They stopped short at asking her to put the dog down and dropped charges against the Princess’ husband.
She said at the time: “I have to add that these children did suffer considerably from this experience…it was a very, very unfortunate episode.”
Relatives of the two boys affected said the sentence was “neither moral nor just”, however.
Back in 2002, penalties for an offence such as Anne’s could incur a hefty £5,000 fine, six months in prison and the dog destroyed.
