Princess Anne put on a stylish display in a crimson coat as she visited a charity in Cheltenham today.
Located at the Gloucestershire Airport Training Facility in Staverton, the organisation – Wings for Warriors – trains wounded, injured or sick servicemen and veterans as professional pilots.
The 74-year-old royal appeared to be wearing the same red jacket she sported while attending last month’s Christmas Day service at Sandringham as she made her appearance.
She added a large gold brooch to the neckline of her coat, which she paired with a midi skirt in a dark colour.
The mother of Zara Tindall, 43, and Peter Phillips, 46, completed her ensemble with black leather gloves, and a small black handbag.
During the visit, the Princess Royal was seen smiling as she spoke with other guests at the event.
At one point, she was presented with wings worn by test pilot Nathan Gray on the first ever landing of an F-35 plane on HMS Queen Elizabeth.
According to Wings for Warriors: ‘For many soldiers, life outside the forces can appear challenging and uncertain at the best of times. Add a life changing injury to the equation and the future can quickly become a dark and depressing place.
‘Instead of a short term project or challenge, we provide our wounded warriors with the skills they need to achieve an exciting, rewarding and sustainable future for many years to come.
‘We rebuild confidence, capabilities and pride and help veterans continue providing for their families well beyond the horizon.’
The charity announced last June that it would be opening a new flight training school in Gloucestershire in late 2024.
Announcing the news, Charity founder and CEO Mark Radcliffe said at the time: ‘What we do isn’t just about flying.
‘It’s about opening the unique and privileged world we exist in as aviators and using it to inspire inspirational men and women in need of some luck to aim high and keep going.’
Despite having an extremely busy 2024, taking on more royal engagements amid King Charles‘s cancer battle, Anne is unlikely to slow down soon, with further engagements booked in her diary this week.
This is despite suffering her own health woes, after sustaining a head injury last June which the royal has said she ‘can’t remember a single thing’ about.
Anne took some rare time off after the accident, which doctors believe was consistent with being struck by a horse.
After the incident, she was taken to hospital on June 23 with minor head wounds and concussion after walking around her Gatcombe Park estate in Gloucestershire.
At the time, Buckingham Palace announced the Princess Royal was being kept in hospital under observation following an incident.
Princess Anne appears to have made a full recovery following the injury.
She was back at work just three weeks later, making her comeback with a visit to the Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) National Championships at Hartpury University and Hartpury College in July.
