Editing Anne, Princess Royal (section)

==Activities==
===Public appearances===
[[File:Princess_Anne_at_discus_medal_ceremony_-_Commonwealth_Games_1974_(2).jpg|right|thumb|Anne at the [[1974 British Commonwealth Games]]]]
Anne undertakes a number of duties and engagements on behalf of the sovereign. [[Kevin S. MacLeod]], the then [[Canadian Secretary to the Queen]], said of Anne in 2014: "Her credo is, 'Keep me busy. I'm here to work. I'm here to do good things. I'm here to meet as many people as possible'."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canadaka.net/link.php?id=87466|last=Davison|first=Janet|title=Princess Anne's Ottawa tour will honour 'everyday heroes'|date=7 November 2014|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-date=4 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904061121/http://www.canadaka.net/link.php?id=87466|url-status=live}}</ref> It was reported in December 2017 that the Princess Royal had undertaken the most official engagements that year out of all the royal family, her mother the Queen included.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/princess-anne-crowned-busiest-royal-c5vr5jpm7|title=Princess Anne crowned busiest royal|last=Bannerman|first=Lucy|date=29 December 2017|work=The Times|access-date=5 April 2018|language=en|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405153051/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/princess-anne-crowned-busiest-royal-c5vr5jpm7|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a14517062/princess-anne-busiest-royal-2017/|title=Princess Anne Was the Hardest Working Member of the Royal Family This Year|date=29 December 2017|work=Town & Country|access-date=5 April 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405153750/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a14517062/princess-anne-busiest-royal-2017/|url-status=live}}</ref> Among her royal visits, the Princess has toured Norway,<ref>{{cite web |title=HM The Queen is greeted by King Olav of Norway. [Royal visit to Norway, 1969] Aug 1969 |url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/2003593/hm-the-queen-is-greeted-by-king-olav-of-norway-royal-visit-to-norway-1969 |website=Royal Collection Trust |access-date=25 February 2021 |archive-date=6 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006135804/https://www.rct.uk/collection/2003593/hm-the-queen-is-greeted-by-king-olav-of-norway-royal-visit-to-norway-1969 |url-status=live }}</ref> Jamaica,<ref>{{cite web |title=Princess Anne's Life In Photos |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/g29874779/princess-anne-photos/?slide=14 |website=Elle Magazine |date=15 October 2020 |access-date=25 February 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624041012/https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/g29874779/princess-anne-photos/?slide=14 |url-status=live }}</ref> Germany,<ref>{{cite web |title=Princess Anne's Life In Photos – 1969 |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/g29874779/princess-anne-photos/?slide=25 |website=Elle Magazine |date=15 October 2020 |access-date=25 February 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624041847/https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/g29874779/princess-anne-photos/?slide=25 |url-status=live }}</ref> Austria,<ref>{{cite web |title=Princess Anne's Life In Photos – May 7, 1969 |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/g29874779/princess-anne-photos/?slide=27 |website=Elle Magazine |date=15 October 2020 |access-date=25 February 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624042311/https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/g29874779/princess-anne-photos/?slide=27 |url-status=live }}</ref> New Zealand, and Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Princess Anne's Life In Photos – March 16, 1970 |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/g29874779/princess-anne-photos/?slide=34 |website=Elle Magazine |date=15 October 2020 |access-date=25 February 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624042355/https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/g29874779/princess-anne-photos/?slide=34 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Engelse Prinses Anne bezoekt Britse school in Voorschot Prinses Anne krijgt bloe, Bestanddeelnr 933-1138.jpg|left|thumb|Anne visiting the [[British School in the Netherlands]] in 1984]]
Anne's first public engagement was at the opening of an educational and training centre in [[Shropshire]] in 1969. Anne travels abroad on behalf of the United Kingdom up to three times a year. She began to undertake overseas visits upon leaving secondary school,<ref name=BuckEarly/> and accompanied her parents on a [[state visit]] to Austria in the same year.<ref name=BuckPR>{{cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5600.asp|title=HRH The Princess Royal> Public Role|publisher=Buckingham Palace|access-date=22 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022140346/http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5600.asp|archive-date=22 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her first tour of Australia was with her parents in 1970, since which she returned many times to undertake official engagements as a [[colonel-in-chief]] of an Australian regiment, or to attend memorials and services such as the National Memorial Service for victims of the [[Black Saturday bushfires]] in Melbourne on 22 February 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bushfire memorial echoes grief and hope|publisher=9News|date=22 February 2009|url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/755462/thousands-to-mourn-vic-bushfire-dead|access-date=22 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224163321/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/755462/thousands-to-mourn-vic-bushfire-dead|archive-date=24 February 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1990 she became the first member of the royal family to make an official visit to the [[Soviet Union]] when she went there as a guest of President [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and his government.