in royal company

Yesterday was a very exciting day for the school I work at as we were honoured with the presence of Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal (as we were told to address her). Princess Anne came to officially open up the school so obviously we finally got the carpet steam cleaned, new pot plants, equipment repaired etc. which was a bonus. One of our team of interpreters was selected to interpret the assembly and it was very funny to watch his spoken accent turn very BBC all of sudden. Indeed!

She visited each class and spoke with almost every student and teacher. Of course I was the picture of etiquette when she addressed me and would have made my family proud. Perhaps it was all that practise as a child when Dad would tell us, "The queen is coming" and we'd have to clean up the house and ourselves quicksmart.