Prince Philip involved in car crash, not injured
Posted January 17, 2019 10:17 am.
Last Updated January 17, 2019 12:23 pm.
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LONDON – Buckingham Palace says the 97-year-old husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, has been in a car accident but wasn’t injured.
The palace said the two-vehicle accident happened Thursday afternoon near Sandringham Estate, the queen’s country retreat in eastern England.
The Norfolk Constabulary says officers responded to a reported collision and two people in one of the vehicles were treated for minor injuries.
According to BBC, the duke was driving a Range Rover and was pulling out of a driveway when the collision happened. There are reports the car the duke was driving overturned.
The palace said a doctor examined Philip as a precaution and confirmed he wasn’t hurt.
Neither the police force nor the palace would provide more details, including whether Philip was one of the two drivers.
The duke, who is Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, retired from public life in August, 2017.
In April, 2018, he underwent a hip replacement surgery.
