{"id":251963,"date":"2025-11-08T21:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T21:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/251963\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T21:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T21:49:11","slug":"princess-anne-and-husband-sir-timothy-laurence-arrive-in-australia-for-four-day-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/251963\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Anne and husband Sir Timothy Laurence arrive in Australia for four day visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Princess Anne arrived in Sydney on Saturday afternoon, commencing her first Australian visit in two years alongside her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.<\/p>\n

The 75-year-old royal emerged from the airport under clear skies, accompanied by a security detail of five guards.<\/p>\n

Dressed in a double-breasted black jacket paired with a striped cream shirt and light-coloured trousers, she acknowledged waiting journalists with a smile before departing in a private vehicle.<\/p>\n

The couple’s arrival marks the first visit by a member of the British Royal Family to Australia this year.<\/p>\n

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Princess Anne and husband Sir Timothy Laurence arrive in Australia for four day visit<\/p>\n

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Their four-day tour, running until November 11, will see the Princess undertake military engagements across Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane to commemorate a significant milestone for the Royal Australian Corps of Signals.<\/p>\n

Following her airport arrival, the Princess Royal proceeded to Admiralty House, where she was received by Governor-General Sam Mostyn and her husband, Simon Beckett.<\/p>\n

The formal welcome included a traditional ceremony conducted by Cammeraygal Elder Brendan Kerin, who performed both a Welcome to Country and a smoking ceremony in recognition of the royal visit.<\/p>\n

The encounter between the two prominent figures generated enthusiastic responses on social media platforms.<\/p>\n

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The Princess will undertake military engagements across Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane<\/p>\n

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“Two impressive women right there,” one observer commented on the Governor-General’s official Instagram account, whilst another supporter wrote: “Two amazing women! HRH and HE the GG.”<\/p>\n

The Governor-General, who serves as Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Defence Force, confirmed she would accompany Princess Anne during Sunday’s wreath-laying ceremony at Hyde Park’s Anzac Memorial before attending the Royal Australian Corps of Signals’ centenary parade at Victoria Barracks.<\/p>\n

The Princess Royal’s schedule begins on Sunday with commemorative services across Sydney.<\/p>\n

At 10am, she will participate in a Remembrance Sunday Service, followed by wreath-laying ceremonies at both the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park and Sydney War Cemetery, fulfilling her duties as President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.<\/p>\n

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The tour concludes on Wednesday in Brisbane<\/p>\n

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Later that morning at 11.30am, she will attend a garden party and ceremonial parade at Victoria Barracks celebrating the Royal Australian Corps of Signals’ centenary.<\/p>\n

Monday’s programme takes her to Canberra for additional centenary-related events, including a commemorative parade.<\/p>\n

The tour concludes on Wednesday in Brisbane, where at noon Princess Anne will attend a Remembrance Day Service and Capability Demonstration.<\/p>\n

She will also place a wreath at the 7 Combat Signal Regiment Memorial at Gallipoli Barracks to mark Armistice Day.<\/p>\n

Princess Anne has held the position of Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals since 1997, making this centenary celebration particularly significant after 28 years of patronage.<\/p>\n

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Princess Anne and Timothy Laurence married in 1992<\/p>\n

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The specialist military unit provides communications, electronic warfare and cyber capabilities for Australian defence operations.<\/p>\n

Following her Australian engagements, the Princess and Vice Admiral Laurence will continue to Singapore for a two-day visit from November 12-13.<\/p>\n

The trip, arranged at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s request, commemorates six decades of diplomatic ties between Britain and Singapore.<\/p>\n

During her Singapore stay, Princess Anne is scheduled to meet President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. <\/p>\n

Her itinerary includes visits to the Kranji War Memorial, Airbus Asia Training Centre and Rolls-Royce’s Seletar campus facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Anne arrived in Sydney on Saturday afternoon, commencing her first Australian visit in two years alongside her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,22318,1852,2331,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-251963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-princess-anne","tag-royal","tag-sgg","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}