Health conditions improve Princess Annethe sister of King Charles and second daughter of the deceased Queen Elizabeth IIin hospital for a concussion suffered in an accident at his country estate, her husband announced Tim Laurence speaking to reporters outside Southmead Hospital in Bristol, western England, where she was taken on Sunday evening.
A retired Navy commander and married to Anna since 1992, Laurence said his 73-year-old wife is “recovering”, adding that they are both “deeply grateful” to the medical teams who treated her at the scene and in hospital.
The Princess Anne incident
According to the Buckingham Palace statement that made the facts known, the princess suffered “minor bruises and concussion” following an accident at her country residence Gatcombe Park, in Gloucestershire.
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The palace did not specify the nature of the incident, but the BBC revealed that it was one of his beloved horses who betrayed the sovereign’s sister: who knows whether it hit her with a headbutt or a paw, causing her to fall and causing some abrasions. A true paradox if you consider that Anna – discreet and reliable following the example of her mother, in the court narrative – is an expert horsewoman, with a competitive past culminating in her participation in the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the national equestrian team of United Kingdom. And who still rides regularly, in excellent shape despite his aging age, including on solemn occasions: as he did on Saturday 15 June, in full military uniform, during the Trooping the Color parade, the highlight of the public birthday celebrations official (not registry) of the reigning monarch.
An unlucky year
In any case, the incident represents yet another unfortunate, albeit minor, unexpected event in this second year of the reign of the 75-year-old Charles III. The year has already been marked by much more disturbing troubles, starting with the diagnoses of cancer made in recent months both to the sovereign and to the Princess of Wales, Katewife of the heir to the throne William: the latter has only reappeared occasionally for Trooping the Color after more than six and a half months of absence from the scene.
A scenario in which Anna was even more precious than usual, at the level of representation of the house, to testify despite everything to the closeness of the monarchy to the subjects and ensure compliance with the royal protocol in front of guests and various charitable events. But from which she too will now have to escape, at least for a few days, as confirmed by the cancellation of her agenda this week evoked on the advice of the doctors”. With the probable postponement of a delicate mission to Canada, a country still linked to the British crown, entrusted to her from his brother originally starting next weekend.
