After his traffic accident in East England, Prince Philip apologized to a woman who had broken her wrist. The Sunday Mirror published a copy of a letter Sunday that the 97-year-old man of the Queen wrote to Emma Fairweather. "I want you to know how much I regret my involvement in the accident," it says.

"I can only assume that I did not see the car coming, and I am very contrite in the face of the consequences," continued the prince in the letter. The sun had stood very low over the main road and possibly blinded him. Normally you can see the street well.

When onlookers rallied at the scene of the accident, he was advised to return to the Manor near Sandringham, Philip continues - which should serve as an explanation why he could not immediately take care of the victim. He was "deeply sorry" that Fairweather had fractured his bone, wishing her "speedy recovery," a speedy recovery.

Prince Philip had crashed into a four-and-a-half week near the Royal Manor of Sandringham Castle in his SUV with a Kia when he turned off a side street into a main street. His Land Rover crashed to the driver's side, the windshield broke. The Duke of Edinburgh could be recovered unhurt from the car by a rushed accident witness.

The police subjected him to an alcohol test immediately after the crash. The driver of the other car was also tested. According to the Norfolk police, the standard is for people involved in collisions - royals included. Both tests were negative.

The 28-year-old Kia driver suffered cuts, her nine-month-old baby was uninjured. Fairweather sat in the car as a passenger. She complained to the Sunday Mirror a week ago that Prince Philip had not apologized to her after the accident.

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Prince Philip: Crash at Sandringham Castle

Only two days after his traffic accident, Prince Philip has filed a police complaint for driving without a belt. Tabloids had posted a photo on Saturday showing the Queen's husband at the wheel of his Land Rover - apparently not wearing a seatbelt. "We know the photos," said a police spokeswoman. "The driver was given appropriate advice."

The husband of the Queen likes to sit behind the wheel. In 2016 he insisted on driving the then US Presidential couple Barack and Michelle Obama along with the Queen on the estate of Windsor Castle during his visit to the United Kingdom.

The prince had retired in 2017. In recent years, he suffered from health problems: The heart bothered him, he had bladder infections, had to be operated on the hand and got a new hip joint.

His car accident triggered a debate in the UK about the fitness of older people to drive. In the UK, driving licenses expire at the age of 70, but can be renewed with a simple self-assessment test. According to official data, more than 100,000 senior citizens over the age of 90 still have a driving license in the Kingdom.