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LAST UPDATE | 17 Jan 2019
BRITAIN’S PRINCE PHILIP emerged unscathed from a road traffic crash in an incident in which two women in the other car were injured.
The crash happened near the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk with images showing Prince Philip’s Land Rover on its side following the collision.
Police said in a statement that both the Duke of Edinburgh and the driver of the other car were breathalysed, as per policy, after the crash.
“We can confirm both drivers were breath tested and provided negative readings,” the force said.
Police said officers were called to the estate shortly before 3pm “after a Landrover and Kia were involved in a collision”.
“The male driver of the Land Rover was uninjured,” it added.
The female driver of the Kia suffered cuts while the female passenger sustained an arm injury, both requiring hospital treatment.
They were later discharged from a local hospital, police said.
Buckingham Palace also confirmed that the 97-year-old royal was not injured in the crash.
The Duke of Edinburgh was involved in a road traffic accident with another vehicle this afternoon. The Duke was not injured. The accident took place close to the Sandringham Estate. Local police attended the scene.
BBC News reported that Prince Philip’s vehicle flipped on its side after pulling out of a Sandringham driveway onto a main road and colliding with the other car.
Eyewitnesses said they helped the duke out of the vehicle and he was conscious “but very, very shocked and shaken”.
Another said they drove by at about 3.10pm to see the aftermath of the crash.
The [Land Rover] was on its side on a private road. The other car was well into the hedge on the opposite side of the road. There was lots of debris in the road, lots of glass and lots of other cars, some police cars, some from the Sandringham Estate and about six ordinary looking cars that looked as though they had stopped to help.
An image from the accident scene published by a local radio station showed two cars by the side of the road, one on its side with a smashed windscreen and another a few yards away in bushes.
The Press Association reported a passenger in the duke’s vehicle was likely his close protection officer.
Driving
Prince Philip and his wife Queen Elizabeth II spend most of the winter at the residence in Norfolk, southeast England, which continues to operate as a sporting estate.
He formally retired from public life in 2017 but is known to value his independence, including driving.
He has been seen behind the wheel on numerous occasions over the decade, including with world leaders and dignitaries as his passengers.
In 2016, alongside the Queen he drove former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle around Windsor Castle in a Range Rover after they landed nearby in the presidential helicopter.
- With reporting by © – AFP 2019
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At 97 years of age he’d be lucky to be able to drive a fork into a sausage….
@BaaB: that made me laugh out loud in a public space. I salute you sir!
@BaaB: :D
@Karl Martini: me too lol
@BaaB: best comment ever…!!
@BaaB: Brilliant
@BaaB: Brilliant
@BaaB: If he fell into the Liffey he’d come out with a salmon in his gob!
He was born lucky!
@BaaB: funny guy, very funny guy.
@BaaB: the fact that at 97 he could leave his crashed car uninjured surely says a lot about our compo culture as well as the ease that doctors provide health certs to young athletic men..
Surely questions should be asked…!!!!!
@victor feldman: oh really?
@BaaB: comment of the year, absoutley brilliant
Nice to know the prince was uninjured but no mention of the poor commoner(s) in the other vehicle.
@Adrian: let them eat cake!! Ah no, just messin….they’re dead
@Adrian: or the personal protection officer
@BarronVonVaderHam: made my comment in jest, hope the occupants of the other car make a full recovery and come away with nothing more than a great story.
@Adrian: Did you not read how they were
@Mary Oliver: article was updated. It didn’t provide info as the the medical status of the occupants of the other car
@Adrian: “ OFF with their heads” ⚔️
Was he doing the birdbox challenge?
At his age, its because he is driving that he is still capable of driving! No evidence yet that he caused the accident. Not a royalist – just delighted to see a person his age still doing it for themselves!
@Niall Keane: you royalist
@Niall Keane: thought u weren’t allowed to drive in England if u were over 80? For this reason I imagine
@Niall Keane: he pulled out of a minor road onto a major (A) road – ergo he caused the accident !!! as for him ‘walking away’ its hardly bloody surprising – that range rover would be built like a tank – with special protection panels added to its already bulky frame !! any other 97 yr old involved in an accident like this would be slaughtered in the media and there would be calls for them to be banned from the roads with immediate effect !
Would loved to have seen the others trying to swap insurance details! Some man driving at 97, I’d love to hear a podcast of his road rage ha ha!
Amazing long life he’s had. Not many alive now that can say they visited Natzl Germany.
@Windom Earle: never mínd that. Not many alive now that can say they supported nazi Germany.
@Windom Earle: or married their 1st cousin.
@the druid: shared the same greatgrandmother
@andyearley: that makes them 2nd cousins… Not first cousins! Still false
@Antoinette O’Connor: they might’ve been both considering.
@andyearley : Great, great grandmother actually. Great grandmother was Princess Alexandra, married to Edward VII.
