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During her two-day tour of South Africa,Princess Anneopened up about the frightening incident last summer that left her with a concussion.
The accident taught her that “every day is a bonus, really,”according to the BBC.
After the royal was injured last June, her medical team described her injuries as being consistent with an impact from a horse’s head or legs.
The Princess Royal arrives for a visit to the South African Riding School for Disabled Association (SARDA) while on her two-day to trip to South Africa on Jan. 21, 2025.Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty
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When asked whether the last thing she remembered was walking into a field, Anne said, ‘No, I don’t even remember that.
“I know where I thought I was going, and that was to go to the chickens, no, nothing to do with horses,” Princess Anne said about the incident.
Seeing the chickens was “my regular visit,” she added. “I don’t have any idea what I was doing in the field, because I never normally went that way.”
“It just reminds you, shows you — you never quite know, something [happens] and you might not recover,” she continued.
“You’re jolly lucky … if you can continue to be more or less compos mentis [of sound mind], and last summer I was very close to not being,” Princess Anne added. “Take each day as it comes, they say.”
The Princess Royal is presented with flowers during a visit to the South African Riding School for Disabled Association (SARDA) while on her two-day to trip to South Africa on Jan. 21, 2025.Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty
When asked if she planned to retire anytime soon,the longtime hardest working member of the royal familysaid that retirement “isn’t really an option.”
“I don’t think there’s a retirement program on this particular life,” the Princess Royal added.
The Princess Royal views the Princess Anne rose with Anja Taschner (right) daughter of Ludwig Taschner of Ludwig’s Roses, during a visit to the British High Commission Residence garden in Pretoria, while on her two-day to trip to South Africa on Jan. 21, 2025.Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty
Princess Anne’s visit to South Africa on Jan. 21 and Jan. 22 was without her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, who stayed behind in the U.K. after suffering an injury of his own on their Gatcombe Park estate, believed to be a torn ligament, according toHello!.
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Princess Anne, Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence leave after attending a thanksgiving service for the life of King Constantine of the Hellenes, at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on Feb. 27, 2024.CHRIS JACKSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
CHRIS JACKSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
When asked if she’d sufferedany long-term damagefrom the incident seven months ago, Princess Anne joked, “Apparently not — at least I don’t think so. As far as I know, nobody else thinks so — they haven’t been honest enough to tell me yet.”
“So far, so good,” she added.
source: people.com
