Prince Philip involved in car accident near Sandringham

[brooklynite]

The Duke of Edinburgh has escaped unhurt after the car he was driving was involved in an accident close to the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

Police were called to the scene of a collision involving 97-year-old Prince Philip on Thursday.

Witnesses told the BBC that the Land Rover being driven by Philip had overturned after pulling out from a driveway on the A149. He was helped out of the car by eyewitnesses and was reportedly conscious but very shocked and shaken.

The palace would not confirm if he was alone in the vehicle at the time of the collision.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/17/prince-philip-involved-in-car-accident-near-sandringham

Am I to understand that he was driving at age 97?

[FM123]

1. "Am I to understand that he was driving at age 97?"

I was thinking the exact same thing....

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. well, he sure can't drive any younger

Ok. I'd starve as a stand-up comic, but you left yourself wide open for that.

[Recursion]

3. Her Majesty still occasionally drives the Land Rover on her estates

She was an Army ambulance driver in World War 2 and apparently still loves to offroad.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. JFC! Nobody had the stones to tell him YOU'RE 97 ... STOP DRIVING!?!?!

[irisblue]

5. Outside of his wife and maybe his son,

Who has the status to tell him no.
And I am very sure those words are being said by the royal physicians, the security detail, the Prince and the Queen tonight in Norfolk.

[malaise]

6. Yes

I did laugh. I remember my mom taking away our granduncle's car - he was in his late 80s and could barely hear.

[JawJaw]

7. Slight problem with his story of being "dazzled by the sun"

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