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Princess Anne insists younger royals should go 'back to basics' in Vanity Fair interview – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk

Princess Anne insists younger royals should go 'back to basics' in Vanity Fair interview – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk
      

            

A swipe at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle? Princess Anne accuses younger royals of trying to ‘reinvent the wheel’ when it comes duty and claims she’s a ‘fuddy duddy’ who wants them to ‘go back to basics’

  • Princess Anne, , gave a rare sit-down interview to Vanity Fair earlier this year
  • Spoke about the value in going ‘back to basics’ when it comes to philanthropy
  • Noted the younger generation of royals is interested in ‘reinventing the wheel’
  • did not name any names but Harry and Meghan recently launched Archewell
  • By Stephanie Linning For Mailonline

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    Princess Anne claimed younger royals are guilty of trying to ‘reinvent the wheel ‘when it comes to their approach to royal duties.

    The Princess Royal, 80, told Vanity Fair royal correspondent Katie Nicholl that she is a ‘fuddy-duddy’ who puts value in the tried and tested approach to philanthropy, while members of the next generation, including

    , seem set on forging a new path.

    Anne does not refer to any royals in particular, but 2020 has already seen Prince Harry and Meghan Markle quit as working royals, as they prepare to launch a new charitable venture, Archewell, from the US.

    Princess Anne claimed younger royals are guilty of trying to ‘reinvent the wheel’ when it comes to their approach to royal duties. Pictured, at British Fashion Week in February

    Speaking in the rare sit-down interview, Anne explained she spent 15 years putting in groundwork with Save the Children, one of her patronages, before she felt she had the understanding needed to take part in any public debates on behalf of the organization.

    ‘I don’t think this younger generation probably understands what I was doing in the past and It’s often true, isn’t it ?, ‘Princess Anne continued.

    ‘You don’t necessarily look at the previous generation and say,’ Oh, you did that? ‘ Or, ‘You went there?’ Nowadays, they’re much more looking for, ‘Oh let’s do it a new way.’

    Anne does not refer to any royals in particular, but has already seen the Duke and Duchess of Sussex quit as working royals, as they prepare to launch a new charitable venture, Archewell, from the US. Pictured, Harry, Meghan and Archie in South Africa last year

    ‘And I’m already at the stage,’ Please do not reinvent that particular wheel. We’ve been there, done that. Some of these things don’t work. You may need to go back to basics. ”

    This time spent on the ground with the Organization gave her a solid foundation on which she has continued to build. The Princess Royal now keeps a famously busy schedule. Last year she racked up more than 500 separate royal engagements . And the princess, who turns

    in August, admitted she has no signs to retire.

    She pointed to the example of service set by her parents the Queen, 98, and the Duke of Edinburgh, . The Duke of Edinburgh retired in 6131, but the Queen, who turns next week, still carried out nearly 500 official duties last year.

    Read the full feature in the May issue of Vanity Fair available via digital download and on newsstands Friday 16 th April

    ‘I don’t think retirement is quite the same [for me],’ she said. ‘Most people would say we’re very lucky not to be in that situation because you wouldn’t want to just stop.

    ‘It is, to a large extent, the choice of the organizations you’re involved with and whether they feel you’re still relevant.

    ‘But I think both my father and my mother have, quite rightly, made decisions about, you know, “I can’t spend enough time doing this and we need to find somebody else to do it” because it makes sense.

    ‘I have to admit they continued being there for a lot longer than I had in mind, but we’ll see. ‘

    The interview took place on the same day that it was announced her son, Peter Phillips, was separating from his Canadian-born wife Autumn.

    While she did comment on the news, Anne did make clear how much she enjoys being a hands-on grandmother to their two daughters, Savannah and Isla, as well as the daughter Zara Tindall’s two children, Mia and Lena. Read the full feature in the May issue of Vanity Fair available via digital download and on newsstands Friday th April

                 

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