Princess Anne took a ride on the Staten Island Ferry during a surprise visit to New York.
The Princess Royal, sister of King Charles III, was ushered to the ferry's pilothouse on Tuesday as the boat sailed towards the southern tip of Manhattan, which gave her sweeping views of the city's famed skyline.
The short ferry ride ended with a water display right before the boat docked, local media outlet SILive reported.
Her visit to Staten Island came nearly 65 years to the day after her late parents, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, toured New York.
Princess Anne's ferry trip came after she toured Staten Island's National Lighthouse Museum. While there, she was awarded the title of honorary chairwoman for the National Lighthouse Museum’s Campaign for Illuminating Future Generations.
The campaign, launched in January, raises funds to expand and preserve the museum, SILive reported.
After the ferry trip, the princess attended a luncheon in Manhattan and praised the museum in a speech.
“The lighthouse still has a really important part to play,” she said. “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.”
Princess Anne is the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth, who died last month.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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Five hymns the crowds can join in
Papal Mass will begin at 10.30am at the Zayed Sports City Stadium on Tuesday
Some 17 hymns will be sung by a 120-strong UAE choir
Five hymns will be rehearsed with crowds on Tuesday morning before the Pope arrives at stadium
‘Christ be our Light’ as the entrance song
‘All that I am’ for the offertory or during the symbolic offering of gifts at the altar
‘Make me a Channel of your Peace’ and ‘Soul of my Saviour’ for the communion
‘Tell out my Soul’ as the final hymn after the blessings from the Pope
The choir will also sing the hymn ‘Legions of Heaven’ in Arabic as ‘Assakiroo Sama’
There are 15 Arabic speakers from Syria, Lebanon and Jordan in the choir that comprises residents from the Philippines, India, France, Italy, America, Netherlands, Armenia and Indonesia
The choir will be accompanied by a brass ensemble and an organ
They will practice for the first time at the stadium on the eve of the public mass on Monday evening
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