Overview
- Princess Anne and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence arrived in Sydney on November 8 to start a military-focused program across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
- The Governor-General welcomed the couple at Admiralty House, where a Cammeraygal Elder conducted a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony.
- As President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the Princess is scheduled to lay wreaths at the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park and at the Sydney War Cemetery.
- The itinerary includes a centenary parade at Victoria Barracks in Sydney and a Remembrance Day service and capability demonstration at Brisbane’s Gallipoli Barracks on November 11.
- Defence authorities are tightly managing the Melbourne leg with limited public access, while the tour proceeds against scrutiny of the wider royal family; Anne is not expected to comment and will travel on to Singapore for a two-day visit from November 12 to 13.