Princess Royal chatting with sailors
THE Princess Royal visited Portsmouth Naval Base today to offer her personal thanks to sailors involved in Her Majesty the Queen’s funeral.
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne spoke to the men and women about their role hauling the State Ceremonial Gun Carriage bearing the Queen’s coffin and lining the streets of London and Windsor.
More than a thousand sailors and Royal Marines were on duty at the funeral on Monday, alongside RAF and British Army personnel.
Leading Engineering Technician (LET) Benjamin Tetley was one of 142 sailors responsible for pulling the gun carriage.
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