Children say the funniest things, as Princess Anne found out this week. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Getty Images)
- Princess Anne has been discharged from the hospital after being treated for a concussion-related to a horse incident.
- She suffered the injuries at her Gatcombe Park estate and received treatment in Bristol.
- Following the accident, she cancelled her appearance at a state banquet and an upcoming trip to Canada.
Princess Anne, the sister of Britain’s King Charles III, has
been discharged from hospital where she was treated for concussion after being
struck by a horse at her country estate.
Anne, 73, suffered concussion and minor head injuries at
Gatcombe Park in southwestern England on Sunday evening and was taken to
hospital in Bristol.
It is believed she was struck by a horse as she was walking
within the protected perimeter of the sprawling estate, which hosts equestrian
events.
The princess’s medical team said at the time her injuries
were consistent with a potential impact from a horse’s head or legs.
The Princess Royal, as she is also known, is a skilled
horsewoman who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, and has a reputation as
the hardest-working royal.
She has stepped in to represent Charles while he postponed
public engagements during his cancer treatment, and rode at his official
birthday parade earlier this month.
But the accident forced her to withdraw from an appearance
at a state banquet on Tuesday evening for visiting Japanese Emperor Naruhito,
and cancel an upcoming trip to Canada.
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Her husband Tim Laurence was seen earlier in the week
leaving Southmead Hospital in Bristol after visiting his wife.
He thanked the medical team at Southmead Hospital “for
their care, expertise and kindness during my wife’s short stay”.
Buckingham Palace said on Monday that Anne was in hospital
“as a precautionary measure for observation and was expected to make a
full and swift recovery”.
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