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Princess Anne shocked an entire audience during her televised speech BBC back in the 70s. The dedicated rider was quizzed about her riding skills when she made a bit of an x-rated joke.

Channel 5 broadcast Princess Anne: The Power Behind the Throne tonight (November 16), following the cornerstone of the royal family and its iconic 50 years of redefining service.

From her Olympic achievements to her love life, the insightful documentary left no stone unturned, showcasing archive footage from the princess’s younger days.

In the studio for Sports Personality of the Year, during an interview on the BBC in 1971, a young Princess Anne showed her wit, charm and excellent sense of humor – to the delight of the presenter and the studio audience.

She was asked how much time she has for training and what she does. The royal family member replied: “Normally I just rely on the amount of running I can do to keep fit, but on that particular occasion I didn’t have enough energy to do some extra exercise.”

The presenter asked if she gets up early in the morning to do her training. She grinned as she replied cheekily, “Well, actually it was late at night.” The audience burst into laughter at her witty comment.

The interview came after Anne won a gold medal in her riding competition at the European Eventing Championships in Burghley in 1971.

She competed on her home-bred horse Doublet and led the entire event from the front.

Anne was later voted Sports Personality of the Year and was the first woman ever to receive this award when she was just 21 years old.

Her award was presented by boxer Henry Cooper, a SPOTY award winner in 1967 and in 1970, who wished HRH Princess Anne “bigger and better victories and, we hope, a gold medal at the Olympic Games”.

Later, her love of horses took her as a competitor to the Montreal Olympics in 1976. Once again, she was the first British royal to compete in the Olympics, riding the Queen’s horse, Goodwill.