From the moment her royal career began when she was only 18 years old, Princess Anne has maintained a dedicated—and heavy—schedule of work with charities and organisations around the world.
At current count, Princess Anne is involved with over 300 organisations either as patron, president, or member. In honour of her 75th birthday, we’re taking a look at some of her biggest patronages.
SAVE THE CHILDREN UK
One of Princess Anne’s longest standing patronages is with Save the Children UK. She first served as its President from 1970 to 2017, succeeding her mother as patron after that. She has said of her involvement: “It is an organisation that embodies a spirit of compassion, openness and excellence. Its values are an inspiration; its achievements, a source of hope for millions of children” and that she is proud to be associated with them.
RIDING FOR THE DISABLED
Princess Anne became patron of Riding for the Disabled in 1971, which supports disabled people through riding and related activities. Her association led to the creation of the Princess Royal Coaching Academy in 2021 and she supports international Commonwealth branches of the organisation in Australia and New Zealand.
MILITARY PATRONAGES
Among Princess Anne’s military patronages there’s the Battle of the Atlantic Memorial, which aims to procure a permanent memorial to the brave men and women of Liverpool who took part in the longest military campaign of the Second World War. She also supports the Memorial to the Women of World War II, which heralds the service of women during the Second World War.
The Princess Royal is also involved with the National Museum of The Royal Navy; Royal Naval Equestrian Association – Eventing (to the surprise of no one); the Scots in London Group, which recognises the role Scots played during the First World War; The Association of Royal Navy Officers; The Association of Wrens, dedicated to the women who served with the Royal Navy in the Second World War; The Naval Club & RNVR Officers Association; The Naval Ladies’ Club; The Remembrance Trust; The Royal British Legion Scotland; The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo; The Royal Logistic Corps Association and its Museum; The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity and its Equestrian Association; The Royal Scots Club and Regimental Association; The Royal Signals Institution and Association and its Museum of Communication; and the Women’s Royal Naval Service Benevolent Trust (WRNS Benevolent Trust).
In Canada, she works with the Camp Hill Veterans’ Services to support Atlantic Canadian veterans. In Australia, she supports the Western Port Oberon Association.
SPORTS AND RECREATION PATRONAGES
As a former Olympian and decorated equestrian, Princess Anne’s love of sporting is well-known. Among her many equestrian patronages, she supports the Amateur Jockeys Association of Great Britain; the National Pony Society; the Royal Windsor Horse Show; the Suffolk Horse Society; The British Horse Society; The British Show Jumping Association; The Jockey Club; The Pony Club;
General sporting patronages include the British Universities and Colleges Sport Limited and The Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine; UK Coaching
Not to be outdone by a sole focus on equestrian, Princess Anne also acts as patron of the English Lacrosse Association; the Force Atlantic 2024, which is the first all-women rowing team to row across the Atlantic Ocean; the Gloucestershire Rugby Football Union; the Hornet Services Sailing Club; the Island Sailing Club on the Isle of Wight; the London Scottish Football Club; the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, the Royal Forth Yacht Club, the Royal Lymington Yacht Club and the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club; and the United Kingdom Sailing Academy (UKSA).
She also supports the Royal Yacht Squadron and the Royal Yachting Association as well as the Seagull Trust Cruises and The Wooden Spoon Society.
In Canada, she supports the Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association. In Australia, she champions the Riding for the Disabled Association of Australia. In New Zealand, she supports the New Zealand Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporated.
YOUNG PEOPLE
The Princess Royal supports the London International Youth Science Forum; WISE, which helps young girls and women to develop interest in science and engineering as career options; and Sense Scotland and Sense International, which helps deaf-blind children.
NATURE, SCIENCE AND GEOGRAPHY
The Princess Royal supports the Northern Lighthouse Board, which supports lighthouses in Scotland; the Royal Geographical Society; the Royal College of Emergency Medicine; the Friends of Happisburgh Lighthouse; the Longhope Lifeboat Museum Trust; and the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust.
HEALTH
Princess Anne supports the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons; the British Society for Heart Failure; the Royal College of Anaesthetists; the Royal College of Occupational Therapists; the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; The Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine; the Blond McIndoe Research Foundation; Hearing Dogs for Deaf People; the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; Medical Research Scotland; the Motor Neurone Disease Association; and the Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
You can search for a complete list of Princess Anne’s patronages here.
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