Anne, the Princess Royal, is known as one of the most hardworking and unassuming members of Britain's royal family, two traits she showed this week on a surprise visit to New York City. "We were pleased to welcome Her Royal Highness Princess Anne to the #StatenIslandFerry today," the New York City Department of Transportation wrote on Twitter alongside a photo of Anne looking out across New York Harbor. In Staten Island, Anne visited the National Lighthouse Museum, for which she is honorary chair of Illuminating Future Generations, a multimillion-dollar fundraising campaign. of Transportation via AP Princess Anne, accompanied by the New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, rides in the pilothouse of the Staten Island Ferry "Sandy Ground," Oct. 4, 2022, in New York City. Karwai Tang/WireImage via Getty Images Timothy Laurence, Anne, Princess Royal, Peter Phillips and Zara Phillips view the flowers left by mourners outside Balmoral Castle, Sept. 10, 2022, in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Source: ABC News October 05, 2022 21:52 UTC