A year after the accident: Princess Anne

Princess Anne (74) showed the public again on horseback for the first time after her riding accident. At the “Trooping the Color” parade, she rode next to her brother, Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (61), and Prince William (42). King Charles III has also been in recent years. (76) to be seen on a horse. Now he drove with Queen Camilla (77) like Princess Kate (43) and her children in a carriage to the palace.

At the birthday parade for King Charles, Anne wore the uniform of the “Blues and Royals”, a cavalry regiment of the British army. As last year, King Charles’ sister occupied the traditional position “Gold-Stick-In-Waiting”. This goes back to the Tudor period and was used to protect the monarch at the time. As last year, Anne is said to have ridden the horse, which Charles still had under the saddle in 2023.

The performance was a special moment for Princess Anne. Since her accident in June 2024 on the Gatcombe Park property, she had no longer been seen on horseback. At that time, she contracted a slight head injury and a concussion and was in a hospital in Bristol for several days.

A month later, at a horse event, she told her that “she couldn’t remember anything”, which affects the accident. She also lacks the memories of the time in the hospital as she explained when she visited the clinic in February. “They filled the gaps, which in my view is sometimes really useful to know what happened,” she thanked the medical staff. “Because unfortunately I really have no idea, and I also have no big memories that I was in here.”