NEW YORK — Princess Anne took a trip on the Staten Island Ferry throughout a go to to New York City.
The sister of Britain’s King Charles III was ushered to the ferry’s pilothouse because the Manhattan-bound ship crossed the New York Harbor on Tuesday escorted by police boats. A fireboat greeted the ferry with a water show simply earlier than docking, in keeping with silive.com.
The ferry journey got here after the princess was given a tour of Staten Island’s National Lighthouse Museum. The go to included an an unveiling of a miniature figurine of Needles Lighthouse, within the Isle of Wight, in reminiscence of her dad and mom.
Princess Anne is the one daughter Queen Elizabeth II, who died final month. The princess attended a luncheon in Manhattan after the ferry journey and praised the lighthouse museum in a speech.
“The lighthouse still has a really important part to play,” she stated. “The story that goes with lighthouses and how we got here is just as important, and (the) museum has made an astonishing impact in telling that story.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com”