Princess Eugenie stepped out for another festive outing
after supporting Kate Middleton.
The royal, 31, attended a Christmas carol
concert for Horatio’ Garden last Thursday and helped the charity to raise over
£24,000.
The
incredible donations mean the charity can continue supporting the physical and
mental health of patients, their loved ones and NHS staff as they adjust to, or
care for someone with, a life-changing spinal cord injury. The charity’s
beautiful, fully accessible gardens are all nestled in the heart of NHS spinal
injury centres and are a lifeline for people spending Christmas, and the many
months beyond, in hospital.
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| Eugenie attended the special concert |
Princess
Eugenie wore a ME+EM green maxi dress with a checked Sandro Paris coat as she
attended the concert at St Mary Abbots Parish Church in Kensington, London. The
mum-of-one, who is patron of Horatio’s Garden, delivered a reading at the
service – Love Came Down at
Christmas by Christina G Rossetti.
Eugenie said: “As a former spinal patient myself, I understand how the chance to
get outside is so beneficial not only for recovery but for staying positive at
a life-changing, often traumatic time.”
The
Princess underwent back surgery at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in
London to correct scoliosis when she was just 12 in 2002. Celebrity guests at the
Christmas carol concert also included Alan Titchmarsh, Anneka Rice and
singer-songwriter John Galea.
Eugenie’s
outing came the day after she joined her sister, Princess Beatrice and
Beatrice’s husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Mike and Zara Tindall, and the
Countess of Wessex at Westminster Abbey for the Duchess of Cambridge’s
Christmas carol service
