Princess Anne's husband makes hospital visit as royal suffering from memory loss after blow to the head

The Princess Royal's husband could be seen stepping out of a navy blue Range Rover wearing beige chinos, a blue shirt and a navy blazer as he walked past members of the public outside the hospital.

Buses were waiting outside the building as he and his security detail parked up and patients, visitors and hospital staff were milling around on the pavement.

The Princess Royal had been walking in the bounds of the Gatcombe Park estate, where she's lived for almost 50 years, when the incident took place late on June 23.

GB News understands that while out and about, the Princess Royal had sustained minor injuries consistent with those expected from an impact with a horse's head or legs.

Emergency services had flocked to Gatcombe Park - including an air ambulance - though Anne did not require airlifting to Southmead, and made the 50-minute journey by road for appropriate treatment.

Sir Tim, her second husband, whom she married in 1992, had accompanied her to hospital on Sunday night - while her children, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, were at her estate.

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But in the aftermath of the incident, Royal Biographer Angela Levin warned that the Princess's head injury could be "very serious", referencing the news that Anne may be suffering with "temporary memory loss".

Speaking to GB News, Levin said nine of the Princess's engagements have had to be postponed as a result of the incident.

While royal commentator Jennie Bond said: "She was meant to be in Scotland, Gloucestershire and Hampshire in the coming days and then she was due to fly off to Canada."

Buckingham Palace said the Princess Royal sent her apologies "to any who may be inconvenienced or disappointed as a result" of Sunday night's events.

But Levin raised fears that Anne's apparent failure to remember what happened to her was "very serious".

Levin said: "The worry is, if you have been bashed on the head, you have to be very careful when you're a certain age... She might think she's feeling better, because she's the sort of woman to say: 'I'm not staying in here any longer than I have to.'

"But when you think that somebody can't remember anything about it, it is very serious."

Though the biographer talked up the princess royal, saying: "She's formidable, but also deeply helpful and willing. She's a very strong woman."

A Buckingham Palace statement on Monday said: "The Princess Royal has sustained minor injuries and concussion following an incident on the Gatcombe Park estate yesterday evening.

"Her Royal Highness remains in Southmead Hospital, Bristol, as a precautionary measure for observation and is expected to make a full and swift recovery.

"The King has been kept closely informed and joins the whole Royal Family in sending his fondest love and well-wishes to The Princess for a speedy recovery."