As a young woman she was considered aloof, abrupt, staid. Respected, but hardly liked. The Guardian has put in a request to Buckingham Palace. We'd like to follow Anne for two or three days, snatch a few words between openings. Felicity Murdo-Smith, her PA, takes a week to reach a decision.
Felicity says that's up to the knitters.
Sorry, say the knitters, private do. Despair is setting in when St Bartholomew's say they'd be delighted to entertain me. Of course there's no chance of talking to Anne, but they're happy to let me share a room with her as she opens the simulation centre. Anne steps out of the Bentley, a vision in yellow. We follow her past the Queen Elizabeth II wing.