<ref name=BuckPR/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/05/24/Princess-Anne-visits-Soviets/5172643521600/|title=Princess Anne visits Soviets|website=UPI|access-date=28 June 2019|archive-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628203757/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/05/24/Princess-Anne-visits-Soviets/5172643521600/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:October Investiture - 52407285184 (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|190px|The Princess Royal hosting an investitures ceremony in 2022]]
In August 2016, she returned to Russia to visit the city of [[Arkhangelsk]] for the 75th anniversary of [[Operation Dervish (1941)|Operation Dervish]], which was one of the first [[Arctic convoys of World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/britains-princess-anne-daughter-queen-elizabeth-visit-arkhangelsk-arctic-convoy-wwii-commemoration/27939332.html|title=Britain's Princess Anne To Visit Arkhangelsk For WWII Commemoration|website=www.rferl.org|access-date=28 June 2019|archive-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628172647/https://www.rferl.org/amp/britains-princess-anne-daughter-queen-elizabeth-visit-arkhangelsk-arctic-convoy-wwii-commemoration/27939332.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2016, the Princess had a chest infection and was required to cancel official engagements.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-37317238|title=Princess Anne has tests in hospital after feeling unwell|publisher=BBC|date=9 September 2016|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=1 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501203952/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-37317238|url-status=live}}</ref> In late October 2016, she visited the Malaysian state of [[Sarawak]] for a two-day study tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2016/10/30/britains-princess-anne-arrives-for-two-day-study-tour/|title=Britain's Princess Anne arrives for two-day study tour|work=Bernama|publisher=The Borneo Post|date=30 October 2016|access-date=17 November 2016|archive-date=17 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117211028/http://www.theborneopost.com/2016/10/30/britains-princess-anne-arrives-for-two-day-study-tour/|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2022, Anne and her husband toured Australia and Papua New Guinea to mark [[the Queen's Platinum Jubilee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/04/09/princess-anne-starts-australian-tour-opening-200th-sydney-royal/|title=Princess Anne starts Australian tour by opening 200th Sydney Royal Easter Show|work=The Telegraph|date=9 April 2022|access-date=10 April 2022|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409223847/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/04/09/princess-anne-starts-australian-tour-opening-200th-sydney-royal/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/princess-anne-welcomed-with-traditional-dancing-at-papua-new-guinea-school-during-royal-tour-marking-queens-platinum-jubilee-12588406|title=Princess Anne welcomed with traditional dancing at Papua New Guinea school during royal tour marking Queen's Platinum Jubilee|work=Sky News|date=12 April 2022|access-date=13 April 2022|archive-date=13 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413032236/https://news.sky.com/story/princess-anne-welcomed-with-traditional-dancing-at-papua-new-guinea-school-during-royal-tour-marking-queens-platinum-jubilee-12588406|url-status=live}}</ref> On 12 September 2022, in [[St Giles' Cathedral]], Edinburgh, Anne became the first woman to participate in a [[Vigil of the Princes]], guarding her mother's coffin.<ref>{{cite web|date=12 September 2022|title=Queen's children perform Vigil of the Princes|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-62883215|access-date=12 September 2022|website=BBC News|language=en|archive-date=12 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912193528/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-62883215|url-status=live}}</ref> This was repeated at [[Westminster Hall]] on 16 September.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62934405|title=Royals hold sombre watch over Queen's coffin|work=BBC News|first=Alex|last=Therrien|date=16 September 2022|accessdate=16 September 2022|archive-date=23 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923001332/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62934405|url-status=live}}</ref> It was later revealed that she had been the informant at [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|her mother's death]] at Balmoral, a witness who signs, along with the doctor, the death certificate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-kingdom/queen-elizabeth-ii-died-at-310pm-of-old-age-with-just-king-charles-iii-and-princess-anne-making-it-to-her-bedside/news-story/9bac557f6b0c9da47590713821192c6a |title=Queen Elizabeth II died at 3.10pm of 'old age' with just King Charles III and Princess Anne making it to her bedside |work=Sky News Australia |first=Zoe |last=Zaczek |date=30 September 2022 |accessdate=30 September 2022 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930000519/https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-kingdom/queen-elizabeth-ii-died-at-310pm-of-old-age-with-just-king-charles-iii-and-princess-anne-making-it-to-her-bedside/news-story/9bac557f6b0c9da47590713821192c6a |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Patronages===
