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Princess Anne in hospital with head injuries after horse accident

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LONDON – Britain’s Princess Anne was hospitalized with a concussion and minor head injuries but is expected to make a full recovery, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. Earlier, a horse had apparently been involved in an incident.

While the exact cause of the injuries is unclear, a royal source explained that Anne – the sister of King Charles III and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II – was walking in an area of ​​her Gatcombe Park estate where there were horses on Sunday and that the injuries suggested an impact with a horse’s head or legs.

Anne will remain under observation in a hospital in Bristol as a “precautionary measure,” the palace said in a statement, and her scheduled appointments for the week will be postponed. This means she will not attend a state banquet with the Emperor and Empress of Japan. She had also planned a visit to Canada.

“The King has been kept fully informed and joins the entire Royal Family in sending the Princess his deepest love and best wishes for a speedy recovery,” the palace said.

Anne, 73, is one of the most popular and hard-working members of her family and attends most royal events each year. She is also a keen horse rider and competed in the 1976 Olympics as a member of the British equestrian team. She rode on horseback in the King’s birthday parade on June 15.

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The source said Anne’s husband Timothy Laurence and their two children Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips were at the property at the time of the incident on Sunday. Her husband accompanied her to the hospital. It is unclear who called the emergency services.

Several members of the British royal family have been in and out of hospital in recent months. Both Charles and Catherine, Princess of Wales, received medical treatment at the hospital, where doctors diagnosed them with cancer.

The palace has not disclosed what type of cancer the pair are suffering from. Catherine, who rode in a carriage to the king’s birthday parade, said she hoped to be able to “do some public engagements” in the summer, but added: “I’m not out of the woods yet.”

One of the horses in the parade was among those that galloped through central London in early April after being disturbed by building work.

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