Nearly 50 years ago, Anne took a bad fall while riding her mother’s horse during competition at the Olympics in Montreal.
Princess Anne is no stranger to dealing with injuries related to her life-long love of horses and riding.
The 73-year-old Princess Royal, regarded as one of the most experienced riders in Britain, remained hospitalized Monday after suffering minor injuries and a concussion at her Gatcombe Park estate in southwest England over the weekend.
The head injuries are consistent with an impact from a horse’s legs or head, a source told the Daily Beast. But it’s unclear whether Anne was riding or walking near horses when she was injured, according to the Daily Beast.
Nearly 50 years ago, Anne suffered a concussion while competing in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. As a member of the British team, she was riding a horse named Goodwill, which belonged to her mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, and suffered a bad fall when the horse became stuck in boggy mud, The Telegraph reported.
“As far as I’m concerned, the lights went out,” Anne said about the fall in her autobiography, “Riding Through My Life,” The Telegraph reported. If the horse had not fought to remain upright, she said, “I wouldn’t be here now.
