Driver unleashes at Prince Philip after car crash, Duke given all clear at hospital
A 45-year-old motorist who was injured in the Duke of Edinburgh’s car accident on Thursday has revealed that she has received no apology from the Royal Family.
The revelation comes as the 97-year-old Prince was ticked off by the police after being
photographed driving without his seatbelt on, 48 hours after the accident.
Emma Fairweather told the Sunday Mirror that she was left screaming after the accident, in which the Prince’s Land Rover flipped onto its side after it pulled out in front of
an oncoming Kia, being driven by a 28-year-old woman.
The woman’s nine-month-old baby was in the back while Ms Fairweather was in the front passenger seat.
Both women received minor injuries and the baby was uninjured.
Ms Fairweather broke her wrist in the crash, which occurred just outside the Queen’s country estate Sandringham at Norfolk.
She also disputed a remark that the Duke reportedly made to eyewitnesses upon his rescue that he had been “blinded by the sun”, saying that was unlikely as it was overcast at the time.
“I’m lucky to be alive and he hasn’t even said sorry. It has been such a traumatic and painful time and I would have expected more of the Royal Family,” Ms Fairweather said.
“It would mean the world to me if Prince Philip said sorry but I have no idea if he’s sorry at all.
“What would it have taken for him and the Queen to send me a card and
a bunch of flowers?”
“I know the Queen is a busy lady but I was really excited at the idea she might phone me.
“Instead, I got a call from a police family liaison officer. The message he passed on didn’t even make sense. He said, ‘The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh would like to be remembered to you.’ That’s not an apology or even a well-wish.”
Ms Fairweather said she was still hopeful Prince Philip or the Queen would reach out to her.
“I still love him and the Queen. No one can change my views on that.”
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: “A full message of support was
sent to both the driver and the passenger.”
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