[[File:Dean Bradford and Princess Anne.jpg|right|thumb|190px|The Princess Royal visits [[USNS Comfort (T-AH-20)|USNS ''Comfort'']] on 11 July 2002, while the vessel docked at [[Southampton]].]]
Anne is involved with more than 200 charities and organisations in an official capacity. She works extensively for [[Save the Children]], serving as president from 1970 to 2017, and has been patron since 2017.<ref name="Save-Anne">{{cite web|url=https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/our-organisation/our-patron-princess-anne|title=Our Patron Princess Anne|publisher=Save the Children UK|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-date=15 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315134616/https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/our-organisation/our-patron-princess-anne|url-status=live}}</ref> Anne has visited the organisation's projects in Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Mozambique, Ethiopia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref name="Save-Anne" /> As a result of her work, she was nominated for the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1990 by [[Kenneth Kaunda]], President of Zambia.<ref name="Save-Anne" /> She initiated [[The Princess Royal Trust for Carers]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/princess-royal-marks-25-years-carers-trust|title=The Princess Royal marks 25 years of the Carers Trust|publisher=The Royal Family|date=10 February 2016|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-date=15 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315195925/https://www.royal.uk/princess-royal-marks-25-years-carers-trust|url-status=live}}</ref> Her extensive work for [[St. John Ambulance]] as Commandant-in-Chief of St. John Ambulance Cadets has helped to develop many young people, as she annually attends the Grand Prior Award Reception.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cambridgeshire/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8596000/8596859.stm|title=The Princess Royal visits St John Ambulance's new HQ|publisher=BBC|date=1 April 2010|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-date=15 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315140321/http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cambridgeshire/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8596000/8596859.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/health/st-john-ambulance-volunteer-from-gosport-meets-royal-1-8342996|title=St John Ambulance volunteer from Gosport meets royal|publisher=Portsmouth News|date=23 January 2018|first=Ellie|last=Pilmoor|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-date=15 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315195831/https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/health/st-john-ambulance-volunteer-from-gosport-meets-royal-1-8342996|url-status=live}}</ref> She is patron of [[St. Andrew's First Aid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstaid.org.uk/charity/about-us/trustees-senior-staff/|title=Trustees and Senior Staff|publisher=St Andrew's First Aid|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819205949/https://www.firstaid.org.uk/charity/about-us/trustees-senior-staff/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/13951992.Royal_seal_for_bin_lorry_crash_responders/|title=Royal seal for bin-lorry crash responders|newspaper=Evening Times|date=7 November 2015|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-date=15 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315195826/http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/13951992.Royal_seal_for_bin_lorry_crash_responders/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, she became patron of [[Mercy Ships]], an international charity that operates the largest non-governmental [[hospital ships]] in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/people-opinions/new-patron-princess-anne-salutes-mercy-ships-volunteers|title=New patron Princess Anne salutes Mercy Ships volunteers|work=Seatrade Cruise News|first=Anne|last=Kalosh|date=4 March 2022|access-date=5 March 2022|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305132351/https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/people-opinions/new-patron-princess-anne-salutes-mercy-ships-volunteers|url-status=live}}</ref>

