Princess Anne will be out of hospital ‘when she’s ready’
The Princess Royal is “recovering slowly” after being struck by a horse and will be discharged from hospital “when she is ready”, her husband said on Wednesday.
Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, 69, gave a brief progress report after visiting his wife, who was admitted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol with head injuries on Sunday.
However, he declined to speculate about when she would be well enough to go home, saying: “She’ll be out when she’s ready.”
Buckingham Palace has previously expressed hope that she will be discharged later this week.
Sir Tim, who spent two and a half hours with the Princess, also visited on Tuesday, taking with him a selection of her favourite treats in a cool bag.
On leaving the hospital on that occasion he said she was “doing fine” and described her recovery as “slow but sure”.
The retired Navy officer accompanied the Princess on the 30-mile ambulance journey from their Gatcombe Park estate in Gloucestershire to the hospital following the accident.
The 73-year-old was transferred by ambulance after sustaining head injuries and concussion, having apparently been struck on the head by a horse.
It is thought the concussion has caused memory loss, meaning the precise details of the incident are not clear. There were no apparent witnesses to the accident.
However, her medical team said her injuries were consistent with the potential impact from a horse’s head or legs.
The Princess, a former Olympian equestrian, was walking on her estate when the incident occurred.
Southmead is the largest hospital in the South West and has a specialist neuroscience unit.
