Duke of Edinburgh’s Road Accident

[SirGawain]

AIBU to ask why on earth is the Duke of Edinburgh driving at the age of 97.

Just made by the same company

YES!

So if they’re made by the same company and both end in Rover, what’s the difference?

So if they’re made by the same company and both end in Rover, what’s the difference?

There’s a vast difference between the two.

Speaking as one who is 'car blind' - I don't even recognise next food's car when I am not-for-profit does it really matter what kind of car it was? (Reaches for tin hat).

Next door's car. Grr.

How does it do that. If I am out I don't recognise the car I see every day on next door 's drive.

Does it matter what he was driving? The fact is, he has shown now on 2 occasions that his judgement is suspect.

The first was a foolish accident but driving without a seatbelt is basic, illegal fuckwittery.

It doesn’t matter is he was driving a golden chariot drawn by unicorns. He’s dangerous to himself and others.

Maybe a Freelander is much posher than a Range Rover and Prince Philips PR team is aghast that anyone could think he drives a Range Rover?
In the real world nobody cares.

PP has also had a near miss recently with a friend of dh. It was the first thing dh said after last weeks crash.

A Range Rover is much bigger and heavier and wider than a Freelander, so presumed heavier to tip over.

Also, there is no actual evidence that he was on the public highway rather than an estate road when snapped without a seatbelt.

bigtits That is very worrying.

No evidence at all but the Lynch mob will never let little things like proof obscure their prejudice.

Nicolastart - As I understand it, the police had a little word about the seatbelt. Surely that means he was doing something that required him to wear a seatbelt.

If he was driving on the private estate, the PR team would have said this.

No it wouldn't. The Palace wants this out of the papers as quickly as possible and the press team won't say anything that will perpetuate it.

Even if the instance of driving without a seatbelt wasn't strictly illegal, it still doesn't show great judgement or care for other people's health and safety two days after totalling a car after a stupid driving mistake, does it?

they`ll keep a dignified silence, till it all blows over

My thoughts on the seatbelt. I’m assuming he was wearing one when the crash happened and so would think it caused some bruising to his shoulder/chest/ hip when the car rolled and so I would have thought wearing one 2 days later would be painful, or at least uncomfortable. Still a very bad judgement call, and illegal, but understand why he may have done so.

If it is painful to wear a seatbelt, you don't drive until you can.

No it wouldn't. The Palace wants this out of the papers as quickly as possible and the press team won't say anything that will perpetuate it.

Do you work for HRH?

I don’t think the DofE was wearing a seatbelt when he crashed, as he doesn’t normally, but hopefully he was. The airbags would have protected him though. Shock and bruising may have gone out a couple of days later, hence why he was driving the next day but hasn’t been seen since.

Come out

No but I worked in media relations for over 30 years so I do know how it works.

You can get a medical exemption from wearing a seat belt but, again, don't let the facts get in the way of a good anti Royalist rant.

@Bluelady so why did the police have a word about him driving without a belt?

You seem to be so blinkered by this being a rock you're losing sight of the fact he's an elderly man who is not fit to drive. I'm sure if he hit and killed one of yours then the blinkers would soon fall from your eyes.

Royals are skin and bone like the rest of us....... they are not higher beings.