ANNE STEPS DOWN

With her kids begging her to slow down, the princess is making big changes

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There can be no doubt that the Princess Royal fully deserves her decades-long title of “hardest-working royal”. The no-nonsense closest adviser to the Crown was indispensable to the late Queen and now to her brother King Charles from the day she was born.

However, sources say Princess Anne, who turns 73 next week, has finally listened to worried family members and is considering a step back from royal duties.