Princess Anne reveals intensive care emergency after horror accident as she thanks staff who saved her life

PRINCESS Anne acknowledgment unit who saved her beingness aft a confirmation of her sojourn to an intensive attraction unit.

The horse-related-accident occurred successful June past twelvemonth and the Princess acknowledgment NHS unit for their treatment.

Anne told aesculapian crews astatine Southmead Hospital successful Bristol who were progressive successful looking aft her pursuing the incidental successful June 2024: "Sadly, I don't person immense memories of being successful present either.

"I conscionable cognize I was truly good looked aft truthful convey you."

"But immoderate you did, it seemed to work... the betterment being comparatively straightforward, thankfully. That isn't ever existent truthful I'm truly grateful.

"I'm besides grateful successful a weird benignant of mode that I retrieve thing due to the fact that that has immense advantages - you tin conscionable transportation on."

The 74-year-old princess, was connected her mode to spot her chickens connected her Gatcombe Park property successful Gloucester erstwhile the incidental happened and has nary representation of what followed.

It's thought she was struck by a horse's caput oregon legs.

An aerial ambulance and exigency services were dispatched to Anne's Gloucestershire location and, pursuing aesculapian attraction by the crew, the princess was taken by roadworthy 30 miles to Southmead.

Anne appeared to gag astir her horses and which 1 was liable for her injuries, saying: "I cognize if determination was a perpetrator who managed to bash that overmuch damage, they're not letting connected either, truthful relationships stay perfectly secure.

"No 1 has gone absent arsenic a effect of this."

The King's sister spent 5 nights successful the installation aft her mishap connected June 23 was sidelined for 3 weeks aboriginal aft rehabilitation enactment astatine home.

She past returned to nationalist royal duties aft her recovery.

At the time, Buckingham Palace said the princess "remains successful Southmead Hospital, Bristol, arsenic a precautionary measurement for observation".

Anne has described however "every time is simply a bonus" aft she suffered concussion and insignificant caput injuries.

On a caller circuit to South Africa, the princess remarked of the incident: "It conscionable reminds you, shows you - you ne'er rather know, thing (happens) and you mightiness not recover."

Most of the princess's sojourn to the ICU was private.

She walked on the captious attraction corridor of the unit, gathering unit astatine antithetic intensive attraction pods portion machines could beryllium heard beeping intermittently.