{"id":2317570,"date":"2026-03-07T21:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T21:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2317570"},"modified":"2026-03-07T21:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T21:36:15","slug":"princess-anne-leaves-fans-in-stiches-after-funny-rugby-moment-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/princess-anne-leaves-fans-in-stiches-after-funny-rugby-moment-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Anne leaves fans in stiches after funny rugby moment | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/princess-anne\" target=\"_blank\">Princess Anne<\/a> has left fans in stitches after she shared a hilarious moment with a Scottish rugby player. The Princess Royal, Scottish Rugby Union, attended the Guinness Men&#8217;s Six Nations match between Scotland and France in Edinburgh today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Anne presented the Auld Alliance Trophy to Scotland&#8217;s Sione Tuipulotu after they beat France 50-40. As the rugby player was getting close to Anne, he made a gesture of a hug attempt, before they both burst out laughing. However, the King\u2019s sister kept the formalities and gave him a handshake before having a brief chat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A video of the hilarious moment has gone viral on social media, with fans praising the princess.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>One user wrote on X: \u201cFunny moment as #PrincessAnne #PrincesRoyal presents the trophy as Patron of @Scotlandteam after they beat France 50-40 in the @SixNationsRugby.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A second one wrote: \u201cI wish she was Queen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Another one agreed: \u201cShe would be a great monarch.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Ensure our latest royal headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source. <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=express.co.uk&amp;hl=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click here to activate<\/a><\/strong><strong> or just add us as Preferred Source in your Google search settings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A fourth one said: \u201cAnne loves her rugby.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A fifth one added: \u201cGreat moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A sixth one commented: \u201cShe really loves her Scottish rugby doesn\u2019t she?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>const Init=()=>{const interval=setInterval(()=>{if(typeof window.utag_data.consentData!=='undefined'){clearInterval(interval);ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] consent data',window.utag_data.consentData)\nif(!window.isVendorConsented(window.utag_data.consentData,20,!0)){return!1}\nconst publisherPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.publisher?.consents\nconst consentPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.purpose?.consents\nif(!publisherPurposes[1]||!publisherPurposes[2]||!publisherPurposes[3]||!publisherPurposes[4]||!consentPurposes[1]||!consentPurposes[2]||!consentPurposes[3]||!consentPurposes[4]){return!1}\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','331470507705028');fbq('trackSingle','331470507705028','PageView')}else{ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] Facebook is waiting for consent data')}},100)}\nif(typeof flagTcfLoaded!=='undefined'&&flagTcfLoaded){Init()}else{document.addEventListener('tcfLoaded',()=>{Init()})}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Princess Anne has left fans in stitches after she shared a hilarious moment with a Scottish rugby player. The Princess Royal, Scottish Rugby Union, attended the Guinness Men&#8217;s Six Nations match between Scotland and France in Edinburgh today. Anne presented the Auld Alliance Trophy to Scotland&#8217;s Sione Tuipulotu after they beat France 50-40. 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