I have a dent in my forehead from this exact scenario
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From TV coverage today, apparently Princess Anne has a longstanding habit of going to check on her horses each evening, on her own. She can not remember the incident, common with concussion, and no one else saw what happened. I now imagine her getting home after some Big State Event and, still in makeup and hair-do, pulling on her wellies and striding off across the field to talk to her horses. She is a fine woman.
Last year, the day after she had ridden for hours in the Trooping of the Colour at the age of 72, she appeared at our fence to check what was happening at the Event running on her estate. She is a tough woman.
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Yes. I really didnāt appreciate her until I read her memoir. Sheās a real horseman.
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My GSP was responsible for fixing my TMJ. 
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My young horse spooked at deer running by and clocked me in the eye. The impact was at an angle and ripped the glasses off my face and also rotated my head and neck and knocked me flat on my back. I had a black eye and a stiff neck for about a week. Just glad it wasnāt worse.
I have absolutely no idea which part of him hit me. Head? Shoulder? Leg? No idea at all. Iām fairly certain he didnāt kick me because he isnāt a kicky horse and is rather submissive. I think he spooked and jumped into me and we collided but it was such a good knock in the face that I wasnāt aware of anything else. The equivalent of getting thrown off and laying there going āwhat just happened??ā I picked myself up and went to the house to check my eye and had to go back out later to find my glasses (still intact thankfully).
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Oh, thatās a great update. Iām sure they wouldnāt release her without being certain she was ready. Get well soon, Princess!
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This! She is a horsewoman first, and has to do the Royal thingā¦
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Excellent footage of her fall at the Montreal Olympics. Thanks for sharing this
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A remarkable woman and a remarkable horseman.
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Last year my BFF was found with a fractured skull in a paddock containing her halfie, an elderly pony and a teenage cob. She was life-flighted and spent 3 weeks in an induced coma, trepidation surgery, and now has a plastic patch on her skull. She spent about 2 months in the hospital total, and thankfully has made a pretty much total recovery!
She doesnāt remember what happened, but we suspect she was knocked into the metal round bale feeder. It is always a good idea to wear a helmet anytime one is in with horses.Of course, most of us, myself included, rarely do.
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Good advice about a helmet. A top trainer advises people to wear a helmet when lunging.
A few years ago, when doing a night check on my horse, he spooked and bolted. Never saw him coming and I went to the ER with a shattered femur. You never know what may happen with horses.
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I donāt suppose many of you remember this;
Note Mark Phillipsā actions.
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Intereresting. I vaguely remember that happening. That is sad that Russell had to sell his medal. It seems like Anne or Charles could send him a bit of money if he is hard up. She seems to my very untrained eye to be very down to earth.
Princess Anne was elegant in the jacket, which she paired with a matching scarf. Itās far from the first time the thrifty royal has worn the piece.
That seems to be a bit tactless
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I did not know of this incident. Princess Anneās response sounds very like what we know of her!
Unless I am missing it, Mark Phillips is not mentioned, except once as being present. The article did not say anything that he did, because he did not do anything? Canāt tell from this article.
The article also said that they had had no training or prior instruction on what to do in such an incident. Honestly I canāt task Phillips much if he had never prepared for, or even given thought to, something like this taking place.
Even the bodyguards werenāt prepared. Of course they responded more proactively because of their background. And the guard was out of the car and moving around. Sitting in a car seat can make one feel rather trapped.
The guard truly risked his life for Princess Anne. Glad he recovered.
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Upon passing out from Sandhurst, Phillips was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the 1st Queenās Dragoon Guards in July 1969, he was promoted to Lieutenant in January 1971. By the time of his wedding to Princess Anne in November 1973, Phillips was an acting Captain. In January 1974, he was appointed a Personal aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II. Phillips was substantively promoted to captain in July 1975, and retired from the Army on 30 March 1978.
The IRA was regularly bombing London at this time.
A further article;
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that is a wonderful story! Him having to sell his medal reminds me of Harold Russell, a sailor from WW2 who won an Oscar for his part in the Best Years of Our Lives, (which is a sensational movie if you havenāt seen it.) He had lost both forearms in an explosion, and played a disabled vet in the movie. In his old age, he was gong to sell his Oscar, but when it became known, People came out to give him money.
I am very pleased that the queen paid his mortgage. Thanks for posting that.
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July 12th;
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Happy to hear that!
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I was lucky enough to see her ride at Ledyard about a million years ago. That woman can ride! Iām glad she is ok.
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