00:00 Her former private secretary claimed to be "jealous" of the princess royal's abstinence
00:05 from alcoholic beverages.
00:07 During engagements, royals are frequently spotted enjoying a glass of wine or champagne,
00:13 such as Pôle Roger or Moth in Shandon, both of which are authorized by the throne.
00:18 As a predilection passed down from the Queen Mother, the late Queen Elizabeth was claimed
00:23 to have loved a cocktail comprised of two parts du bonnet, a French beverage by Pernod
00:28 Ricard, and one part gin.
00:30 On the other hand, Prince Philip preferred a pale ale like Boddington beer to a martini
00:35 or champagne, because he had a preference for the simpler things in life.
00:40 It appears that Princess Anne did not follow in her parents' footsteps, much like her
00:44 younger brother, the Duke of York.
00:47 The 73-year-old princessed royal abstains from alcohol consumption, just like Prince
00:52 Andrew.
00:54 Princess Anne is said to prefer to refrain from drinking wine during nighttime charity
00:58 functions because the next day is typically full with royal commitments.
01:02 The princess royal, however, is said to be alcohol-free and doesn't drink at all, by
01:07 her former personal secretary.
01:09 "I'm really envious because the princess doesn't drink, alcohol, at all," Captain
01:15 Sir Nicholas Wright-Arne stated in an interview for ITV's Anne.
01:19 The Princessed Royal at 70 Because she frequently takes on the most engagements,
01:24 Anne is frequently referred to as the hardest-working royal.
01:28 She completed 214 last year, significantly more than King Charles, who only completed
01:34 181.
01:35 Andrew, Anne's 63-year-old younger brother, abstains from alcohol as well.
01:42 The Duke described being teetotal as a teenager when he poisoned his taste buds with booze
01:46 during a visit to New Zealand in 2005, the Mirror reported at the time.
01:52 He similarly claimed that he did not drink since he hasn't got the head for it in an
01:56 interview with Anne McElvoy of the Evening Standard.
02:00 He stated his mother had said he might need to in order to survive the banter of Navy
02:04 life during his period at sea as a young man.
02:07 The columnist, who has written for The Economist and the BBC, continued in a 2021 piece.
02:14 On the other hand, Prince Harry said in a 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey for a mental
02:19 health program how the demands of royal life cause him to drink and use drugs.
02:24 He stated, "I was willing to drink, do drugs, and try to do anything that would make me
02:29 feel less as I was feeling.
02:31 I simply had a disorganized mental state."
02:35 Princess Margaret reportedly smoked 60 cigarettes a day and drank a much.
02:39 Andrew Morton's memoir Elizabeth and Margaret, The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters,
02:45 published in 2021, claims that Margaret struggled in 1966 and was smoking and drinking excessively
02:52 at the time.
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