Princess Anne Gets Candid About Brother King Charles III Ahead of Coronation: 'You Know What You're Getting'
etonline.comPrincess Anne thinks the future of the British monarchy is pretty straightforward when it comes to her older brother King Charles III's reign.In a rare interview with, the 72-year-old daughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip gave her take on the type of monarch she believes her brother will be.«Well, you know what you're getting because he's been practicing for a bit,» Anne said with a laugh. «And I don't think he'll change.
He's committed to his own level of service. That will remain true.»During his coronation on Saturday, Charles will officially be crowned king after his late mother's 70-year reign.«I think for my brother, this is something he's been waiting for,» Anne shared of Charles. «He's probably spent more time thinking about it for the rest of us, it's more a question of we have to shift the way we support.»Though she acknowledges that with the transition of power comes the conversation of the monarchy's relevance, Anne shared one benefit of the monarchy for the British people.«The monarchy provides with the Constitution a degree of longterm stability that's actually quite hard to come by any other way,» she said.However, Anne also acknowledged the change to the royal family in recent years when asked about the previously proposed «slim down» approach to the monarchy.«I think the 'slim down' was said in the day when there was a few more people around,» she said, laughing. «It doesn't sound like a good idea from where I'm standing.»In the past three years, the royal family has lost Prince Andrew, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as senior members.
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