Overview
- Anne arrived in Sydney on November 8 with her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, and was formally welcomed at Admiralty House with a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony.
- On November 9 she attended a Remembrance service at Sydney’s Anzac Memorial, delivered a reading, and laid a wreath to honor Australia’s fallen.
- She later inspected troops and addressed a centenary parade at Victoria Barracks, praising the Royal Australian Corps of Signals for a century of ‘swift and sure’ communications support.
- Defense officials are keeping the Melbourne program tightly controlled, with no public walkabouts expected and limited advance detail.
- The visit is drawing heightened attention following King Charles’s recent removal of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s titles, as Anne continues scheduled duties before traveling to Singapore on November 12–13 to meet senior leaders.