Anne is a [[List of members of the International Olympic Committee|British representative in the International Olympic Committee]] as an administrator,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/hrh-the-princess-royal|title=HRH the Princess Royal|publisher=Olympic|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819212441/https://www.olympic.org/hrh-the-princess-royal|url-status=live}}</ref> and was a member of the [[London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/about-us/the-people-delivering-the-games/the-london-organising-committee/locog-board.php |title=LOCOG Board |website=London2012.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129001742/http://www.london2012.com/about-us/the-people-delivering-the-games/the-london-organising-committee/locog-board.php |archive-date=29 November 2011}}</ref> She also serves as president of the [[British Olympic Association]]. Anne represented Great Britain in the International Olympic Committee at the [[2014 Sochi Winter Olympics]] in Russia.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Princess Royal heads to Sochi Games|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/the-princess-royal-heads-to-sochi-games|access-date=15 April 2014|date=3 February 2014|archive-date=16 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181604/https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/the-princess-royal-heads-to-sochi-games|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1985 she became president of the [[Riding for the Disabled Association]] after serving as their patron for fourteen years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.purewow.com/news/princess-anne-photos-five-decades|title=The Royal Family Just Shared Photos of Princess Anne Over the Last 5 Decades|work=PureWow|first=Joel|last=Calfee|date=6 November 2021|access-date=6 November 2021|archive-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106220319/https://www.purewow.com/news/princess-anne-photos-five-decades|url-status=live}}</ref> She maintains a relationship with student sport and is the patron of [[British Universities and Colleges Sport]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/february-17-ldbfxs2fd|title=Court Circular February 17|newspaper=The Times|date=18 February 2017|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316024734/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/february-17-ldbfxs2fd|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Following the retirement of the Queen Mother in 1981, Anne was [[1981 University of London Chancellor election|elected by graduates]] of the [[University of London]] as the [[Chancellor of the University of London|Chancellor]], and has been in the position since that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://london.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/chancellor|title=Chancellor|publisher=University of London|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-date=15 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315133839/https://london.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/chancellor|url-status=live}}</ref> She was president of [[BAFTA]] from 1973 to 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/about/key-personnel/president|title=President and Vice Presidents|date=30 April 2013|publisher=BAFTA|access-date=15 March 2018|quote=HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal, was named president from 1973, and remained in the post until 2000.|archive-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316151857/http://www.bafta.org/about/key-personnel/president|url-status=live}}</ref> Throughout May 1996, Anne served as [[Her Majesty's High Commissioner]] to the [[General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]], and held the post again in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news_and_events/news/2016/hrh_the_princess_royal_appointed_high_commissioner_to_the_general_assembly_2017|title=HRH the Princess Royal appointed High Commissioner to the General Assembly 2017|publisher=The Church of Scotland|date=8 December 2016|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-date=15 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315134158/http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news_and_events/news/2016/hrh_the_princess_royal_appointed_high_commissioner_to_the_general_assembly_2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, she was appointed by the Queen as [[Grand Master (order)|Grand Master]] of the [[Royal Victorian Order]], a position her grandmother had also held.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100219220802/http://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/about-st-georges/royal-connection/orders-of-chivalry.html "Orders of Chivalry"], ''College of St George''. Archived from [http://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/about-st-georges/royal-connection/orders-of-chivalry.html the original] at the [[Internet Archive]] on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2017.</ref> She is a Royal Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]<ref name=frsanne>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015815/https://royalsociety.org/people/princess-anne--12566/|archive-date=17 November 2015|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/princess-anne--12566/|publisher=[[Royal Society]]|location=London|title=Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal Princess Anne KG KT GCVO GCStJ QSO GCL FRS Royal Fellow}}</ref> and the [[Academy of Medical Sciences]].