Should he still be driving at 97?

i would make him take a driving test .prince phillip or not.just because he's a royal doesnt mean he's exempt from an eye sight test etc.he really should have had security in the cat with him. but he is an independant man. theres no stopping him...

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Bully for you GG if that’s how it was for you then obvs that’s how it will be for everyone else. I’ve never broken a wrist but had a hand out of action for 48 hours and could not have been the super woman you so clearly were (. Or changed my tampon )

maryeliza, I am not "superwoman" just an ordinary working Mum of 5 who has always just got on with things.

moggie according to the BBC the police did an eye test and he passed it. However that doesn't imply his reactions were great.

I am not perfect, I make mistakes and it wouldn't occur to me to judge someone on insufficient information. Actually it would take a lot to make me judge someone.

I imagine he must have some injuries after the accident even if they are superficial. That may be the reason he was seen subsequently driving without a seat belt . It may have been too painful to put one on.
I personally think the people in the other car should have remained quiet and been more dignified.

Well said, GG. My sis-IL fell and broke her wrist while my brother was working abroad. She was well into her sixties at the time and just had to get on with it.

That's what you and I would have done mumof but it may be that she is hard up and been given a lot of money by the tabloids.

Seems .phillip’s crimes are being a member of the royal family and being wealthy.

So, the ladies in the other car should behave with quiet dignity, while the Duke can go out driving in his new car without wearing a seatbelt a couple of days later and that's acceptable? Bit rude and arrogant imo….

He is free to drive unless the law says he can’t, how does not wearing a seat belt affect the two women in the other car ? Why should the fact he has another car affect the other women ?

Well said Labaik and that’s a pretty shitty comment Nonnie about the woman - especially as you are a self proclaimed non judger. She may need to money because she has costs associated with her injury such as loss of earnings or extra help needed. Needing the money doesn’t mean that she’s upping the ante on the degree of the difficulties posed by the injury. But tub expect you superwomen kniwxexactly what type of fracture she has and the degree of pain she is in any other health problems that might impact on her ability to carry out a range of tasks, whether she’s right or left handed and the sort of house she lives in. Well done? And mum after my dh’s accident when it was painful to wear a seat belt, you’ll never believe what he did- he didn’t drive. Flipping heck. Of course I do realise that that option is not open to PP, bless him.

Annie. I'm a monarchist but surely you have to admit he's acting in a bloody minded way. He was photographed driving without a seatbelt on a public road just a short time after the accident so it's hardly surprising that some of her Maj's subjects supporters are shocked and dismayed.

We know he doesn't give a monkey's cuss about public opinion but he's the Queen's consort so he should!

Perhaps the woman passenger will sue him for loss of earnings.

I wouldn't say I'm a monarchist, but I am actually pretty fond of the Royals and I feel they've let themselves down big time in this instance.

ab as I expect you well know his not wearing a seat belt is a loud and clear two fingers upto society, telling it what it can do with its petty little rules. Being seen driving so soon afterwards is equally two fingered. Absolutely no sense of how it all might be perceived , how he could at least have given ( or been seen to be giving) time to thought and reflection. What a truly horrible obnoxious man he is suddenly and abetted by his wife and family.

Suddenly = supported

I don't think he's necessarily acting in a bloody minded way. Perhaps it's just the way he knows he needs to act for himself. Life prolonging psychologically.

I recognise the same behavioural traits in DH.

marye I didn't judge her, it was the way your mind worked which decided I was judging her. You are beyond belief, anyone reading what you said and not reading my post which shows I understood why she might have gone to the papers would think I had said something bad about her! I said in response to another posting thinking she should have not gone to the papers (an opinion they are entitled to) "it may be that she is hard up and been given a lot of money by the tabloids." That is not a criticism it is an explanation of why she might have done it. With emphasis on the 'might' because none of us know. I have never made any of the claims you attribute to me. You are the one who is judging, I have not done so.

Why do you feel the need to do things like this? Why do you twist things? Why won't you admit it was an accident?

I think that over the age of 70 it should be necessary to have doctor's certificate regarding eyesight, mental competence, and those diseases,medication, or addictions that could cause sudden loss of consciousness. it's common knowledge that ageing people are less fit in those areas, statistically. At present the responsibility is the driver's to own up to any of those conditions.

Perhaps the Queen could consider hiding his car keys.

What about him trotting up the path of the woman’s house clutching a bunch of flowers ,

“ what a pathetic bunch of flowers, with all his money he could have bought the biggest most expensive flowers “

What about a new car delivered to the drivers house

“Crawler, trying to get us to think he cares, just show for the camera, he could afford a bigger car than that “

He phones the woman , says ‘I am sorry you have broken your wrist”

“He has said sorry, he isn’t , that family never apologise to the serfs “

that is just what would appear in the press Anniebach (and on here).

He is a stubborn old man and I do hope that the police will be following the same procedures that they would with anyone who had done the same thing. with neither fear nor favour.

Anniebach so true.

Alexa not sure GPs can do eye tests and I think (again not sure) that they have to report any illness which means you shouldn't drive to the DVLA whatever the age.

OOh Annie have you been reading the tabloids again . Think that is what I was trying to say earlier but you put it better.