The Princess Royal, 72, spoke to ITV News’ royal editor Chris Ship about her mother’s seventy-year reign in a conversation broadcast for the first time today. As well as approving the Queen’s handling of Diana’s death in 1997, Anne also praised her parents’ 73-year marriage, saying “their partnership was really important”. The Queen faced criticism after deciding to stay at her Scottish estate with her family, while an outpouring of public grief erupted in London after Diana’s fatal car crash in Paris. However, in the same year as Anne’s interview, former senior courtier Sir Malcolm Ross, who was in charge of Diana’s funeral arrangements, said how the monarch felt her priority was with her grandchildren in Scotland and so she and her staff were “injured”. to the rise of sentiment against them. Scroll down for videos Princess Anne said the Queen did “exactly the right thing” (pictured) by staying at Balmoral with Princes William and Harry in the days after Princess Diana’s death in an unseen interview from 2017 Prince Harry, Prince William, Prince Charles, Prince Philip, The Queen and Peter Phillips stop to view the floral tributes left for Princess Diana at the gates of Balmoral on September 5, 1997 The Princess Royal said: “I think my mother did exactly the right thing. I think it is absolutely extraordinary that any proper parent would believe… [there] would be an alternative to bringing these kids here to london with all this hoo-ha. “I just don’t know how you can think it would be better.” Diana died when William and Harry were 15 and 12, respectively. When asked if it was a case of the Queen putting her grandchildren first, Princess Vasiliki replied: “Absolutely.” “I don’t think either of these two could cope if they were anywhere else,” claimed Anne. He said: “That was the only good thing that happened was that they were there, and they had that structure, they had people around them who could understand, give them the time.” Even Diana’s own sister, Lady Sarah McCorcudall, has previously said she supported the monarch’s judgment. Rear Admiral Timothy Laurence, Duke of York, The Princess Royal, The Countess of Wessex and The Earl of Wessex at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh await the Queen’s coffin The Countess of Wessex was pictured comforting Princess Anne today as members of the royal family watched Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrive in Edinburgh to rest at the Palace of Holyroodhouse overnight In a touching gesture, respect for the monarch was still observed, with royal women bowing and men bowing their heads “If you were the grandmother of a 12-year-old and a 15-year-old whose mother had just been killed in a car accident, she did the absolute right thing. “If I were her, I would. Why would you bring them to London? Why don’t you let them get over the initial shock within their own family?” she told the BBC One Documentary Diana, 7 Days. Sir Malcolm added that it was the sovereign who made the decision to honor her former bride with a royal funeral. Meanwhile, in the 2017 interview, Anne also referred to her parents’ marriage as a “partnership,” explaining that the couple “complemented each other’s strengths and skills” throughout their seven-decade marriage. In a speech on their Golden Wedding anniversary in 1997, the monarch said Prince Philip had been “just my strength and my stay all these years”. Sophie, 57, wife of the Queen’s youngest son Prince Edward, 58, was seen putting her hand on the Princess Royal’s back in a supportive gesture after the coffin made the journey from Balmoral to the Scottish city. The Duke of York, The Countess of Wessex and The Earl of Wessex outside the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh Yesterday, both Princess Anne and Sophie (pictured centre today) appeared teary-eyed as they viewed floral tributes to the Queen left at Balmoral, alongside other members of the royal family Today, Anne was pictured being comforted by the Countess of Wessex as members of the royal family watched Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrive in Edinburgh to rest at the Palace of Holyroodhouse overnight. Sophie, 57, wife of the Queen’s youngest son Prince Edward, 58, was seen putting her hand on the Princess Royal’s back in a supportive gesture after the coffin made the journey from Balmoral to the Scottish city. The Queen’s children and their spouses – the Princess Royal and Rear-Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Duke of York and the Earl and Countess of Wessex – watched as soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland carried the coffin into the Palace. In a touching moment, respect for the monarch was still on display, with royal women cringing and men bowing their heads. Her Majesty did not travel alone during her 180 mile journey, Anne and her husband were in a limousine as part of a procession right behind her. The Queen will stay at the palace overnight before moving to St Giles’ Cathedral tomorrow afternoon – where a large crowd had earlier gathered to watch the midday proclamation of King Charles as head of state. Yesterday, both Princess Anne and Sophie appeared teary-eyed as they watched floral tributes to the Queen at Balmoral, alongside other members of the royal family. Meanwhile, Scottish mourners paid their respects to Her Majesty, lining the procession route in their thousands as her coffin left Balmoral for the last time. Silent, somber and respectful, well-wishers gathered by country roads, bridges and in village and town centers to say goodbye to the woman who was never more at home than when she was in Scotland.
