Princess Anne, sister of King Charles III, was discharged from hospital on Friday after five days Suffering a concussion She suffered the accident and other injuries at her country home northeast of Bristol, England.
Anne, 73, was hospitalized on Sunday following the incident, according to Buckingham Palace, which announced Anne’s release. Officials were vague about what happened but said they believed it was related to some kind of collision involving horses at Gatcombe Estate. It is not clear if Anne remembers the incident or if they witnessed it.
On Monday, the palace said Anne would make a “full and rapid recovery” and that she was being treated at Southmead Hospital as a “precautionary measure for further observation.” But Anne’s husband, Timothy Laurence, who visited her a day later, admitted that Anne’s recovery, while stable, was “slow.”
“I would like to extend my warmest thanks to all the team at Southmead Hospital for their care, professionalism and kindness during my wife’s short stay in hospital,” Mr Lawrence said in a statement on Friday.
Buckingham Palace said Anne would return to public duties on the advice of her doctors but gave no timeline. Anne postponed her trip to Canada and did not attend a state banquet at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday for Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako.
The palace has decided not to release details of Anne’s condition or prognosis, in line with how other senior members of the royal family have handled health issues, and has pleaded with the news media to allow her to recover privately. An official said she would receive standard rehabilitation treatment for someone with a concussion.
Anne was an accomplished equestrian who represented Britain at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. The royal family said her injury was related to violent contact with the horse’s leg or head.
Anne’s exit is undoubtedly another blow to the royal family, which is currently dealing with the illness of two of its most high-profile members, Charles and Catherine, Princess of Wales, who have both been diagnosed with cancer.
Anne is considered One of the hardest-working senior royalsMore than 400 official events are recorded each year, and her workload has increased as the number of royal family members has shrunk due to the deaths of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, and the illnesses of Charles and Catherine. Family conflicts Prince Harry and his wife Meghan moved to California.
