Princess shocks Germans
NZPA London Princess Anne has shocked the West German town of Luhmuehlen over her attitude toward her husband, Captain Mark Phillips, who was competing in horse trials at the week-end. according to the “Daily Mail” diarist, Nigel Dempster. Dempster said that the Princess, who is pregnant, ordered her husband, whose injured hand required stitches, to dance with her in spite of his reluctance. After ordering a glass of wine and being advised by Captam Phillips to “think of the baby,” she snapped back: with: “I’m fed up with drinking fruit juice.”
The final blow came when Princess Anne, after being; presented with a T-shirt byi the local pony club, threw it
to her husband and said;; “Give that to your stable! girl.” The Princess, said Derap-1 ster. was referring to a pretty German girl Captain Phillips! was earlier seen talking to.
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Press, 20 July 1977, Page 6
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