Zara takes a tumble...but keeps her cool (unlike her mother)
It is 25 years since Princess Anne infamously barked at photographers to "naff off" when she was pictured taking a ducking from her horse.
But it seems her daughter keeps a tighter rein on her temper in times of trouble.
Zara Phillips was hurled from the saddle at the weekend after her mount stumbled over a 7ft cross-country fence at a three-day event.
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Over she goes - but thankfully Zara escaped the fall without injury
Plunging head first on to the turf, the Queen's 26-year-old granddaughter landed with a sickening crunch, with her head and neck twisted at an unnatural angle.
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Splashdown: Anne at the Badminton trials in 1982
For a moment it looked as if she might be seriously injured, but Zara rolled over and got up with a wry smile.
Stewards rushed to her aid as her mount Tsunami II cantered away across the course at Bramham International Horse Trials near Wetherby, North Yorkshire. She waved them away, rising to her feet unaided and walking off with a broad smile.
Zara, who is 11th in line to the throne, withdrew from the showjumping section of the event.
But she is preparing to return to the saddle, competing at Luhmuhlen in Germany.
Her horse Tsunami II takes a nosedive and Zara Phillips is thrown crashing to the floor, landing on her neck
"I'm fine - it wasn't as bad as it looked," said the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
"The horse caught the fence with her feet, stumbled over it and she nosedived. I tumbled off. I'm sore and stiff all over but not at all hurt.
"Nothing's broken and I feel fine. I'll probably be a lot stiffer tomorrow. I have withdrawn from the competition but I am travelling to Germany for another event and I plan to take part."
She was at the event with her father Captain Mark Phillips, who claimed rider error was to blame for the fall at the seventh obstacle.
Tsunami II is said to have banked the fence, putting her hind legs on top of it instead of jumping clean over, which meant that she descended too steeply.
It was the first time that the nine-year-old had competed at the Bramham trials, which are among the most highly-rated in British eventing.
Witnesses claimed that the mare seemed tense during the course and had been skittish and unsettled by the crowds during the previous day's dressage event, putting Miss Phillips in 44th place.
She has been riding Tsunami II for the last three years and they finished seventh in the indoor cross-country event at the British Open this year. She also rides Ardfield Magic Star when competing.
It is not the first time that Zara has bounced back from a serious fall.
In July 2004 she was knocked unconscious when she fell from Ardfield Magic Star at a cross-country event in Lulworth Castle in Dorset, but she went on to make a full recovery.
Last year her close friend Sherelle Duke, 28, was crushed to death when she fell from her horse during Brockenhurst Park Trials.
Princess Anne's "naff off" moment came at the 1982 Badminton Horse Trials. She also fell into a brook during the Montreal Olympics in 1976.
