Princess Anne’s frustration grows over investiture workload
Queen Camilla and Princess Kate are currently ‘unable to help’ amid reports of Princess Anne’s alleged ‘frustration’ with Prince William.
According to source close to the Princess Royal, she is said to be ‘annoyed’ about having to conduct a greater number of investiture ceremonies at Windsor Castle, despite the fact that the Prince of Wales, 43, resides on the same estate.
An insider told The Times last weekend: ‘She is still doing most of the investitures at Windsor even though William lives there. It annoys her.’
Despite these claims, Queen Camilla and Princess Kate cannot assist with the workload as they are not currently authorised to perform investiture ceremonies.
At present, these duties are carried out exclusively by King Charles, Prince William, and Princess Anne.
However, it is possible that Queen Camilla or the Princess of Wales could conduct investitures in the future, as there is no strict rule preventing royal spouses from taking on this responsibility.
Each year, around 30 investiture ceremonies are held to present awards to honourees, with Charles, William, or Anne presiding.
Princess Anne, 74, typically handles the most ceremonies, in keeping with her reputation as the hardest-working royal.
Earlier this week, she hosted a ceremony on Tuesday, presenting honours to Bryony page, Alice Tai, Emma Finucane, marissa Callaghan, Peter Taylor, Sarah Lancashire, and others.
During the event, the Princess Royal was told that women’s sport is fighting against’ old grey men.’