Hoda Davaine/Getty Princess Anne's horse-related accident in June 2024 was "so much worse" than the world knew, a source toldThe Sunday Times King Charles' sister was hospitalized for five days following the incident that happened at her country home The Princess Royal, who turns 75 in August, still topped the list as the "hardest-working" member of the royal family last year Princess Anne's horse-related accident last year may have been more dire than the public realized. Over the weekend,The Sunday Timespublished an exclusive profile onKing Charles' sister, who turns 75 in August, where a source made the claim. "Her accident was so much worse than anyone let on, and it took quite a while for her to feel herself again," a source told the outlet about Anne's June 2024 accident. Last summer, the Princess Royal washospitalized for five daysafter Buckingham Palace announced that she "sustained minor injuries and concussion following an incident on the Gatcombe Park estate," her country home. The palace said that Anne was hospitalized "as a precautionary measure for observation" and was "expected to make a full and swift recovery." Because of the concussion she sustained, the exact details of the "incident" could not be ascertained. However, her injuries were consistent with a potential impact from a horse's head or legs. Hoda Davaine/Getty The Princess Royal, a former Olympian andlifelong equestrian, has said that she hasno memoryof what happened and that the accident reminded her how precious life is. "It just reminds you, shows you — you never quite know, something [happens] and you might not recover," she told the Press Association during a solo tour of South Africa in January, theBBCreported. "You're jolly lucky… if you can continue to be more or less compos mentis [of sound mind], and last summer I was very close to not being. Take each day as it comes, they say," she said. Princess Anne said that there were no long-term effects from what happened and added, "You are sharply reminded that every day is a bonus really." The King's sisterreturned to royal worktwo weeks after she was discharged from the hospital and still topped the list asthe "hardest-working" member of the royal family, by count of official engagements recorded in The Court Circular, for 2024. The Sunday Timessaid that she logged 474 engagements last year, keeping the top spot she's held since 2021. Chris Jackson/Getty Can't get enough of PEOPLE's Royals coverage?Sign up for our free Royals newsletterto get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more! The only daughter of the lateQueen Elizabethhas said thatretirement isn't an optionwhen it comes to the royal life she was born into, with a source telling the outlet about her vision for the next few years. "She has said her plan is to push on [with work] until she is 80, then start winding down a bit, and then copy the [late] Duke of Edinburgh and wind down completely at 90," a source said about the inspiration Anne is taking from her late father,Prince Philip. It's been said that Princess Anne inherited much of her father's direct disposition, and the late Duke of Edinburghretired from public lifein August 2017, just a few weeks after his 96th birthday. Read the original article onPeople
