The Queen's granddaughter, Zara Phillips, appears to have raised a few eyebrows with her choice of outfit on what observers noted was the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist atrocities.

Zara, who opted to wear revealing hot-pant shorts and high-heeled boots for the BGC , was accompanying her mother, Princess Anne, to a charity event in London where she mingled with other sports stars including England's new cricket captain, Andrew Flintoff, and Australian spin bowler (and famed womaniser), Shane Warne.

The event helped raise money for many good causes, including the Save The Children Fund, of which the Princess Royal is a very active President.

25-year-old Zara was also accompanied to the event by her longtime boyfriend, World Cup winning rugby player Mike Tindall.

However, these day's it's the star of Zara that's in the accendancy, her having recently become World Champion in her chosen field of equestrianism. It's now thought the young royal is a clear contender to be named BBC Sports Personality of The Year at the annual ceremony which takes place in December.

However, despite her ongoing glory, Zara has revealed that she almost quit three-day eventing just months before her amazing success at the Aachen Games in Germany in August, admitting: "Back in the spring, things were going badly, I was riding badly and I thought about giving up, I was so depressed."

Thankfully, friend and colleague Pippa Funnell — a gold medal winning Olympian — managed to raise Zara's spirits and the rest, as they say, is history.

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Name: Jean Sue Libkind	Comment: This actually was set up in memory of the people who lost their lives 9/11 so it was a memorial event. I am of the age where shorts were just not worn so I was first put off. OTOH, The boots help mitigate the overall look and the shorts aren't all that short--I think my fondness for Zara is making me soft on fashion issues.

Name: Donovan	Comment: It was a charity event, not a a memorial service, it just happened to coincide with 9/11. No comparison at all with the faux pas of Camilla's choice of dress,when she visited Ground Zero. Now that was a major SNAFU.

Name: Diana Wessler	Comment: I can't say Zara's outfit is much worse than Camilla wearing a shocking pink outfit to Ground Zero this past November. Ground Zero is the site of the actual loss of all the 3000 souls, and she chooses to wear a non mourning color. Zara went to a charity event, I don't see the reason for the outrage as this was not a specific charity or remembrance of the 9/11 victims.