Photos have emerged clearly showing Prince Philip driving his new Freelander on a public road on the Sandringham Estate without a seat belt just days after causing an accident which (Thankfully it didn't) could have turned out quite serious. The photos can be seen by Googling " prince philip driving without seat belt" - For some reason it will not allow me to post this media link.
Does the fact that he is a (Foreign) member of the Royal Family make him exempt of British driving laws. I'm sure if that was me or any other "non-titled" person we would end up with a fair old fine!
What are your thoughts please?

 

Yawn

 

Dear Pete,

Maybe. Maybe not. Most coppers have enough sense to "have a word" rather than immediately trying for "a fair old fine".

Cheers,

R.

 

Is the Sandringham estate public roads? If not, it's a non-story, other than a reminder that daft see you next tuesdays are just that.

 

You mean the royals aren't treat the same as us? Why didn't I know this?

 

Aren't all prosecutions in the UK made in the name of the monarch? Rex v..., Regina v...

 

I suppose if he did get booked he could always phone the missis up to organise a Royal pardon to get him off the hook !

 

I think so too....Crown Prosecution Service?

And I don't think the queen has a passport either, FWIW..... Just calls ahead and gets permission to enter countries, or something like that IIRC.

 

Word is his next car is going to be an orange Dodge Charger with a confederate flag on the roof. Apparently the duke's a hazard.

 

I thought she just stood at the desk sideways and pulled a fiver out and said "that's me !"

 

Sandringham Estate roads are private roads so he can do what he likes. Probably a good job he's not going hunting or else the journalists will have to stay their distance

 

I'm not sure it is as simple as that if the public have access to the roads.

 

I think it is a case of driver beware...there may be wild animals or there may be Phillip in his car with a gun... either way it could end up ugly

 

I've visited often and they are virtually all public roads apart from the entrance ways to the house and some dirt tracks into the woods

 

According to today's news the police have "spoken to Prince Philip regarding the photos of him driving without a seat belt".

 

I live in a rural area with a few drivers like this - old men in ridiculously big cars... they've always driven big cars, and refuse to let old age (with its vision, hearing and reaction time problems) stop them continuing until they kill somebody or lose their license for medical reasons. They can be very dangerous in supermarket car parks, and would still be dangerous in much smaller cars but easier to avoid when they reverse without being able to see where they are going.
Some also reach the stage where insurance costs become prohibitive, but this won't be the case here. It's not as if there isn't anybody else available to drive him.

 

Not only in car parks.
I once had one coming straight at me the wrong way around a roundabout. Oddly, it happened on the same roundabout a few weeks later, but with a different driver. Mind you, this was in a remote part of the island and there were only two roundabouts on the island at the time.

S