Overview

• Since King Charles began cancer treatment in early 2025, Princess Anne has hosted 10 Windsor investitures compared with Prince William’s five this year.
• Royal protocol reserves investiture duties for only the monarch, Princess Anne and the Prince of Wales.
• A source close to the Princess Royal says it “annoys” her that William, based minutes away at Adelaide Cottage, has not taken on more of these “bread-and-butter” events.
• Official logs show Princess Anne as the hardest-working royal, carrying out more public engagements than any other senior family member since 2021.
• She plans to maintain a full schedule until age 80 and then follow her late father’s example with a gradual wind-down of duties.