The Countess of Wessex, 57, is likely excited for the approaching winter months, as it means she can get back to her favourite hobby – skiing!
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Prince Edward and his wife regularly take to the slopes in St. Moritz, and while both the couple and their children, Lady Louise Windsor, 18, and James, Viscount Severn, 14, are accomplished skiers, Sophie has suffered several mishaps on the slopes.
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The royal first took a tumble way back in 2000, when she was 35 years old. At the time she was working at the public relations firm she founded, and was photographed returning to work on crutches following a nasty fall.
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In 2004, the then 39-year-old returned to the UK on crutches once more after pulling a muscle in her right leg while skiing.
The exact details of Sophie's accident are not known, but it was reported that visibility was poor when she got hurt. The mother-of-two declined the offer of a stretcher, insisting that she could make her own way to a doctor.
© Photo: Getty ImagesSophie Wessex hobbling on crutches
"The Countess pulled a calf muscle but it is not serious," revealed her spokeswoman. "She was checked out by a doctor and discharged after 20 minutes. Fortunately, nothing was broken."
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Sophie was not so lucky in 2011 when she suffered an injury just days before Prince William and Princess Kate's wedding, while hacking on her horse in Windsor Great Park.
© Photo: Getty ImagesSophie Wessex is a keen skiier
The royal, who was 46 at the time, was taken to hospital following the accident. Prince Edward's wife had an X-ray at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Windsor, which revealed she had broken a rib and badly bruised several others.
Sophie was sent home with painkillers to ease the discomfort – broken ribs tend to be left to heal on their own, as there's not much that can be done to splint or support them.
Ever the trooper, Sophie still attended the Prince and Princess of Wales' pre-wedding dinner, and the ceremony itself, which saw her daughter, Lady Louise Windsor, who was seven at the time, act as bridesmaid.
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