After a freak accident, Clare Balding almost killed Princess Anne

TV legend Clare Balding recalls freak accident after 'nearly unseating' Princess Anne. TV legend says she was an amateur jockey when she was a jockey in the 1970s. Balding says she nearly unseated the princess in a freak accident in her saddle.

Clare Balding reveals she accidentally nearly killed the Princess Royal. The broadcaster said she had caused a nasty accident in an interview with the Telegraph. Balding lives in west London and is married to the Duchess of Cambridge. She said she once 'nearly killed' the Princess Anne in a car accident.