Princess Anne incident

Ditto RedRobin51

MayBee70

Please everybody just leave NightSky alone. Sometimes some of us feel we’re chatting away to friends on gransnet and then say something without thinking and then people jump on what we’ve said. And the lack of an edit button on the forum (something that other forums have) means once we press the post button there’s no going back.

I agree with MayBee

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Please everybody just leave NightSky alone. Sometimes some of us feel we’re chatting away to friends on gransnet and then say something without thinking and then people jump on what we’ve said. And the lack of an edit button on the forum (something that other forums have) means once we press the post button there’s no going back.

A colleague was tending to her horse, a huge but gentle animal, and the next thing she knew was waking up in hospital with her cheekbone broken and concussion. He had swung his massive head around to be sociable - she was found some time later by a stable hand, with her large equine friend standing over her anxiously.

I don't know a lot about horses but I went to an event once where Anne was riding a very 'mind of its own' black horse called Binky. Even with two ladies in waiting riding either side, Binky would go nowhere near that ribbon so Anne could cut it! Maybe a very beautiful but spirited horse got a bit playful in the fields while Anne was making a fuss of him? I don't know, but I do wish her a very speedy recovery - we are the same age so I can understand perhaps what a shock it has been to her. Like others posting, she is one of favourite royals too.

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Where does confidentiality fit into all this?

Where indeed?

Not on a public forum probably, but….🤷‍♀️

Yes, agree, Redrobin51. She's probably the one most capable of working and earning her living - as a professional horsewoman as well. I admire her for putting her royal duty ahead of her love of all equestrian, European medals, Olympian etc. Hope she's ok.

Hope she gets well soon. Accidents happen to even
Royals.

maddyone

It has been stressed on the BBC that Princess Anne was walking, not riding. She was taken to an NHS hospital in Bristol where she is expected to stay for a few days.
This is why I love our NHS. It treats everyone from the poorest to the royals.

My thoughts exactly, but I must admit the thought crept in that I bet she didn't have to sit in A&E for hours before she was seen like a lot of people. She's probably my favourite Royal too.

Most of the rooms in the hospital are single ensuite rooms. It is a lovely hospital. Wishing Princess Anne a full and speedy recovery.

What a blessing Anne was not taken to the Shrewsbury A&E featured in Channel 4's Despatches.

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Consistent with contact with a horses head is a great clue.
Horses heads are heavy, they wave them around a LOT. It wouldn't take much for her to be caught unawares and sent flying.
Been there done that 😉

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Typically understated from her husband ‘she’s fine’, so like Anne

The cause of the injury has not been confirmed, a horses head OR a kick has been mentioned, a horse swinging its head sideways, or possibly down is the much more likely cause.

As others have said a horse has to rear right up to kick that high, if it did she was very lucky indeed.

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Germanshepherdsmum

What does ‘think she was head butted, must ask tomorrow’ mean?

Please give it a rest, it’s becoming very boring.

What does ‘think she was head butted, must ask tomorrow’ mean?

Germanshepherdsmum

With the greatest of respect, that is not what your post said. You were going to ask your DiL about the Princess.

With respect GMs you have no idea what it was I was going to ask,neither do I and neither does anyone else. I find it insulting that anyone should thing for a second that I would ask my DiL for any personal information on the Princess. She would be shocked and I have better manners then that.

Germanshepherdsmum

With the greatest of respect, that is not what your post said. You were going to ask your DiL about the Princess.

quite GSM

With the greatest of respect, that is not what your post said. You were going to ask your DiL about the Princess.

Iam64

Thanks GSM and pascal for pointing out confidentiality to Nightsky

I don’t need anyone on Gransnet to point out confidentiality to me, thank you.