In a new interview ahead of the big day, the senior royal revealed to CBC chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault what she would be wearing instead.
The 72-year-old explained that her brother made her “Gold-Stick-In-Waiting” for the event, which means she will be sporting a military-style uniform. “That is a role I was asked if I’d like to do for this coronation,” she told Arsenault, before adding, “Not least of all, it solves my dress problem.”
As the new King and Queen Camilla are taken back to Buckingham Palace on coronation day, she will ride on horseback behind them, acting like a “protection officer” to the pair. She will also lead a procession of members of the armed forces.
The uniform includes a navy blue double-breasted jacket with gold buttons, a standing collar edged with gold, a royal blue sash and medals on the chest.
It’s also customary for the uniform to also be topped with a traditional white and navy tricorn ceremonial hat. The stately look is typically complete white gloves, a gold striped belt and a pair of boots.
How can you watch the momentous day? King Charles’ coronation will be broadcast on a range of platforms, including BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds. It’s also expected to air on ITV’s social media channels, CNN and Fox News.
More importantly she's the Gold Stick in Waiting, a position that dates to Tudor times, making her the King's (titular) bodyguard on ceremonial positions…the job entitles you to carry a gold stick. As the Princess is the Colonel-in-Chief of the Blues and Royals, this entitled her to wear the uniform on coronation day.
That role was again been tested – and proven – during the period of concern around King Charles's prostate issues. Now, following his cancer diagnosis, Anne will be called on in two directions: both to support her brother personally and to help lead the royal family publicly.
Princess Anne is the Queen's second-born child, but she's below her two younger brothers in the line of succession because, as with Lady Louise above her, the 2013 Succession of the Crown Act doesn't apply retroactively.
The traditional role of Gold-Stick-in-Waiting was the bodyguard of the monarch. Today, the role is purely ceremonial, but it meant that Princess Anne had a prominent role in the coronation, wearing a full military uniform.
Queen Elizabeth's only daughter is a skilled equestrian. Princess Anne rode on horseback in today's Trooping the Colour parade. The Princess Royal, in her role as Colonel of The Blues and Royals, wore the Full Mounted Ceremonial uniform of the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons).
Princess Anne is the colonel of The Blues and Royals. The role was created due to a conspiracy during Henry VIII's reign, when he was supposedly in danger and a courtier was ordered to always be by his side, carrying an ebony staff with a gold head - hence the term Gold Stick.
Charles instantly became king and his wife, Camilla, formerly the duch*ess of Cornwall, became the Queen Consort, a request made by the former monarch. (Charles was previously married to the late Princess Diana.) After Charles, the line of succession turns to his older son William.
If Princess Anne dies during the reign of her brother King Charles III, then there would be no eligible royal princess; Charles III has no daughters and Princess Charlotte, the daughter of William, Prince of Wales, would become eligible only upon William's accession to the throne.
The necklace is estimated to be worth between $1 million and $1.2 million. Style experts from Diamonds Factory Ireland told Daily Express that after the queen's death, her necklace went to her daughter Princess Anne- a fan of pearls.
But she chose not to attend Sunday's concert, despite the presence of all major royals. Ever the pragmatist, Anne is likely to have made the decision for reasons of distance and efficiency. Earlier on Sunday, she had made a surprise appearance at a coronation street party in Swindon.
We can pinpoint several previous occasions when she's worn the collared turquoise dress seen again this week, including at Royal Ascot in 2023 and at Brompton Cemetery in 2022.
Anne was unable to walk between January and July 1713 and fears for her health increased. Despite suffering a stroke, she continued to attend meetings with her government right up until her death in August 1714. She was buried alongside her husband and children at Westminster Abbey.
Later, the royals on horseback showed off their salute with one hand on the reins. Prince William, Prince Edward and Princess Anne ride at Trooping the Colour on June 15, 2024.
The Princess is a former Olympic horsewoman and an amateur jockey and, among the many organisations supported by her, she is President of the Save the Children Fund.
It is the role that she performed at the coronation, telling Canada's CBC News ahead of that event, "I have a role as the Colonel of the Blues and Royals in the Household Cavalry regiment as Gold Stick [in Waiting]. And Gold Stick was the original close protection officer.
Although Princess Anne is older than her brothers Andrew and Edward, she is behind them in the line of succession because the law change that ended the priority of males over females only applies to royal children born after the law took affect in 28 October 2011.
In fact it has "male preference" cognatic primogeniture which works as follows: A female may succeed if she has no living brothers and no deceased brothers who left surviving legitimate descendants (and accordingly Princess Beatrice is the heir of her father, Prince Andrew).
No, Princess Anne would not be the Queen if she had been born before her brother Charles. This is because the line of succession to the British throne is determined by male-preference primogeniture, which means that male heirs take precedence over female heirs.
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