<ref name="Medical-Anne">{{cite web|url=https://acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows/fellowship-types/royal-fellows|title=Royal Fellows|publisher=The Academy of Medical Sciences|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819210000/https://acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows/fellowship-types/royal-fellows|url-status=live}}</ref> Royal Fellows are members of the royal family who are recommended and elected by the Society's Council. The Royal Society {{As of|2022|lc=y}} has four Royal Fellows: Anne; William, Prince of Wales; Edward, Duke of Kent; and King Charles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/fellows/fellows-directory/|title=Fellows of the Royal Society |author=<!--not stated--> |website=The Royal Society|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424163800/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/royal-fellows/ |archive-date=24 April 2014 }}</ref> She is the Academy of Medical Sciences' first Royal Fellow.<ref name="Medical-Anne"/> Anne was elected [[Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh]] effective 31 March 2011, succeeding her father, who stepped down from the role in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/all-news/chancellor-040411|title=New Chancellor Elected|website=ed.ac.uk|access-date=25 March 2016|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923234918/http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/all-news/chancellor-040411|url-status=dead}}</ref> Likewise, she accepted in 2011 the roles of president of [[City and Guilds of London Institute]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cityandguilds.com/news/april-2014/prince-philip-medal-2014|title=Princess Royal presents awards at Buckingham Palace|publisher=City Guilds|date=29 April 2014|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316084740/https://www.cityandguilds.com/news/april-2014/prince-philip-medal-2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Master of the Corporation of [[Trinity House]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trinityvillage.co.uk/about/corporation-trinity-house/princess-anne-first-female-master|title=Princess Anne: Master of Trinity House|publisher=Trinity Village|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023303/https://www.trinityvillage.co.uk/about/corporation-trinity-house/princess-anne-first-female-master|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecrownchronicles.co.uk/royal-news/other-royals/princess-anne-visits-trinity-house-raf-benson-attends-equestrian-awards/|title=Princess Anne visits Trinity House, RAF Benson and attends Equestrian Awards|publisher=The Crown Chronicles|first=Olivia|last=Moran|date=1 November 2017|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316024221/https://www.thecrownchronicles.co.uk/royal-news/other-royals/princess-anne-visits-trinity-house-raf-benson-attends-equestrian-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref> and president of the [[Royal Society of Arts]], also in succession to her father. Anne has been the president of the [[Commonwealth Study Conference]], an initiative founded by her father.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/anne-opens-commonwealth-conference-20031017-gdhlof.html|title=Anne opens Commonwealth conference|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=17 October 2003|access-date=2 April 2022|archive-date=2 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402082105/https://www.smh.com.au/national/anne-opens-commonwealth-conference-20031017-gdhlof.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.commonwealthleaders.org/our-history|title=The Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conferences – Our History|work=Commonwealth Leaders Dialogue Canada|access-date=2 April 2022|archive-date=26 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526005830/https://www.commonwealthleaders.org/our-history|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, she succeeded the [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent|Duke of Kent]] as president of the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/518514-king-charles-princess-anne-team-up-after-aging-royal-passes-over-role|title=King Charles, Princess Anne team up after aging royal passes over role|work=Geo News|first=William|last=Blythe Haynes|date=11 November 2023|accessdate=11 November 2023|archive-date=12 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112015232/https://www.geo.tv/latest/518514-king-charles-princess-anne-team-up-after-aging-royal-passes-over-role|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Royal visit to IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (32330373998).jpg|left|thumb|190px|The Princess Royal speaking at the [[International Maritime Organization#Maritime Safety Committee|100th Maritime Safety Committee]] session in 2018]]
Anne is the patron of Transaid, a charity founded by Save the Children and the [[Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport]] which aims to provide safe and sustainable transport in developing countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transaid.org/home/about-us/who-we-are/|title=Who we are|publisher=Transaid|access-date=26 May 2018|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819205942/http://www.transaid.org/home/about-us/who-we-are/|url-status=live}}</ref> She is also the royal patron of [[The WISE Campaign|WISE]], an organisation that encourages young women to pursue careers in science, engineering and construction.<ref>[http://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/about_us.cfm WISE Patrons] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231204024/http://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/about_us.cfm |date=31 December 2008 }}, wisecampaign.org.uk; accessed 25 March 2016.