Prince Phillip in a car crash

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I'm surprised they breathalyzed him.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you imagine how much secret service was sh*tting itself when he insisted on driving the Obamas and the queen around?

This made me laugh.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the accident wasn't his fault. There's always the possibility the driver of the other car caused it.

Possibly. But looking at his damaged/overturned vehicle and that he was exiting a driveway, it seems like he t-boned the other car, so probably his fault.

Wow. What kind of a street does the driveway front to? It took some speed to make that accident happen.

Maybe the other car pulled out in front of him. Given how they are situated that is a distinct possibility. The 97 year old man could be in the right.

No - he drove off a private road straight into the traffic without stopping. The other cars drivers are alive with scrapes, a broken arm and a traumatized 10-month-Old.

Witness Roy Warne, 75, said of the smash near Sandringham, Norfolk: “It was frightening to see."

Mr Warne also told how Prince Philip said he was “dazzled by the sun” at a T-junction before his Land Rover hit another car carrying a mother and baby.

He said The Duke of Edinburgh was pulled from the wreckage “conscious” but “very, very shocked and shaken”.

Prince Philip was breathalysed by police following the horrific smash.

Barrister Roy, 75, who was first at the scene, helped to free the “disorientated” royal from his motor, which had overturned.

He heard the Duke later admit to cops he had been “dazzled by the sun”.

So... wonder how this plays out, lawsuit-wise....

Can you sue the Royals? THAT I'd love to see.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised they breathalyzed him.

Coverage on the BBC noted that breathalyzer tests for all parties involved in a crash are standard procedure there. No exceptions, done as a matter of course.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the accident wasn't his fault. There's always the possibility the driver of the other car caused it.

Possibly. But looking at his damaged/overturned vehicle and that he was exiting a driveway, it seems like he t-boned the other car, so probably his fault.

Wow. What kind of a street does the driveway front to? It took some speed to make that accident happen.

Maybe the other car pulled out in front of him. Given how they are situated that is a distinct possibility. The 97 year old man could be in the right.

No - he drove off a private road straight into the traffic without stopping. The other cars drivers are alive with scrapes, a broken arm and a traumatized 10-month-Old.

Witness Roy Warne, 75, said of the smash near Sandringham, Norfolk: “It was frightening to see."

Mr Warne also told how Prince Philip said he was “dazzled by the sun” at a T-junction before his Land Rover hit another car carrying a mother and baby.

He said The Duke of Edinburgh was pulled from the wreckage “conscious” but “very, very shocked and shaken”.

Prince Philip was breathalysed by police following the horrific smash.

Barrister Roy, 75, who was first at the scene, helped to free the “disorientated” royal from his motor, which had overturned.

He heard the Duke later admit to cops he had been “dazzled by the sun”.

So... wonder how this plays out, lawsuit-wise....

Can you sue the Royals? THAT I'd love to see.

There will not be a lawsuit. The people he hit will be paid handsomely.

On another note - is no one else going to comment on how ridiculously beautiful that matched pair is? OMG.

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Anonymous wrote:That wreck looks almost as bad as Diana's but apparently he's fine.

What I think they need to do is take the keys from the 97-year-old Prince. Let him keep driving the carriages though.





https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46912691

Those horses are gorgeous

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Anonymous wrote:That wreck looks almost as bad as Diana's but apparently he's fine.

What I think they need to do is take the keys from the 97-year-old Prince. Let him keep driving the carriages though.





https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46912691

Those horses are gorgeous

I would take the carriage everywhere! What a life!

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It's interesting that the good samaritan who pulled the passengers out and the local police only mention one man - so no royal police officer with Philip, apparently. This is going to be a headache for the BRF in more than one way.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8222210/prince-philip-legs-car-crash-caused-by-sun/

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Let's just say that 10-month-old will never have to work a day in his/her life.

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Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that the good samaritan who pulled the passengers out and the local police only mention one man - so no royal police officer with Philip, apparently. This is going to be a headache for the BRF in more than one way.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8222210/prince-philip-legs-car-crash-caused-by-sun/

Yep. Not only was he driving himself at 97 but he apparently ordered his RPOs to stay back. They didn't show up to the scene until AFTER the lawyer who first arrived at the wreck had pulled Prince Phillip out of the car through his window and before that rescued the mother and baby from the car.

