Princess Anne backs GM crops and livestock – unlike Prince Charles

Anne says she would farm GM food and GM livestock a 'bonus', while Charles says GM crops will cause 'biggest disaster environmentally of all time'

Princess Anne has strongly backed genetically modified crops, saying she would grow them on her own land and that GM livestock would be a "bonus".

Her stance puts her sharply at odds with her brother Prince Charles, who has long opposed GM food and has said it will cause the "biggest disaster environmentally of all time".