Anne visited the National Orchid Garden in Singapore on Wednesday where she also had a flower named after her in a short ceremony, which she described as “very special”.

The princess, who is accompanied on the trip by her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, wore an orange jacket over a patterned blue dress and was presented with the purple bloom, which is now called “Dendrobium Anne”, in a pot.

When chief executive officer of the National Parks Board Singapore Hwang Yu-Ning handed over the flower’s birth certificate, the princess said: “Thank you for that. That’s very special, thank you very much.”

Anne also signed the guest book and posed for a photo with her husband, the British high commissioner to the Republic of Singapore Nikesh Mehta OBE, and Ms Hwang.

After the short ceremony

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