As the 17th in line to the throne, you might expect Lady Louise Windsor to at least insist on a seat in first class for a two-hour intercity rail trip.
Not so. The humble daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh made do by sitting on the floor of a packed Great Western Railways service from London to Bristol as our exclusive picture shows.
St Andrews University student Lady Louise, 22, sat cross-legged on the 10.30am train, sipping a cup of PG Tips while working on an essay.
Sources say she seemed untroubled by the fact she could not bag a seat at Paddington and was ‘very polite’ to fellow passengers.
But then, the unassuming royal is used to uncomfortable journeys, given that her favourite pastime is carriage driving.
Pictured: Lady Louise Windsor sat cross-legged on the 10.30am train, sipping a cup of PG Tips while working on an essay
Pictured: Lady Louise Windsor and the Countess of Wessex arriving for a reception at The Guildhall, London, in 2022
Her love of this dangerous, and unorthodox, equestrian sport was something she bonded over with her grandfather, Prince Philip.
She is not the first royal to travel unnoticed – her aunt, Princess Anne, boarded the London Underground in 2020, en route to a London Fashion Week event near St Paul’s Cathedral.
Lady Louise is said to be dating a dashing young Army man – and fellow St Andrews student – called Felix da Silva-Clamp.
He attended several of Lady Louise’s carriage-driving events in the summer, and the couple were pictured together at a St Andrews Day military parade last month.