Princess Michael of Kent, the wife of Prince Michael of Kent, reportedly broke both her wrists in a fall down the stairs at Kensington Palace.

Marie Christine, who lives at Kensington Palace with her husband, attended King Charles's pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace on Thursday with both her wrists in splints.

The couple were seen driving into Buckingham Palace together for the festive lunch on December 19.

GB News reported that the princess, 79, was carrying an armful of overcoats when she fell, breaking multiple small bones in her wrist when putting her hands out to break her fall.

She told Majesty Magazine: "So many things that you rely on being able to do, like cleaning your teeth, are impossible. I am told that, after an accident like this, if you do one wrong movement on top of the unhealed bones, you are back where you started."

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