26/05/2026
🇬🇷 This week, The Princess Royal has been in Greece, commemorating the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Crete.
Her Royal Highness, accompanied by Sir Tim Laurence attended services to commemorate Commonwealth, Allied and Greek personnel who gave their lives in defensive action during the Battle. Her Royal Highness and Sir Tim met relatives of those who fought in the 1941 battle, watched fly pasts from the Red Arrows and watched a traditional Cretan flag parade in commemoration of the Battle.
The Princess also visited Athens where she met the President of the Hellenic Republic and attended events in her role as President of the Mission to Seafarers.
🇬🇷 ABY Princess Anna, accompanied by Sir Tim Lawrence, visited Greece.
Her Royal Highness commemorated the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Crete. In Crete, ABY Princess Anna attended memorial ceremonies for the soldiers of the Commonwealth, Allied Forces and Greece who lost their lives during the Battle. ABY and Sir Tim met with descendants of fighters in the battle of 1941, watched Red Arrows air demonstrations, and the parade of flag-bearers and traditional clubs of Crete, commemorating the anniversary.
ABY also visited Athens, where it made a series of contacts and met with SA Mr. Konstantino Tasoula, President of the Republic.