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| Duke of Edinburgh injures ankle | Duke of Edinburgh injures ankle |
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| The Duke of Edinburgh has suffered a "minor injury" to his ankle during an accident at the Windsor estate, Buckingham Palace has said. | |
| Prince Philip was hurt when the ponies attached to his carriage ran away. | Prince Philip was hurt when the ponies attached to his carriage ran away. |
| His injury comes a few weeks after his daughter-in-law, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, fractured her leg while hill-walking in Scotland. | His injury comes a few weeks after his daughter-in-law, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, fractured her leg while hill-walking in Scotland. |
| Philip, 88, was injured when his carriage hit a tree stump but did not need hospital treatment. | |
| It is not known which ankle is affected. | |
| A spokeswoman said: "The duke has a minor injury to his ankle and did not need hospital treatment. He has been out and about as normal this afternoon." | A spokeswoman said: "The duke has a minor injury to his ankle and did not need hospital treatment. He has been out and about as normal this afternoon." |
| She added that a female groom who had been with the prince was taken to hospital with an elbow injury while the ponies were all recovered unharmed. | She added that a female groom who had been with the prince was taken to hospital with an elbow injury while the ponies were all recovered unharmed. |
| The duke is a competitive carriage driver, having taken up the sport in 1971. | |
| He has represented Britain at several European and World championships and continues to compete in four-in-hand carriage driving with his team of Fell ponies. | |
| Ingrid Seward, editor of Majesty Magazine, told the BBC that the duke was at the "top of his tree" in the business. | |
| She said the duke's ponies were "quite spirited" and they were used to racing around bends. | |
| She expected the duke had been practicing for competitions and what had happened could have happened to anyone. | |
| But she said: "You can sustain quite a nasty injury like that. He has had several quite bad injuries carriage driving where the carriage has actually turned over." | |
| The prince was set to attend a dinner in Bray in Berkshire on Saturday. |