Britain's Princess Anne has become the first member of the royal family to be convicted of a criminal offence.
She admitted a charge under the Dangerous Dogs Act after one of her pets bit two children in Windsor Great Park. She was fined £500 sterling, ordered to pay £250 in compensation to the children and ordered to pay £148 costs.
The princess admitted the offence just minutes after arriving in Berkshire Magistrates Court in Slough to face the allegation.
The princess (52), flanked by her husband, walked into East Berkshire Magistrates Court in Slough in front of dozens of news photographers.
It was alleged that her English bull terrier injured the children, aged seven and 12, as they walked in the park on April 1st two days after the death of the Queen Mother.
The princess and her husband were summonsed under Section 3 (1) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and were alleged to have been in charge of a dog that was dangerously out of control in a public place and injured the children.