Princess Anne, Prince Philip.Photo: Shutterstock
Princess Anneis stoically honoring her late father on what should have been a day of celebration.
“We all have to move on,” Anne said, “but it’s important to remember.”
As the first woman to receive the medal in its 30-year history, Dr. West was honored for her work modelling the earth’s surface, which led to the development of GPS satellite positioning. Princess Anne noted her father would have found this work “particularly relevant” given his background as a Naval officer and navigator.
“There were not many people who understood just how broad his interests were and how supportive he was to an astonishingly wide range of organisations,” she said in her interview. “He’d seen a lot of [life experience] across a really wide area of both work and industry and in academia.”
She added, “He probably asked more questions than he gave opinions. He was always good at that.”
Prince Philip grills with Princess Anne.Keystone Press/Alamy Stock Photo
Prince Charles leads the funeral procession.Adrian Dennis/WPA Pool/Getty Images
Nearly two months afterPrince Philip’s funeralon April 17, Anne was just one ofmany royal family members who shared tributesto the Mountbatten-Windsor patriarch, includingPrince CharlesandCamilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who shared a beaming photo of the Duke Edinburgh.
Prince WilliamandKate Middletonshared a new photo ofQueen Elizabethin the gardens of Windsor Castle, receiving a pink rose that wasspecially created to mark the Duke of Edinburgh’s centenary.
As for the 95-year-old Queen herself, she has planned to spend Thursday inprivate remembrance of her late husbandwho, according to her former press secretary Charles Anson, “took very seriously his role as a support for the Queen as monarch.”
source: people.com
