Princess Anne says ‘slimmed-down monarchy’ ‘doesn’t sound like a good idea’

Princess Anne today warned against further downsizing of the monarchy after Megxit and Prince Andrew fell from grace, stating: “From my point of view, it doesn’t sound like a good idea.”

The Queen’s only daughter, 72, who is the hardest-working Royal Family in terms of annual appointments, spoke in defense of the Royal Family, insisting it brings ‘long-term stability’ and ‘goodness’ to the UK and the Commonwealth.

In an extraordinary interview with Canada’s CBC News released just five days before Charles’s coronation, Anne also distanced herself from the Windsors of the slave trade amid calls from some groups around the world for Britain to pay reparations.

Charles recently agreed to support an investigation into historical links between the monarchy and slavery, while a new poll for the Mail today revealed that most Britons believe the king should not apologize.

Anne described her own view as ‘something different, maybe more realistic’ and said: ‘Come on… don’t be too focused on time scales and periods. History isn’t like that.’

The princess also seemed visibly moved as she described following her mother’s coffin on her journey from Balmoral in Scotland to Buckingham Palace following her death last September.

And when asked what type of monarch her brother will be, she joked in her typical dry manner, “Well, you know what you’re getting, because he’s been practicing for a while, and I don’t think he’s going to change.”

As of 2020, Meghan and Harry have stepped down as working royals and Prince Andrew was stripped of his HRH title, patronages and military ties by his mother.

Before he became king, Charles talked about wanting fewer working members of the royal family and a cheaper, smaller institution.

But Anne has suggested she believes the pool of working royals is already small enough, in a nod to the downfall of Megxit and her brother Andrew.

She said, “Well, I think it was said “slimed down” on a day when there were still a few people around.

“From my point of view, it doesn’t sound like a good idea, I’d say. I’m not sure what else we can do.”

She defended the monarchy’s role in modern times, especially with a new king, adding: “There will be [conversations about relevance] everywhere. It’s not a conversation I would necessarily have.

“It’s perfectly true that there’s a point where you have to have that discussion, but I just want to underline that the monarchy, with the constitution, offers a degree of long-term stability that is actually quite difficult to obtain in a other way. ‘

“I would rather hope that sometimes what we can do is underline the goodness and the fact that there are an awful lot of people who really understand that the way they behave towards each other is important and that the monarchy provides an element of a focus at that level of service and encourages it in the long run.

“It’s not a short-term thing. You’re in it for the long haul.’

And Anne claimed the British public would know what to expect from the king as he prepares to formalize his position in a highly anticipated ceremony on Saturday.

She said: ‘He is committed to his own level of service and will continue to be so.’

However, the interview comes as a major poll shows unwavering support for Britain’s royal family.

A poll by former Conservative Vice-Chairman Lord Ashcroft showed that Britain would firmly support the monarchy if a referendum were held on the issue tomorrow.

“We don’t have to deal with it in many ways [a drop in people wanting the monarchy to continue]not least because it is the monarch who is the key to this and the constitution that supports the monarchy,” Anne added in her interview.

“We as a family see ourselves as there to support that role.

“What we do, we hope, contributes to the monarchy and the way it can convey continuity, not only of importance, but of service and understanding of the way people and communities want to live their lives.

“I think so often we get the chance to see communities and the people who do things very well and are very generous with their time in a way that when you look at the media you tend not to get that impression. to get’.

She added: ‘My mother was the queen for a very long time. And although you more or less know that this can happen, you don’t really think about it very often – not least because the monarchy is about continuity.’

“For the rest of us it’s more a matter of okay, we need to change the way we support. And that’s what we have to do.’

Last month, Britain faced fresh calls to pay compensation for its role in the slave trade after King Charles expressed support for an investigation into historical links between the monarchy and slavery.

Buckingham Palace is participating in groundbreaking academic research into the British monarchy’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and said the king took the issue “very seriously.”

When asked what her brother meant by “support,” she said, “It’s not really a topic of conversation that I would even go down.” I have a historical perspective that is slightly different, perhaps more realistic.’

The historical perspective [is] it just goes back much further. And the modern contexts are very different. Slavery has not disappeared.’

Harry and Meghan’s cheerleader, Omid Scobie, praised the discussion when he posted it on social media.

He wrote, “A refreshingly fluff-free interview with Princess Anne by CBC’s Adrienne Arsenault, who (among many questions) asked the Princess Royal about the growing decline in support for the British monarchy and how they are coping as a family.”

The largest study of the royal family since the queen’s death gave the king a welcome boost in his coronation week.

More than half of the United Kingdom would vote for a constitutional monarchy, less than a quarter against.

Another boon for Charles III was that two-thirds of the 11,450 people surveyed agreed that the royal family “might seem like a strange system in this day and age, but it works.”

Around the same margin also supported the current system as ‘more stable’ and ‘an asset to the UK’.

In the interview, Anne also reflected on the death of her mother, the Queen.

Speaking of the days they traveled across the country during the mourning period, she said, “I think we shot a lot of it, partly because we knew the route and I saw people I knew along the way.

“It was such an impressive sight and it was more than that because it was really moving in the way people reacted and how they did things.

“People brought out their ponies and horses, but they didn’t just bring them out, they braided them, they were well dressed and well made up.

“They brought their tractors out and they parked them neatly, they were all clean.

“Coming from a rural background I was really impressed, it was just an amazing sight.

“But the huge number of people who turned up in very special places.

‘You will never miss that and the atmosphere it created.

“Leaving Balmoral was never easy, but it never has been. I was just as bad when I left as a kid, because I didn’t like to leave, [I was happy there].’