London:

King Charles III’s sister Princess Anne is “recovering slowly” in hospital, her husband said Wednesday, after she suffered a concussion in an incident with a horse at her country estate.

“She’ll be out when she’s ready,” Tim Laurence also told reporters outside Southmead Hospital in Bristol, western England, where Anne was taken on Sunday.

Anne, 73, suffered concussion and minor head injuries at Gatcombe Park on Sunday evening and was airlifted to hospital.

It is believed she was struck by a horse as she was walking within the protected perimeter of the sprawling estate, which hosts equestrian events.

The princess’s medical team said her injuries are consistent with a potential impact from a horse’s head or legs.

British media reported Wednesday that Anne’s concussion meant the precise details of what happened are not clear.

The Princess Royal, as she is also known, is a skilled horsewoman who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, and has a reputation as the hardest-working royal.

She has stepped in to represent King Charles while he postponed public engagements during his cancer treatment, and rode at his official birthday parade this month.

But the accident forced her to withdraw from an appearance at a state banquet on Tuesday evening for visiting Japanese Emperor Naruhito, and cancel an upcoming trip to Canada.

Buckingham Palace said Anne was in hospital “as a precautionary measure for observation and is expected to make a full and swift recovery”.

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London:

Princess Anne, sister of King Charles III, was in hospital on Monday after sustaining “minor injuries and concussion” following an incident at her country home Gatcombe Park, Buckingham Palace said.

“Her Royal Highness remains in Southmead Hospital, Bristol, as a precautionary measure for observation and is expected to make a full and swift recovery,” said the statement, adding that the incident occurred late on Sunday.

“The king has been kept closely informed and joins the whole royal family in sending his fondest love and well-wishes to the princess for a speedy recovery,” it added.

The 73-year-old royal will remain at the hospital in southwest England “unless or until her medical team advise otherwise”.

The princess, a keen horsewoman who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, has taken on extra engagements as the king and his daughter-in-law Catherine, Princess of Wales, both recover from cancer.

But her engagements for the week ahead will be postponed, said Buckingham Palace, including her planned attendance at Tuesday’s state banquet for the emperor and empress of Japan.

The grounds of Gatcombe Park are renowned for hosting the Festival of British Eventing every year, which attracts the world’s best equestrian stars.

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