'I'm not here because this was my choice. You very kindly asked me to become patron of your organisations, so it's an honour for me to have all of you here.'
Moazzam Malik, chief executive of Save the Children UK, said of the Princess: 'She's very low key. She's self-effacing. She doesn't want to kind of take the limelight, but she's very committed … You can see that she cares about the state of Britain and the state of the world.'
Michael Bishop, chief executive of the Riding for the Disabled Association, said the Princess, who has been involved with the organisation since 1971, had been determined to attend its national championships for her first return engagement after her admission to hospital with a serious head injury last year.
'She's the first person to put everyone at ease with a quick one-liner or something that really gets to the heart of something.'
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