The Princess Royal opened up about her education as she visited the Naval Children's Charity in Portsmouth on Wednesday. As Princess Anne met some of the military children, who attend boarding school, during her outing, she spoke about how boarding school provides "stability".
The royal boarded at Benenden School in Kent from 1963 to 1968. She said: "One of the charities I'm doing puts children into boarding schools, and the thing they always say is that it gives them stability. I think that's true for a lot of people, that level of stability, because otherwise it leaves gaps in your life which are difficult to manage."
Anne isn't the only member of the royal family to have attended boarding school – King Charles , the Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince Harry are among th