Princess Anne gave brutal warning to Prince William and Harry in rare interview

Princess Anne once issued a pretty stark warning to 'younger generations' of the royal family in a very rare interview.

The Princess Royal, who recently debuted her new look for the first time in 50 years, is the second child and only daughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of King Charles III - and she hasn't been shy in speaking her mind when it comes to her thoughts on the royal family.

Just recently, the Sunday Times' royal correspondent, Roya Nikkhah, revealed exactly how Anne plans to spend the upcoming years of her life.

As per Gloucestershire Live, she told the Royals with Roya and Kate podcast: "I was told that she’s told her team, 'I'm going to start winding down a little bit at 80 in five years' time, and then I want to step back completely at 90'."

This means the royal family seemingly have just five more years to make the most of Anne's unwavering commitment before she begins to slow things down.

Princess Anne once issued a warning to younger royal family members in a rare interview back in 2020 (Hoda Davaine / Contributor / Getty Images)

Making a comparison between Anne and the late Prince Philip, the expert added: "I thought the timeline was interesting – that she's looking at her father, the late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, who stepped back from public life completely at 96."

But by the looks of her busy calendar at the moment, fans don't need to worry, as it looks like she has absolutely no plans of slowing down any time soon.

It would also appear as if Anne is keen on the younger royal family generations, such as Prince William and Harry, to refrain from doing one thing.

Anne, who is set to turn 75 on Friday, 15 August, told Vanity Fair back in 2020 that attempts to redefine and modernise royal behaviour had already been tried out, warning anyone else who looked at doing the same to 'not reinvent that wheel'.

"I don’t think this younger generation probably understands what I was doing in the past, and it’s often true, isn’t it?" Anne, who is involved in hundreds of organisations and military regiments, said.

The Princess Royal said she was keen on younger royal family generations to refrain from trying to 'reinvent the wheel' (DOMINIC LIPINSKI/PO / Getty Images)

"You don’t necessarily look at the previous generations and say, ‘Oh, you did that? Or, you went there?’"

Observing that younger royals, like heir-to-the-throne William and his younger brother Harry, tend to seek new methods, she questioned their effectiveness, stating: "And I'm already at the stage, 'Please do not reinvent that particular wheel'.

"We've been there, done that, some of these things don't work. You may need to go back to basics."

However, it's important to note that the mother-of-two did not specify the targets of her comments in the Vanity Fair Magazine piece.

But, with that said, it's been widely speculated that William might share his father's views on a more streamlined monarchy.

Additionally, Anne's remarks also came in the wake of Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, stepping down as working senior royals and relocating to the US.