After public criticism because of his behavior after a car accident, the British Prince Philip (97) has indicated in a letter to the injured his Regret. The husband of Queen Elizabeth II wrote: “I want you to know how much my share of the accident at the Babingley-junction, sorry.”
He knows the heavy traffic in the vicinity of Sandringham is very good, more wrote to Prince Philip. But he had been by the sun in the afternoon, greatly blinded and have not seen the other vehicle. “I regret the consequences,” wrote the 97-Year-old in the letter, the newspaper “Sunday Mirror” made public.
Buckingham Palace confirmed the authenticity of the letter. Prince Philip have written two injured women, said a spokeswoman.
Philip had the accident on 17. January in the vicinity of the country of residence of the Queen in Sandringham with his Land Rover to roll over, but without injuries. In the other vehicle, a passenger broke his wrist, and the driver suffered cuts to the knees. Doctors treated both women in a clinic, in the County of Norfolk. A nine-month-old Baby in the car, remained unharmed.
One of the women had complained a few days ago that the Duke of Edinburgh leave nothing. However, you have to let the Queen (92) via a closely trusted lady in waiting to her “warmest good wishes” to align. It was a nice gesture, but the Queen was involved in the accident, but the man. Buckingham Palace had informed the dpa, the greeting message to the inmates of the car had been transferred in the name of the Queen and her husband.
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