Princess Anne Undertakes South Africa Royal Tour Solo After Husband Sir Timothy Laurence Cancels Following Injury

The former naval officer’s injury comes seven months after the Princess Royal was also injured at their home, Gatcombe Park, last summer

Princess Anne is on a two-day visit to South Africa, but is undertaking the trip solo and without her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, by her side.

According to Hello!, Sir Tim had to pull out of the royal tour “last minute” because of his recovery from a suspected torn ligament. He was injured while working on their estate, Gatcombe Park, the outlet reported, and needs treatment in the U.K. He is unable to fly to South Africa as a result.

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Sir Tim’s injury comes less than a year after Princess Anne’s own injury on their estate. In June, the Princess Royal, 74 — a lifelong equestrian — suffered a concussion and spent five days in the hospital after sustaining a concussion and minor injuries in an incident at Gatcombe Park. Anne’s injuries were consistent with a potential impact from a horse’s head or legs.

Sir Tim, who has been married to Princess Anne since 1992, issued a statement as the royal left the hospital, saying that “I would like to extend my warmest thanks to all the team at Southmead Hospital for their care, expertise and kindness during my wife’s short stay.”

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After she returned to work on July 12, Princess Anne said of the incident on June 23, “I can’t remember a single thing about it.”

Princess Anne is in South Africa on both Jan. 21 and Jan. 22 and kicked off the visit on Tuesday by visiting the South African Riding for the Disabled, which provides free equine therapy, sport and training to the most vulnerable in society, according to the palace. Later on Jan. 21, Anne will visit the British High Commission Residence Garden, where she will plant a Princess Anne Rose in the Residence Garden which will symbolize the visit.

Later in the two-day trip, the Princess Royal will unveil the Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial, a new memorial honoring more than 1,700 predominantly Black South Africans who served in World War I and who have no known gravesites. The busy princess — long considered the hardest working royal — will also visit the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, the Royal Cape Yacht Club, the South African Astronomical Observatory, a Thuthuzela Care Center and will attend a reception at the British High Commissioner’s Residence in Cape Town.

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Princess Anne’s visit to South Africa — her first since 2012, when she visited to commemorate her mother Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee — comes two months after her nephew Prince William brought the fourth iteration of his Earthshot Prize Awards to Cape Town in November.