Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, thought-about one of the vital common and âhardest workingâ members of the British royal household, has been hospitalized with a concussion.
In accordance with a number of sources together with the BBC, the damage occurred whereas Princess Anne was on her nation property in Gloucestershire and is âin line with an impression from a horseâs head or legs.â
Weâve been unable to uncover any additional particulars, though itâs surmisable that the Princess was dealing with a horse, not driving, when the accident occurred.
Buckingham Palace issued a press release saying that the one daughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip was admitted to hospital after she suffered a minor head damage and concussion. “The King has been saved carefully knowledgeable and joins the entire Royal Household in sending his fondest love and well-wishes to the Princess for a speedy restoration,” the official assertion learn.
In accordance with the CBC, the accident has prevented the princess from her deliberate go to to Canada this week.
The Princess, who’s now 73, is a lifelong horsewoman who represented her nation within the three-day-event throughout the 1976 Olympic Video games in Montreal. Her driving abilities had been lately put to the take a look at on the Trooping the Color parade in London on June 15. A clip of her bringing a full of life horse underneath management quickly went viral.
Her daughter, Zara Tindall, has adopted in her motherâs âstirrupsâ and is much more a extra adorned occasion rider, touchdown a number of European championships, particular person gold and crew silver medals on the World Equestrian Video games in 2006, and was voted BBC Sports activities Character of the 12 months the identical yr. She was additionally a part of the silver medal-winning Olympic crew in 2012.
In the identical palace assertion it was mentioned that Princess Anne is aware and is predicted to remain in hospital till later this week “as a precautionary measure for commentary.â However she is fortunately anticipated to make a full restoration.