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SOPHIE'S ROYAL HELP

Peep Show actress Sophie Winkleman reveals how the royal family aided her recovery following devastating car crash

ACTRESS Sophie Winkleman has revealed she expected to die when she broke her back in a car crash last year.

Sophie — wed to Lord Frederick Windsor, son of the Queen’s cousin Prince Michael of Kent — said the royal family’s kindness aided her recovery.

 Sophie broke her back last year
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Sophie broke her back last yearCredit: Getty - Contributor
 Prince Charles was on hand to provide much-needed support
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Prince Charles was on hand to provide much-needed supportCredit: Alamy
 Sophie is married to Lord Frederick Windsor
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Sophie is married to Lord Frederick WindsorCredit: PA:Press Association
 Sophie and Claudia Winkleman are half-sisters
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Sophie and Claudia Winkleman are half-sistersCredit: PA:Press Association

The former Peep Show star’s car was struck by another vehicle in Cambridgeshire in November, throwing it into the air.

She suffered injuries including a broken back which left her without feeling in her legs for three days.

The mum of two — half-sister of Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman — said: “I did expect to die. I felt a strange serenity . . . like my soul was rising up.”

She said Prince Charles got his chef to make her meals for weeks, adding: “I heard from pretty much every member of Freddie’s family, I was spoiled to bits by them.”

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