British sovereign; she is the seventh princess to hold this tide. Princess Anne was appointed a Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) (1974), Extra Companion of The Queen's Service Order (1990), and a Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (1994), and she was appointed to the Order of the Thistle, in recognition of her extensive charity work in Scotland, in 2000. The Princess Royal is sometimes called "the hardest-working royal" and "the busiest royal," recognizing her demanding schedule; she attended over 500 engagements last year. Save the Children Fund was the first major charity with which she was associated; she has been its President since 1970. Founded in 1917 to aid children in war-ravaged Central Europe, today Save the Children is active in 120 countries, offering assistance through health and nutrition programs, education, and disaster relief. Princess Anne is an accomplished equestrian; she won the individual tide at the European Championship three-day event in 197 1, and she was voted the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year. She followed up with a silver medal in the individual and team events at the 1975 European Eventing Championship, and she was a member of the British Olympic Team at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. It is an honor to recognize Her Royal Highness with this year's Distinguished Service Award. HRH The Princess Royal, Princess Anne sails with crew ofthe Gipsy Moth IV in July 2006 in Sydney Harbor, Australia.
National Museum of the Royal Navy A portion of the proceeds from this year's annual dinner will go to the National Museum of the Royal Navy, to support its continued success in teaching the stories of the Royal Navy over the centuries, and particularly supporting HMS Victory. The NMRN took its current form in 2009, when the Royal Naval Museum, the RN Submarine Museum, the Fleet Air Arm Museum, and the Royal Marines Museum-four formerly autonomous collections-were united under a single administration to become the unified voice for naval heritage in Great Britain. (See Sea History 136, Autumn 2011, for an extensive account of the history of the museum). In 2014 the museum opened its new ÂŁ4.5 million Babcock Galleries, established within the UK's most significant naval storehouse from the Georgian period. The Princess Royal officially opened the galleries in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, which tells the stories of the Royal Navy's men and women who served on the sea, unr der the sea and in the air during the past century. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is home to HMS Warrior 1860, Britain's first iron-hulled, armored warship; the Mary Rose Museum, housing the only 16th century warship on display anywhere in the world; HMS M.33, one of only three British WWI warships still in existence and the only surviving warship from the Gallipoli campaign; and HMS Victory. Princess Anne with Admiral Sir Jonathon Band GCB DL, former First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, chairman oftrustees ofthe National Museum ofthe Royal Navy, salute HMS Victory.
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