Prince William's best moments with 'Super Trooper' Princess Anne: Pictures show the pair's close bond, as she arrives in France for the Olympics after recovering from horse-related injury

She recently reaffirmed her estimation arsenic nan hardest moving royal by swiftly resuming nationalist duties aft she received caput injuries astatine her Gatcombe Park estate. 

And erstwhile Princess Anne sewage backmost to business earlier this month  - little than 3 weeks aft nan horse-related mishap - her nephew Prince William sent lukewarm wishes her way.

He and Catherine, nan Princess of Wales, wrote connected X: 'Super trooper! So awesome to spot you backmost truthful soon! W & C x'. 

Yesterday, Anne proved her 'super trooper' credentials by going to Paris for her first travel overseas since her injury. 

She is successful France for 12 days to undertake a engaged programme of engagements related to nan Olympics. 

William and Kate's individual connection highlights nan couple's adjacent narration pinch nan Princess, who spent 5 nights successful infirmary aft reportedly being struck by a equine while retired walking.

Prince William and Princess Anne are known to stock a beardown enslaved and are often seen together astatine royal engagements and family occasions. 

William and Kate besides appeared alongside Anne on Mike Tindall's podcast, The Good, The Bad and The Rugby, which was filmed astatine Windsor Castle past year.

They reminisced and shared galore laughs astir fond memories.

Anne has ever been adjacent to her brother, King Charles, and her children - Peter and Zara - spent a batch of clip pinch William and his relative Prince Harry erstwhile they were increasing up.

Princess Anne was coming astatine William's baptism successful August 1982. She moreover played a domiciled successful trying to extremity him from crying. 

The Mail reported: 'Princess Anne tried a fewer clucking noises of her ain to thief retired a somewhat harassed and flushed Diana.

'Anne knows only excessively good really difficult it is to support a mini babe happy while he is handed from personification to personification for photographs. Her son, Peter, screamed passim his baptism.' 

William has fond memories of visiting Balmoral during summertime holidays, wherever Anne would situation him to races astir nan castle grounds - and would ne'er fto him win. 

William antecedently recalled her competitory spirit, describing her arsenic 'quite quick' and noting that the 'look that [she] had connected [her] look was rather terrifying'.

Athleticism is simply a trait that some royals share - Anne made history arsenic nan first royal to compete successful nan Olympics.

During nan section of Mike Tindall's podcast, which was released successful conjunction pinch nan Rugby World Cup successful France, William discussed his early engagement successful nan sport. 

Anne entertained royal fans by joining Kate successful teasing William astir rugby. 

'I played astatine school. I loved it,' William said, earlier Kate playfully interrupted: 'Did you? Did you?'

When asked by podcast co-host Alex Payne astir his position, William, appearing somewhat embarrassed, admitted: 'I started connected nan wing...'

The group burst into laughter, pinch 1 co-host teasing Kate: 'You said you weren't competitive!'

Anne chimed in, saying: 'That was conscionable nan mobility ne'er mind nan answer!' 

William added that he was trying to beryllium polite and would refrain from saying what he really wanted to astir Kate.