@Windom Earle: or were related to half of it !!
It’s an awful shame poor Philip can’t afford to hire someone to drive him around at his age.
The queen failed this time. He is lucky there isn’t any tunnels around
Ah nice enough old skin Phillip? Bit mad,bit demented, but can be funny as hell. I’d imagine he’d be so funny behind closed doors? Hope he’s doin ok after that crash. Wouldn’t want to have exchange details with the protection officers, but all the same,I’d reckon he’d be ok about it really
@Conor Hayden: that was better than the article
@Conor Hayden: “a bit mad a bit demented” and a bit racist.
@Eamonn Connaghan: think you will find a lot of men of his generation are somewhat fixed regarding life and the world they grew up in. Not saying its right, but im not saying its wrong either. Move along now, nothing to see here. Im sure the next generation will have some choice words to describe you and your views. Every generation becomes irrelevant to the next or do you think your an exception to the rule
Heard he had to wait 22 hours in A and zE
Nothing wrong with him driving at his age if hes capable to do so. Theres a well known man in Clonmel still driving and hes about 103 at this stage i think. Bought a new electric car a couple of years ago when he turned 101!
One must have been most dismayed at the damage to ones rover
@Sean Treacy: brand new one outta da bag at the estate as we write
@Quentin Moriarty: funny enough they had a brand new range rover delivered to the estate yesterday morning — whereas the other driver will probably be without a car for a while -the cost of her insurance will rocket and she will lose any no claims bonus she has earned – phil meanwhile will be like MR TOAD from ‘wind in the willows’ tootling around sandringham and the countryside in his new range rover –”-toot tooot ,tooot ,toot –oh marvelous mr toad ! “
Are we sure he survived? He looks like an extra from The Walking Dead in that picture.
@Wade Wilson: I’m sure you’ll look like an oil painting at 97 ffs
@Wade Wilson: I’m sure you’ll look like an oil painting at 97
@Sean Gillen: He does look like an oil painting. Of Dorian Gray.
I wonder did the police bag him ? Leaving the scene of an accident tutt tut
@Tim Oconnell:
Sky News is reporting he was on his way to Aldi to buy a packet of Disprin,
The queen had told him
‘she had a headache’
Welcome the The Daily Express Journal.
Ok, Norfolk is SE, wouldn’t have thought it.
I hope he’s sensible enough to give it up after this!
Philly riding cars and Lizzie riding horses……with some help it has to be said….
@Rachel Didleu: don’t forget Harry riding Megan!
Why was he even driving royals dont even hold nor have to legally a driving license but at 97 where everyone else has to pass eyesight and medicals its crazy hes allowed behind the wheel
@Mark Dawson: I think it’s just the Queen who doesn’t need a driving license because they’re issued in her name anyway.
Jesus, I was looking forward to some jelly and ice cream.
@Shawn Rahoon: I hope it’s jaggy railings when he lands HH
Off for a sneaky pint … or maybe a bit of rumpy pumpy?
Conspiracy theory to follow soon ( a la Princess Diana- it was the Israelis)
I wonder how many penalty points he has
I’d say themes will be the last ones he will receive
Was he breath tested or does that only apply to subjects?
@dublincomments: yep it’s in the first sentence ..
The Duke of Hazard drives again!
Personally I think it’s outrageous he was driving, he hasn’t been the full shilling for years now!
@Colette Kearns: and how do you know? On what basis are you judging his mental capacity?
The other driver would be lucky to walk away from that crash judging by the photo
I hope the two women injured get better soon.
I heard he was in his pjs and had a soup box on his head
How ironic it would have been if he died the same way they killed Diana.
How did a Kia force a Range Rover on it’s side,
@Thomas Rowe: side impact, lower car went under and toppled it over. Saw a Freelancer toppled by a Micra once. High vehicles easily rolled.
Cop: Now then, your Royal Highness, explain how the accident happened.
Prince Philip: Well, I drove out of the gates and swerved to avoid a pheasant.
Cop: You mean you swerved to avoid a peasant.
Philip: Don’t be stupid man. Why on earth would I swerve to avoid a peasant?
The Duke of Hazard drives again!
Judging by the photo the other drive would have been lucky to walk away
The Duke of Hazard drives again!
Guess he had a better driver than Diana. Lucky. Funny that
WTF is a 97yr old royal doing driving himself
The Duke of Hazard drives again!
Must have been sober
They’ll be wanting a kings ransom.
Wonder was the same people that murder Diana involve ?
@Punker: well at least ONE of them was !!!
Without being ageist, I think if I were that age I would know not to risk driving because most people don’t live near that long and what would happen if I died at the wheel.
@Pragmatist2018: Actually come to think of it I’m not sure I’d know anything any more if I was 97. I might be senile.
The Duke of Hazard drives again!
97 years old!
97 years old!
He’s uninsured after high speed crash!!!!!?????
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