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Yes, I do think appearance is important. The Queen looks lovely at all times. Princess Anne is indifferent to her appearance.

I don't know why you say that Anne is indifferent to her appearance. I've seen many photos of her when she was dressed and made up for some public appearance, and she looked as nice as any other middle-ages woman, with her hair, nails, makeup, and clothing quite elegant. I have also seen her on an event course, windblown and half-frostbitten, paying no more attention to her looks than any other country woman in a place where makeup and hairdos would get you laughed at as vain and unserious. Though all of us ladies in hunting/eventing clean up very well for the hunt ball or charity functions, we absolutely don't bother when we're out in the mud and manure. Perhaps your lifestyle offers less involvement with filth. So, for that matter, does the Queen's.

And, by the way, I did praise her so what is your point?

My point is that you wrote that you would consider Princess Anne worthwhile except that she looks like "a rat bag." So being unattractive means, logically, that she isn't worthwhile. And I think that is a remarkably shallow way to assess anyone's character.

FWIW, Princess Anne seems like oen of the very few royals worthy of respect.

" Inspector James Beaton, Anne's personal police officer, responded by getting out of the car in order to shield her and to attempt to disarm Ball. Beaton's firearm, a Walther PPK, jammed, and he was shot by the assailant, as was Anne's chauffeur, Alex Callender, when he tried to disarm Ball...

...Ball then directed Anne to get out of the car, to which she replied: "Not bloody likely!", and reportedly briefly considered hitting Ball. Eventually, she exited the other side of the limousine as had her lady-in-waiting, Rowena Brassey. A passing pedestrian, a former boxer named Ron Russell, punched Ball in the back of the head and then led Anne away from the scene....

...At the age of 21, Anne won the individual title at the European Eventing Championship, and was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1971. For more than five years, she also competed with the British eventing team, winning a silver medal in both individual and team disciplines in the 1975 European Eventing Championship, riding the home-bred Doublet. The following year, Anne participated in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal as a member of the British team, riding the Queen's horse, Goodwill...."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal#Kidnapping_attempt

Beats a silicone-injected Hollywood type any day of the week, in my book.

Though all of us ladies in hunting/eventing clean up very well for the hunt ball or charity functions, we absolutely don't bother when we're out in the mud and manure.

IMHO a woman in hunting gear, out in the woods, with a rifle or shotgun in her hands is ten times sexier than one in a gown, and I have been to quite a few tux and gown functions.

I also think one of the best looking things is a woman in jeans with a sidearm. Forget the low-cut tramp stuff the young girls like to wear today, I like the women who pack heat.