The network showed a rare photo of Princess Anne's house from the inside: a mess, cramped and loaded with books

In February of last year, English journalist Chris Shipp posted a rare photo of the home of 71-year-old Princess Anne and her husband Timothy Lawrence at Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire, Southwest England. It shows the royal couple watching television. In the comments, royal fans wrote that they were surprised at how cramped and cluttered the inside of the house was.

The corresponding photo Chris Ship posted on his personal page on Twitter. According to the Mirror, the total area of the residence is 283 hectares and it is exclusively a private home, but sometimes the area is open for horse racing (to see the photo, scroll to the end of the page).

"All the attention is caused by the mess in her living room," Chris Shipp wrote.

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In the published footage, the royal couple was photographed watching the Calcutta Rugby Cup, sitting next to each other on a sofa in front of a modest television set.

Since Princess Anne is the royal patron of the Scottish team for the sport, this explains why they were watching the match.

Judging by the photo, the place was a mess. The living room was literally cluttered with vases, books, papers, porcelain figurines, and more. On the walls are pictures with vivid landscapes, and on the cabinets are framed photographs.

It should be noted that a member of the British royal family was dressed casually in a dark maroon sweater and a black fleece vest. She sat cross-legged on the couch next to her husband, wearing a cage-print shirt.

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Fans didn't appreciate Princess Anne's living room interior and wrote their feedback in the comments under Chris Shipp's post.

"It's nice to see that even royalty have cluttered living spaces," "Ordinary everyday home," "Her decor is similar to mine - right down to the color of the furniture/paintings," "And the different rugs, books, knickknacks - maybe it's ageism? She and I are the same age! Fun decor", "It looks like a 1950's room with decor from 100 years ago. But to each his own," "Please clean it up, it could be detrimental to my obsessive-compulsive disorder," "I feel a little claustrophobic just looking at all this stuff in their living room, "What kind of a mess? Is that a pretty standard amount of stuff?" people wrote.

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Briefly about the royals:

• Princess Anne is a 71-year-old royal princess (full name: Anne Elizabeth Alice Louisa). A member of the British royal family, the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Married to Timothy Lawrence since 1992.
• Timothy Lawrence is a 66-year-old British vice-admiral. He is the second husband of Princess Anne, the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II.

Earlier OBOZREVATEL wrote about why Princess Anne disliked Princess Diana. According to a royal source, "Anne did not like the way she did her royal duty."