</ref> She has been patron of the [[Royal National Children's Foundation]] since 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rncf.org.uk/royal-patron-attends-merger-event/|title=Our Royal Patron attends merger event|publisher=Royal National Children's Foundation|first=David|last=Bassom|date=18 May 2017|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819205957/https://www.rncf.org.uk/royal-patron-attends-merger-event/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boardingschoolpartnerships.org.uk/hrh-princess-anne|title=HRH Princess Anne|publisher=Boarding School Partnerships|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023219/https://www.boardingschoolpartnerships.org.uk/hrh-princess-anne|url-status=live}}</ref> and the industrial heritage museum, [[Aerospace Bristol]], since 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aerospacebristol.org/patron/|title=Royal Patron|publisher=Aerospace Bristol|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218183541/http://aerospacebristol.org/patron/|archive-date=18 February 2017}}</ref> In 2022, Anne was named honorary chair of [[National Lighthouse Museum, New York City|National Lighthouse Museum]]'s Illuminating Future Generations campaign, a project aimed at raising funds for the museum's gallery space.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/royals/princess-anne-surprise-visit-nyc-rides-staten-island-ferry/|title=Princess Anne Makes Surprise Visit to New York City — and Rides the Staten Island Ferry!|work=People|first=Tommy|last=McArdle|date=5 October 2022|accessdate=6 October 2022|archive-date=5 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005185353/https://people.com/royals/princess-anne-surprise-visit-nyc-rides-staten-island-ferry/|url-status=live}}</ref> She is also patron of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcot.co.uk/about-us/our-history|title=Our History|publisher=Royal College of Occupational Therapists|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830081621/https://www.rcot.co.uk/about-us/our-history|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Special Forces Club]], [[Royal College of Midwives]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/princess-anne-royal-letter-royal-college-of-midwives-a4323681.html|title=Princess Anne sends letter of 'profound admiration' to midwives|work=Evening Standard|first=Rebecca|last=Speare-Cole|date=31 December 2019|access-date=19 April 2022|archive-date=20 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420035231/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/princess-anne-royal-letter-royal-college-of-midwives-a4323681.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Royal College of Emergency Medicine]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rcem.ac.uk/hrh-the-princess-royal-emta-conference/|title=HRH The Princess Royal underlines the need for more doctors during speech at the Emergency Medicine Trainee Association (EMTA) Conference|work=Royal College of Emergency Medicine|date=29 February 2024|access-date=3 March 2024|archive-date=3 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303062354/https://rcem.ac.uk/hrh-the-princess-royal-emta-conference/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Magpas|Magpas Air Ambulance]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/princess-anne-speaks-at-magpas-air-ambulance-fundraiser-8359830|title=A royal launch for Magpas Air Ambulances' appeal for a new airbase|work=East Anglian Daily Times|first=Timothy|last=Bradford|date=23 September 2021|accessdate=6 September 2022|archive-date=22 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922010629/https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/princess-anne-speaks-at-magpas-air-ambulance-fundraiser-8359830|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Edinburgh University]]'s [[Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/about/people/officials/chancellor|title=The Chancellor|publisher=The University of Edinburgh|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=2 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202143226/https://www.ed.ac.uk/about/people/officials/chancellor|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Royal Holloway, University of London]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/aboutus/governancematters/home.aspx|title=Governance|publisher=Royal Holloway, University of London|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=21 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121180421/https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/aboutus/governancematters/home.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/aboutus/newsandevents/news/2017-articles/hrh-opens-the-new-emily-wilding-davison-building.aspx|title=HRH The Princess Royal opens the new Emily Wilding Davison Building at Royal Holloway|publisher=Royal Holloway, University of London|date=18 October 2017|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023021/https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/aboutus/newsandevents/news/2017-articles/hrh-opens-the-new-emily-wilding-davison-building.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> [[International Students House, London]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foreignstudents.com/accommodation/listings/london-international-students-house|title=London: International Students House|publisher=Foreign Students|access-date=15 March 2018|quote=Our current patron is HRH The Princess Royal.