The health of the princess anne It has the British royal family in suspense, which adds a new setback in the midst of the cancer suffered by both King Charles III and Princess Kate. The monarch’s sister suffered an accident last Sunday, June 23, at her home in Gatcombe Park that caused her a concussion and memory loss, a symptom that is not the first time it has affected him.
Although the royal princess is not able to remember the circumstances of her incident, the truth is that the doctors treating her at Southmead Hospital in Bristol see her injuries as compatible with the blow from a horse’s leg or head. And Prince William’s aunt was walking among those animals when she received the trauma.
Horses have been a very important part of Princess Anne’s life, as she is an experienced rider and in 1976 she became the first member of the British royal family to compete in the Olympic Games. However, that debut of hers in Montreal was marred by a serious accident of which to this day he still does not remember anything.
On the occasion of the historic moment that the princess was about to star in at just 26 years old, several members of the British royal family traveled to the Canadian city to witness Anne’s debut in the Olympics.
Thus, among the spectators of the obstacle course were Queen Elizabeth, Philip of Edinburgh, the then Prince Charles and his brothers Andrew and Edward. They all came to support royal princess in such an important event in his equestrian career.
During the first moments of her performance in the competition, Charles III’s sister demonstrated her skill on the back of her horse Goodwill, but in one of the jumps the animal tripped over the obstacle and Ana fell into a muddy area. hitting one’s head.
Showing professionalism, the princess quickly recovered and got back on her horse to complete the test, but it would later be known that Ana had suffered a concussion and did not remember anything about the accident or the moments that followed. “Everything was going very well and then I don’t remember anything else. Nothing at all,” the princess would later confess in an interview, acknowledging that to this day she still cannot remember the rest of the competition.
A few months before that fall, Prince William’s aunt suffered another serious accident during the Portman Horse Trials in Dorset. According to royal historian Harry Howard, Anne “He was unconscious and fractured a vertebra when his horse fell on him”, an incident that jeopardized his attendance at the Olympic Games, although he was finally able to be in Montreal.
In addition to that competition, the royal princess has also participated in multiple European riding championships, winning a gold medal in the individual discipline in 1971 and a silver medal in both the individual and team disciplines in 1975.
Princess Anne is currently President of the British Olympic Association and member of the International Olympic Committee. As director of the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the princess participated in the British capital’s bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, being in charge of receiving the Olympic torch on behalf of the city.
