Princess Kate reveals new sporting injury on prison visit as images show bandaged fingers
Kate, the Princess of Wales, has been pictured with a bandage around two of her fingers as she visited HMP High Down today.
Kate, the Princess of Wales visited HMP High Down today but royal fans were distracted by an injury to her hand.
The future Queen stepped out in a chic navy suit but two of her fingers appeared to be bound together, prompting Kensington Palace to reveal she had injured herself while keeping fit on the trampoline.
A spokesman said it was “a small injury, nothing serious” and said there was nothing broken.
Typically two fingers are taped together after a fracture, as the bound is used to straighten and support the injured one.
Royal fans were quick to respond to the images, with one person saying: “I’m glad it wasn’t serious.”
The Princess of Wales appears to have an injury (Image: PA)
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Kate, who showed off a new hairstyle today, visited the Surrey prison today to learn how inmates are being supported by a charity to recover from their addictions.
The royal – who is a patron of The Forward Trust, shadowed the experience of a family during a normal visit and heard about the work that the charity does inside the Category C jail to support prisoners to manage their addiction.
She referred to the strapping on her index and middle finger on her right hand when Ken and Brenda Ash from Weybridge, Surrey, who used to visit their son Mark at the prison, asked if she was OK.
The future Queen replied: “My own fault. I was jumping around on the trampoline.” Gesturing to the strapping she added: “I did put it on just to keep it safe.”
Kate was wearing a bandage around two of her fingers (Image: Getty)
During the visit Kate was subjected to a drug sniffer dog test and other airport-style security checks before being allowed into the Category C men’s prison.
She was asked to sit with her hands on her knees while a black labrador named Penny checked her for drugs.
A prison worker demonstrated what would happen if a dog discovered a visitor trying to smuggle drugs into the prison, with the animals trained to alert their handler not by barking but by sitting very still.
Kate, 41, said: “Amazing. It’s incredible, it’s very calm and controlled. It’s not intimidating.”
The visit was in conjunction with Addiction Awareness Week, which has the theme of ‘Everybody Knows Somebody’ for 2023.