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Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that the good samaritan who pulled the passengers out and the local police only mention one man - so no royal police officer with Philip, apparently. This is going to be a headache for the BRF in more than one way.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8222210/prince-philip-legs-car-crash-caused-by-sun/

Yep. Not only was he driving himself at 97 but he apparently ordered his RPOs to stay back. They didn't show up to the scene until AFTER the lawyer who first arrived at the wreck had pulled Prince Phillip out of the car through his window and before that rescued the mother and baby from the car.

Sorry they pulled him out through the sunroof not the window.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the accident wasn't his fault. There's always the possibility the driver of the other car caused it.

Possibly. But looking at his damaged/overturned vehicle and that he was exiting a driveway, it seems like he t-boned the other car, so probably his fault.

Wow. What kind of a street does the driveway front to? It took some speed to make that accident happen.

Maybe the other car pulled out in front of him. Given how they are situated that is a distinct possibility. The 97 year old man could be in the right.

No - he drove off a private road straight into the traffic without stopping. The other cars drivers are alive with scrapes, a broken arm and a traumatized 10-month-Old.

Witness Roy Warne, 75, said of the smash near Sandringham, Norfolk: “It was frightening to see."

Mr Warne also told how Prince Philip said he was “dazzled by the sun” at a T-junction before his Land Rover hit another car carrying a mother and baby.

He said The Duke of Edinburgh was pulled from the wreckage “conscious” but “very, very shocked and shaken”.

Prince Philip was breathalysed by police following the horrific smash.

Barrister Roy, 75, who was first at the scene, helped to free the “disorientated” royal from his motor, which had overturned.

He heard the Duke later admit to cops he had been “dazzled by the sun”.

So... wonder how this plays out, lawsuit-wise....

Can you sue the Royals? THAT I'd love to see.

I think you technically can. England doesn't have the lese majeste laws like Thailand so it should be good to go. Like the Spanish trial of the Infanta (Spanish blood princess who was 3rd in line for the throne until 2005) and her husband.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the accident wasn't his fault. There's always the possibility the driver of the other car caused it.

Possibly. But looking at his damaged/overturned vehicle and that he was exiting a driveway, it seems like he t-boned the other car, so probably his fault.

Wow. What kind of a street does the driveway front to? It took some speed to make that accident happen.

Maybe the other car pulled out in front of him. Given how they are situated that is a distinct possibility. The 97 year old man could be in the right.

No - he drove off a private road straight into the traffic without stopping. The other cars drivers are alive with scrapes, a broken arm and a traumatized 10-month-Old.

Witness Roy Warne, 75, said of the smash near Sandringham, Norfolk: “It was frightening to see."

Mr Warne also told how Prince Philip said he was “dazzled by the sun” at a T-junction before his Land Rover hit another car carrying a mother and baby.

He said The Duke of Edinburgh was pulled from the wreckage “conscious” but “very, very shocked and shaken”.

Prince Philip was breathalysed by police following the horrific smash.

Barrister Roy, 75, who was first at the scene, helped to free the “disorientated” royal from his motor, which had overturned.

He heard the Duke later admit to cops he had been “dazzled by the sun”.

So... wonder how this plays out, lawsuit-wise....

Can you sue the Royals? THAT I'd love to see.

I think you technically can. England doesn't have the lese majeste laws like Thailand so it should be good to go. Like the Spanish trial of the Infanta (Spanish blood princess who was 3rd in line for the throne until 2005) and her husband.

I think only the monarch is immune, meaning the crown can't prosecute itself.

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Doesn't the queen technically issue all driver's licenses in the UK?

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Anonymous wrote:Let's just say that 10-month-old will never have to work a day in his/her life.

Not really, that's not how it works in the UK. The baby wasn't injured, the mother had a few cuts and the other woman in the car has a broken wrist, so no serious injuries to anyone. Obviously they will be covered for the damage to the car, and could claim for any loss resulting from needing to take days of work, or perhaps some physiotherapy for the one with the broken wrist, though all of that will probably be on the NHS anyway. The police are investigating the accident and Philip may well be prosecuted (though he could avoid prosecution by surrendering his license), especially if the passengers in the car push for it. But they are unlikely to make much money from bringing a civil claim, as there's no concept of punitive/special damages in English law, and they really didn't suffer much loss.