Prince Philip, 97, 'very shaken' after rolling Range Rover in car crash
Prince Philip has been involved in a car accident, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.
The accident occurred when the 97-year-old husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was pulling out of a driveway onto a main road.
The Duke of Edinburgh was driving a Range Rover and the vehicle landed on its side after a collision close to the Sandringham Estate, the BBC reported.
He was not injured in the crash, however he was reportedly very shaken.
The Palace confirmed he was behind the wheel when the crash happened on Thursday afternoon (local time).
Police and ambulance crews attended and two people in one of the vehicles suffered minor injuries.
“He saw a doctor as a precaution and the doctor confirmed he was not injured,” the spokeswoman said.
She would not comment on who Philip’s passenger was but it is likely the Duke was travelling with his close protection officer.
The Duke is no stranger to the driving seat and was seen with very famous passengers in a Range Rover in 2016.
Prince Philip showed the former US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, the personal touch when he drove them and the Queen to Windsor Castle after the Marine One presidential helicopter landed close to the monarch’s Berkshire home during their visit to the UK in April 2016.
Even in his 80s, the Duke continued to compete in demanding carriage driving competitions and has previously pulled muscles in his back while driving his horse-drawn carriage.
In 2017, he joked how the rough and tumble of carriage driving left his “Balmoral dog cart” smashed up regularly.
In his first interview since he announced his retirement, Prince Philip told how he took up the sport of carriage driving when he gave up polo aged 50.
He was instrumental in helping to establish the sport and took part well into his 80s, but gave up competitions some years ago.
Prince Philip retired from public duties in summer 2017, aged 96, after having completed 22,219 solo engagements since 1952.
He now divides his time among the Sandringham estate, Balmoral and Windsor.
In April 2018, he was admitted to the King Edward VII’s Hospital for a planned hip replacement and was discharged the following day.
Six weeks later he attended grandson Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle and was also present at granddaughter Princess Eugenie’s nuptials in October 2018.
