Princess Anne’s hilarious four-word response when told ‘you don’t look like a princess’

Princess Anne gets up to all sorts of amusing things – like wearing stylish bucket hats to various prestigious events including the Olympics.

And she’s shown she has a funny sense of humour to boot. The Princess Royal has recently made her return to the Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) after being injured by a horse.

But at the event a few years ago, the princess was told she ‘doesn’t look royal’ and had an amusing retort at the ready, telling the young person: “Thank goodness for that!”

The revelation came on The Royals with Roya and Kate podcast where the hosts discussed the comment made to Princess Anne during an event for young riders and children.

Princess Anne has since returned to royal duties since she suffered a concussion when she was hit by a horse in June. Since then, she has said she doesn’t “remember a thing” about the attack.

One of the hosts of the The Royals with Roya and Kate podcast revealed details of the incident, saying: “I spoke to someone very senior at the RDA who remembered her coming to see a display by some children at an RDA event and the children that we work with as volunteers at the RDA have all different levels of learning disabilities, different levels of autism, physical disabilities and there was one girl there who was involved in the display and they came to meet Princess Anne afterwards.

“And she was introduced to her and [they] said ‘This is the Princess Royal’ and she said ‘You don’t look like a princess’.

“Princess Anne said ‘Thank goodness for that, I’m so pleased to hear that.’ Everyone laughed at her response and she just literally takes things in her stride.”