27 Oct, 2023 @ 14:17
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Princess Anne is coming to Gibraltar: Much-loved royal, 73, will visit the Rock with husband Sir Timothy Laurence in likely headache for Spain

Princess Anne (Credit: Cordon Press)

PRINCESS Anne is visiting Gibraltar, it has been announced.

The popular British royal, 73, will visit the Rock with her husband, the Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence.

A statement from the Gibraltar government said the sister of King Charles will visit the British Overseas Territory on November 17 and 18, as an honorary president of the Gibraltar International Literary Festival.

Princess Anne (Credit: Cordon Press)

The arrival of the Princess Royal is likely to raise eyebrows in Spain, which is not a fan of such visits from the British monarchy.

Diplomats are said to view them as a direct challenge to the country’s historical claims of sovereignty of the ‘El Peñon’ – the Spanish term used to describe Gibraltar.

It comes after Prince Edward and his wife Princess Sophie descended on the territory in June 2022.

The royal couple’s visit marked the 70th anniversary of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s ascension to the throne.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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