Sunday Mail (UK)

The duke has had his Phil of driving

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The Duke of Edinburgh has surrendere­d his driving licence.

The move comes after he was involved in a crash last month then was spotted behind the wheel without a seatbelt.

Philip, 97, voluntaril­y gave up his credential­s yesterday, Buckingham Palace said.

He apologised for his part in the accident on the Sandringha­m estate in Norfolk when his Land Rover Freelander collided with another car, leaving two women needing hospital treatment.

Just 48 hours after the crash, he was pictured driving without a seatbelt.

A statement from the palace said: “After careful considerat­ion, the Duke of Edinburgh has taken the decision to voluntaril­y sur render his dr iv ing licence.”

Philip’s car flipped over after he pulled out into a busy A road. He collided with a Kia carrying a nine- month- old boy, his mother and anot her passenger.

Emma Fairweathe­r, the passenger in the other car, broke her w r i st and called for the duke to be prosecuted if he was found to be at a fault.

In a letter dated January 21, Phi lip wished her a “speedy recovery” and said he “failed to see the car coming”.

He blamed the low, bright sun for obscuring his vision, adding he was “very contrite about the consequenc­es”.

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