A former royal aide says unusual preparations were made before Princess Anne appears in court, describing a “bizarre” check in case she were jailed. The aide links the preparations to the court case involving an incident with one of her dogs, which led to her attendance at the hearing.
The reports focus on behind-the-scenes details rather than courtroom outcomes. The Mirror and the Daily Express both present the aide’s account that staff carried out extraordinary steps ahead of the appearance, implying contingency planning for custody. Both outlets frame the story around revelations from the same type of insider perspective: that royal support staff prepared for multiple scenarios, including the possibility of imprisonment.
While the outlets emphasize the unusual nature of the preparations, they do not present a broad range of independent corroboration or additional official detail within the articles provided. The emphasis therefore remains on the aide’s claims and what they say happened before the court engagement, not on new verified facts from court records in the reporting summarized here.
