There was a story in this week’s Horse and Hound about Princess Anne competing in her first horse trials in over a decade, and coming in third. I really like her – she’s tough, plain-spoken, occasionally outspoken when being rude to police officers, and in her day was one of the top athletes in an extremely dangerous sport. I like that she refused to let her children be given titles, saying that “they aren’t royal, they just have the Queen as a grandmother.” She kicks ass. :)