Princess Anne and her husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, will soon embark on a tour of Australia and Singapore, Buckingham Palace has announced.
The four-day tour, taking place from November 8 to 13, will mark the centenary of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals, of which the Princess Royal is Colonel-in-Chief.
Princess Anne will travel to Australia and Singapore next month (Credit: Joann Randles/Cover Images)
Princess Anne and Sir Timothy Laurence to visit Australia
As her visit will be over Remembrance Day, Princess Anne will reportedly undertake a series of military engagements in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. She is also expected to lay a wreath at the Anzac Memorial, as President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Princess Anne and her husband will then spend the final two days of their trip in Singapore, at the request of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Here, they will have audiences with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
The couple will also pay a visit to Kranji War Memorial and the Airbus Asia Training Centre and Rolls-Royce’s Seletar campus. Their visit will mark 60 years of diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Singapore.
Princess Anne, 75, has a reputation for being the hardest-working member of the royal family. She has visited both countries in the past, amongst numerous other overseas trips.
In particular, she’s no stranger to Australia, having visited more than 20 times. Her latest trip to the Commonwealth nation was in 2022 for a three-day trip to Sydney.
She has also travelled to Singapore several times, most recently in November 2016.
Princess Anne’s husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, will accompany her to Australia and Singapore next month (Credit: Cover Images)
‘I hope that the Prince and Princess of Wales are able to visit as well’
The news follows a recent invitation Down Under for some other members of the royal family.
Last month, King Charles and Queen Camilla welcomed Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, to Balmoral Castle, for a private audience.
The pair are said to have discussed the evolving relationship between the monarchy and Australia, as well as global environmental challenges.
Following the visit, the Australian PM appeared to make the royals a generous offer.
The royal family are always welcome in Australia.
“There’s a standing invitation that the royal family are always welcome in Australia.” Albanese told reporters, as reported by HELLO!.
“It was wonderful to welcome King Charles and Queen Camilla to Australia recently, who had a very successful visit, and His Majesty is very engaged,” he reportedly added. “And I hope that the Prince and Princess of Wales are able to visit as well, and we are hopeful that might occur in the coming period.”
So far, Buckingham Palace have not announced any plans for Prince William and Kate Middleton to visit Australia.
