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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 while carriage driving at the Windsor estate, Buckingham Palace has said. | |
Prince Philip, 88, was with a female groom when their ponies ran away and the carriage hit a tree stump. | |
He suffered bruising and did not need to go to hospital but the groom was treated for an elbow injury. | |
Earlier this month, his daughter-in-law, the Duchess of Cornwall, fractured her leg while hill-walking in Scotland. | |
Sporting injury | |
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." |
It is not known which ankle is affected. | |
She added the ponies involved were all recovered unharmed. | |
The duke is a competitive carriage driver, having taken up the sport in 1971. | 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. | 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. |
[Prince Philip] has had several quite bad injuries carriage driving where the carriage has actually turned over Ingrid Seward | |
Ingrid Seward, editor of Majesty Magazine, told the BBC that the duke was at the "top of his tree" in the business. | 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 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. | 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." | 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." |
Prince Philip has had several sports-related medical problems. While a polo player, he developed arthritis in his right wrist and synovitis, a rheumatoid condition of the tendon in the hand. | |
He also broke a bone in his left ankle while playing the game in 1961, while three years later he pulled a ligament in his left shoulder after falling from his pony. | |
In 2005, he bruised his left eye after slipping in the bath and in 2008, he was hospitalised because of a chest infection. | |
He is set to attend an official function in Bray in Berkshire on Saturday. |