Princess Anne has warned "younger royals" not to "reinvent the wheel" when it comes to carrying out royal duties.
In a rare interview with Vanity Fair magazine ahead of her 70th birthday in the summer, Anne described herself as a "fuddy duddy" who prefers to adhere to the tried and tested approach towards her job.
While she didn't call out her nephew Prince Harry, 35, and his 38 year old wife Meghan Markle for forging a new path, it was heavily implied as the pair recently quit their royal duties for a fresh start in California.
Anne told royal correspondent Katie Nicholl that she spent 10 years putting in the groundwork with one of her patronages, Save The Children, before feeling confident enough to take part in public debates on behalf of the organisation.
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However, she's not sure her hard work has been recognised and appreciated by the younger royals as she said: "I don't think this younger generation probably understands what I was doing in the past and it's often true, isn't it?
"You don't necessarily look at the previous generation and say, 'Oh, you did that?' Or, 'You went there?' Nowadays, they're much more looking for, 'Oh let's do it a new way."
Warning Meghan and Harry, she continued: "And I'm already at the stage, 'Please do not reinvent that particular wheel. We've been there, done that. Some of these things don't work. You may need to go back to basics.'''
While Anne has spent her whole life working for, with and on behalf of the Royal Family, she shows no signs of slowing down as she explained: "I don't think retirement is quite the same [for me].
"Most people would say we’re very lucky not to be in that situation because you wouldn’t want to just stop.
"It is, to a large extent, the choice of the organisations you’re involved with and whether they feel you’re still relevant."
The royal went on to explain that her parents the Queen, 93, and the Duke of Edinburgh, 98, whose fans recently worried about them after Prince Charles had coronavirus, have instilled a strong work ethic in her with their continued service to the UK.
While Prince Phillip retired back in 2017, his other half the Queen, who turns 94 next week, carried out almost 300 official duties last year.
Taking example from her, Anne herself carried out over 500 royal engagements last year, too.
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Speaking about her parents, she said: "I think both my father and my mother have, quite rightly, made decisions about, you know, ‘I can’t spend enough time doing this and we need to find somebody else to do it’ because it makes sense.
"I have to admit they continued being there for a lot longer than I had in mind, but we’ll see."
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