Prince Charles’ wife, Camilla, plans to keep up all her scheduled engagements despite breaking a leg while hillwalking in Scotland, a royal spokeswoman said Thursday.
“While hillwalking in slippery conditions in Scotland, the Duchess of Cornwall took a tumble and hurt her leg,” a spokeswoman for Clarence House said, noting that the mishap occurred on Wednesday.
Following doctor’s advice on Thursday, Camilla — who has been staying on the royal family’s Balmoral country estate in Scotland — had an X-ray “which showed a twisted fracture of the fibula,” she added.
“Consequently her royal highness is wearing a plaster cast and will be for six weeks. She has been advised not to put weight on her leg, and her royal highness has every intention of carrying out all planned engagements.”
Charles, 61, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and heir to the British throne, married the former Camilla Parker Bowles, 62, in April 2005. His previous marriage to the late Princess Diana ended in divorce in August 1996.
