BFF-06 UK’s Prince Philip, 97, back driving – without seatbelt

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UK’s Prince Philip, 97, back driving – without seatbelt

LONDON, Jan 20, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Britain’s Prince Philip has been spoken
to by the police for driving without a seatbelt — just two days after the
97-year-old survived a car crash.

Images published in newspapers on Sunday appeared to show Queen Elizabeth
II’s husband behind the wheel of his replacement sport utility vehicle.

The Duke of Edinburgh was pictured driving the new Land Rover Freelander
on his wife’s private Sandringham estate on Saturday.

The prince was involved in a car crash on Thursday near the country
residence in Norfolk, eastern England, in which his Freelander flipped over.
The other vehicle involved, a Kia, contained two women and a nine-month-old
baby.

The crash happened as the royal patriarch pulled out of a side road onto a
busy main road.

A Norfolk Constabulary spokeswoman said the force was aware of the
photographs taken on Saturday and that “suitable words of advice have been
given to the driver”.

She said: “This is in line with our standard response when being made
aware of such images showing this type of offence.”

The prince walked away from Thursday’s crash shaken but uninjured,
according to a passer-by who helped him out of the vehicle.

The passenger in the Kia suffered a broken wrist and the driver sustained
cuts to the knee.

In a statement on Friday, Norfolk Constabulary said: “As is standard
procedure with injury collisions, the incident will be investigated and any
appropriate action taken.”

BSS/AFP/MSY/0910 hrs