Princess Anne is going to mark her milestone 70th birthday by doing a special job that Prince Charles also did two years before her. While her birthday isn't until Aug. 15, the Princess Royal will work with Country Life magazine to release a special issue, where she will be the guest editor.
The souvenir edition will be released for July. Country Life announced in a Twitter post that Princess Anne will be their guest editor.
In November 2018, Prince Charles also guest-edited Country Life magazine for his 70th birthday. It became the magazine's "biggest-selling issue ever" in its 123 years of publication.
According to reports, the Princess Anne issue will cover her passion for horses and the countryside, her love for gardening and farming, her charity work and her life with husband Sir Tim Laurence. She will also share some details about competing in the Olympics in 1976, where she was the first member of the British royal family to do so.
Princess Anne is regarded as one of the hardest-working members of the royal family. She is a patron of at least 300 charities and she is also involved in the military regimen.
"There are few people who are more respected and admired than The Princess Royal, and I am delighted that she has chosen Country Life to mark her 70th birthday," Country Life magazine editor Mark Hedges said.
Princess Anne is staying in isolation at Gatcombe Park, her private residence. Like many members of the royal family, the Princess Royal has also been video conferencing with families and her charities during the coronavirus lockdown.
Meanwhile, Princess Anne was recently featured in the May issue of Vanity Fair. She expressed her thoughts about the younger generation of the royal family who have been trying to their own thing.
She advised that they should never forget the basics of being a part of this institution even if they want to try new ways. In her own words, Princess Anne said that the younger royals should not reinvent the wheel.
"We've been there, done that. Some of these things don't work. You may need to go back to basics," Princess Anne said.
Queen Elizabeth's only daughter also said that she believes she did the right thing when she didn't accept royal titles for her children, Peter Phillips and Zara Phillips Tindall. She said that there are some downsides to having a royal title so it was easier for her children, who are now grown adults, to enjoy a normal life.
