LONDON, Aug 16: US singer Madonna was taken to a British hospital after falling off a horse while celebrating her 47th birthday on Tuesday, her spokeswoman said. The pop queen broke her collar bone and a hand, and she cracked three ribs as a result of the fall, but her condition was not serious.

“Madonna fell off a new horse she was riding late this afternoon at Ashcombe House, her country house outside of London,” said her spokeswoman, Barbara Charone. She was expected to be released from hospital late Tuesday.

The singer was celebrating with her two children, eight-year-old Lourdes and five-year-old Rocco, as well as her film director husband Guy Ritchie at their sprawling 485-hectare country estate in Wiltshire, southwest England, when the accident happened. —AFP