**Princess Anne Emerges as the Royal Family’s Most Dependable Member Amid Prince Andrew’s Scandal**
*Published Oct. 2, 2025, 5:53 p.m. ET*
Princess Anne has solidified her reputation as the most dependable member of the royal family—a legacy of service that palace insiders say only deepens the humiliation felt by her disgraced younger brother, Prince Andrew.
### A Stark Contrast Between Siblings
The contrast between the royal siblings couldn’t be more pronounced. While Andrew, 65, remains mired in scandal due to his connections with Jeffrey Epstein and the subsequent loss of his royal and military titles, Anne, who turned 75 this past August, has maintained a punishing schedule of public duties.
### A Workhorse with Wit
In 2024 alone, Anne carried out an impressive 474 public engagements—more than any other royal—despite suffering a concussion that briefly hospitalized her in June. A palace aide remarked, “Anne represents everything the monarchy is supposed to stand for – hard work and respect. For Andrew, who has lost all of that, it’s a bitter pill to swallow.”
Her no-nonsense work ethic has long been a hallmark of her royal role. During a state visit to Dublin last year, when asked to sign a visitor’s book, Anne quipped, “Am I wasting an entire page of paper?” The Irish president responded, “You deserve the whole page.”
A palace source elaborated, “That moment summed up why people admire Anne – she’s modest, witty, and devoted to service. Those are qualities Andrew doesn’t have, and he’s painfully aware of it. It stings and is, quite frankly, driving him up the wall.”
Unlike her brother, who has fought to maintain royal privileges for his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, Anne chose to forgo royal titles for her own children, Peter and Zara Phillips. Both have since built independent lives outside the monarchy.
### Blunt but Respected
Princess Anne’s straightforwardness has become part of her public image. Unlike Andrew’s often perceived rudeness, her bluntness appears in critical moments and is seen as evidence of her bravery and nobility.
Famously, when faced with an attempted kidnapping in 1974, she defiantly responded to her attacker’s demand with, “Not bloody likely.” She has never shied away from putting people in their place—whether snapping “naff off” at paparazzi or refusing to address Cherie Blair by her first name.
A former aide commented, “Anne never plays at deference, and people respect her for that. Andrew does the opposite and ends up ridiculed.”
### Duty Without Fuss
Her unwavering sense of duty spans decades of patronage, from Save the Children to the Riding for the Disabled Association. Even after the recent concussion caused by a horse kick, Anne quickly returned to her royal engagements.
One longtime associate said, “Anne doesn’t see leisure as important – she simply keeps working without fuss.”
Andrew Lownie’s recently published book *Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York* paints Andrew as boastful, reckless, and bitter over his decline. In contrast, Anne’s steady reliability is described as a “yardstick” by which Andrew’s failures appear even more glaring.
### Honor Earned vs. Honor Lost
A palace insider noted, “What stings Andrew is knowing Anne is praised as the family’s most respected royal while his name is only tied to disgrace. It eats away at him.”
Anne’s public standing was further cemented through her prominent roles at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral and King Charles III’s coronation, where she rode on horseback as Colonel of the Blues and Royals.
A military source said, “Anne stole the show at the coronation – she was poised, authoritative, and real. Andrew couldn’t hope for that kind of moment now. It shows the gap between honor earned and honor thrown away.”
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