• King Charles III’s coronation was held at Westminster Abbey on Saturday.
• His sister, Princess Anne, served as his private bodyguard for his procession to Buckingham Palace.
• She rode on horseback because the king’s private bodyguard. 

Princess Anne performed a particular position defending her brother on the day of his coronation.

King Charles III’s coronation came about on Saturday at London’s Westminster Abbey, formalizing his position as monarch of the UK. 

The Princess Royal attended the ceremony sporting a proper coronation gown, chatting with her nephew Prince Harry earlier than the historic ceremony.  

She did not play a job within the ceremony itself, however after the ceremony, Anne supported King Charles as his “Gold-Stick-In-Ready.”

As Folks reported, “Gold-Stick-In-Ready” dates again to the Tudor interval, when the Gold-Stick and the Silver-Stick served because the monarch’s private safety officers.

At the moment, the “Gold-Stick-In-Ready” position is essentially ceremonial, and it’s collectively held by the Colonels of the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals, in keeping with The Tatler. Anne has been the Colonel of the Blues and Royals since 1998.

The Mirror reported that King Charles personally requested Anne to be his Gold-Stick for the coronation. 

As Gold-Stick, Anne accompanied King Charles and Camilla’s carriage because it made its method again to Buckingham Palace, and she or he led 6,000 members of the army within the procession. 

She was the one member of the royal household to experience horseback after the ceremony, which was becoming contemplating her historical past as an Olympic equestrian. 

Anne spoke about her position forward of the coronation in an interview with CBC Information.

“I’ve a job because the Colonel of the Blues and Royals within the Family Cavalry regiment as Gold-Stick,” Anne mentioned. “And Gold-Stick was the unique shut safety officer. So that may be a position I used to be requested if I might love to do for this coronation, so I mentioned sure.”

The princess joked throughout the interview that she was excited concerning the position as a result of it meant she did not need to put on a robe: “Not least of all, it solves my gown drawback.”

Princess Anne is known as the toughest working royal, as she holds extra royal engagements yearly than every other member of her household.

In November 2022, Charles launched laws — which Parliament handed the next month — to make his sister a counsellor of state, together with their youthful brother, Prince Edward; the position implies that Anne and Edward can stand in for Charles if he is ailing or overseas.

Anne additionally performed a distinguished position in Queen Elizabeth’s funeral providers in September 2022, accompanying her mom’s coffin from Scotland to London and making historical past as the primary feminine royal to take part within the Vigil of Princes.