Arab Times

Philip gives up driving licence:

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Queen Elizabeth’s 97-year-old husband Prince Philip has voluntaril­y given up his driving licence after a crash last month, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday.

Philip escaped without injury on Jan 17 when the Land Rover he was driving flipped in a collision with a car close to the royals’ Sandringha­m residence in eastern England.

“After careful considerat­ion The Duke of Edinburgh has taken the decision to voluntaril­y surrender his driving licence,” the royal palace said in a statement.

The other driver, a 28-year-old woman, suffered cuts to her knee and a 45-yearold woman passenger in the car, which also had a nine-month-old baby on board, sustained a broken wrist.

Witnesses said Philip pulled into a main road from a drive.

Philip, who suggested low sun had affected his sight for the crash, also received a warning from police for driving without a seatbelt two days after the crash. (RTRS)

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