|archive-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316084825/http://www.foreignstudents.com/accommodation/listings/london-international-students-house|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecrownchronicles.co.uk/royal-diary/royal-diary-latest-engagements-26th-june-1st-july/|title=Royal diary: latest engagements 26th June – 1st July|publisher=The Crown Chronicles|first=Victoria|last=Howard|date=26 June 2017|access-date=15 March 2018|quote=Princess Anne will attend a Reception at 229 Great Portland Street, as patron of International Students House.|archive-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316024450/https://www.thecrownchronicles.co.uk/royal-diary/royal-diary-latest-engagements-26th-june-1st-july/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Acid Survivors Trust International]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://nation.com.pk/17-Mar-2011/princess-anne-hails-pak-efforts-against-acid-violence|title=Princess Anne hails Pak efforts against acid violence|magazine=The Nation|first=Asif|last=Mahmood|date=17 March 2011|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819210107/https://nation.com.pk/17-Mar-2011/princess-anne-hails-pak-efforts-against-acid-violence|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Townswomen's Guild]]s,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/news/hrh-the-princess-royal-visits-chichester-cathedral-for-the-townswomens-guild-carol-service-posted-6-december-2016.shtml|title=HRH The Princess Royal visits Chichester Cathedral for the Townwomen's Guilds Carol Service|publisher=The Official Chichester Cathedral|date=6 December 2016|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819210106/https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/news/hrh-the-princess-royal-visits-chichester-cathedral-for-the-townswomens-guild-carol-service-posted-6-december-2016.shtml|archive-date=19 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Citizens Advice]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/how-citizens-advice-works/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/our-patron-trustees-and-directors/our-patron/|title=Our Patron|website=www.citizensadvice.org.uk|access-date=10 January 2020|archive-date=27 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027081722/https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/how-citizens-advice-works/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/our-patron-trustees-and-directors/our-patron/|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-08-04/anne-hugely-grateful-to-performers-as-tattoo-returns-after-three-years|title=Anne 'hugely grateful' to performers as Tattoo returns after three years|work=ITV|date=5 August 2022|accessdate=5 August 2022|archive-date=4 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804233609/https://www.itv.com/news/2022-08-04/anne-hugely-grateful-to-performers-as-tattoo-returns-after-three-years|url-status=live}}</ref>, the [[Scottish Rugby Union]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/princess-anne-home-property-the-crown-b2222996.html|title=Princess Anne: A rare glimpse inside the royal's 'surprisingly normal' home|work=The Independent|first=Natasha|last=Preskey|date=11 November 2022|accessdate=9 February 2023|archive-date=9 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209185503/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/princess-anne-home-property-the-crown-b2222996.html|url-status=live}}</ref>, and the [[Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Royal Charter and Bye-laws |url=https://www.thersa.org/about/governance/byelaws-charter/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=The RSA |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 1986 she was appointed Master of the [[Worshipful Company of Carmen]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecarmen.co.uk/Home/Fellowship/Tradition-and-Custom|title=Worshipful Company of Carmen :: Fellowship :: Tradition and Custom|website=www.thecarmen.co.uk|access-date=3 December 2019|archive-date=3 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203053714/http://www.thecarmen.co.uk/Home/Fellowship/Tradition-and-Custom|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, she became Master of the [[Worshipful Company of Farmers]]. In 2017, Anne became Prime Warden of the [[Worshipful Company of Fishmongers]] and a Governor of [[Gresham's School]].<ref name=holt>{{cite news|title=Princess Anne Visits Holt As She is Announced as Gresham's Governor|url=http://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/princess-anne-visits-holt-as-she-is-announced-as-gresham-s-govenor-1-5091364|access-date=5 July 2017|date=4 July 2017|archive-date=27 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127100922/http://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/princess-anne-visits-holt-as-she-is-announced-as-gresham-s-govenor-1-5091364|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2025, Anne was announced as patron of Friends of the Elderly, taking on the role which Queen Elizabeth II had previously held for over 60 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thecareruk.com/her-royal-highness-the-princess-royal-announced-as-patron-of-friends-of-the-elderly/|title=Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal Announced As Patron Of Friends Of The Elderly|date=20 February 2025|work=The Carer|accessdate=20 February 2025}}</ref>