This year has been one of the worst imaginable for the Royals. The King and the Princess of Wales are both battling cancer, and now Princess Anne has been hospitalised, suffering what is said to be ‘minor injuries and concussion’ following an incident involving a horse. The Princess Royal, who is 73, was rushed to hospital after she was hurt during an evening walk on her Gatcombe Park estate in Gloucestershire yesterday. Anne, who is being treated for concussion and minor injuries to her head, is expected to recover shortly. Nonetheless, the annus horribilis for her and her family is continuing, even before we reach the halfway point of this most eventful of years.
The news that the King’s sister is currently recuperating ‘as a precautionary measure’ in Southmead hospital in Bristol, and is thankfully expected to make ‘a full and swift recovery’, according to Buckingham Palace, is cheering indeed.
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