Queen 'doesn't want to tell' Prince Philip to give up driving at 97

The Queen and the Royal Family’s senior advisers are reportedly ‘too frightened’ to tell him to give up driving.

Sources told the Daily Express that royal aides have “long been concerned about his driving but have been waved away by the irascible Duke of Edinburgh.”

And it is claimed that the Queen “shies away” from telling Prince Philip and the rest of her family what to do – so the Duke has “always been the boss”.

Prince Philip was driving near the Sandringham estate on Thursday afternoon, when his Land Rover collided with a Kia.

While the Duke was uninjured, the driver of the Kia, a 28-year-old woman, suffered cuts to her knee while the passenger, Emma Fairweather, 46, was left with a broken wrist.

Speaking on British TV, Emma said she wants Prince Philip to be charged if he’s found to be at fault for the crash.

“There needs to be a decision as to whether Prince Philip and I are from the same walk of life here or not,” she said on This Morning.

“I feel that his treatment has not been the same as mine.”

Norfolk Police also confirmed a nine-month-old baby boy was in the Kia at the time of the incident and was uninjured.

The Duke is back behind the wheel

Philip was photographed driving a new $122,000 Land Rover Freelander on Saturday, reportedly without a seatbelt.

Norfolk Police said “suitable words of advice have been given to the driver.”

Police said the advice given to Philip was “in line with our standard response when being made aware of such images showing this type of offence.”

The accident has sparked a fresh debate about whether the 97-year-old Duke should still be driving.

“He [Prince Philip] is a man of his own mind and he will do what he wants,” Princess Diana’s former bodyguard, Ken Wharfe, told the Daily Express:

“Nobody in an advanced royal support position is going to tell the Royal Family what they should do. You would very quickly become very unpopular and continuing in your job would become very difficult.”

Royal sources told the newspaper it never entered the Prince’s head to give up driving after the crash.

Are you allowed to drive at 97?

The UK’s Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) requires drivers to renew their licence every three years after they reach the age of 70, however there is no maximum age at which anyone can hold a licence.

It goes on to advise that some medical conditions, such as dementia, Parkinson’s or conditions which affect the eyes, should be declared to the DVLA.

Having a medical condition doesn’t mean that a person will lose their licence, it may mean they could need help with adjusting or make adaptations to their car. However, Age UK goes on to explain “Unfortunately, the DVLA can also tell you to stop driving, if you’re not fit to drive.”

Figures from the DVLA in November showed 110,790 people aged 90 or over still held driving licences.

There were 314 licence holders aged at least 100. The oldest were four people who were 107.

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