The fiercely independent 97-year-old was seen driving his new dark coloured Land Rover Freelander, which was delivered to the Sandringham estate yesterday
THE Duke of Edinburgh today drove his new Land Rover WITHOUT wearing a seatbelt - and it looked like he'd already taken it off-road.
Wearing dark shades, the 97-year-old was seen at the wheel of a black Freelander, which had leaves and twigs jammed under the bumper, tawo days after he crashed another motor.
Philip, who was not injured in the crash, was seen driving the £68,000 replacement 4x4 Discovery from a public B-road into the main entrance gate to Sandringham at about 2.15pm.
Later Norfolk Police said they had given Philip "words of advice" over the pictures of him without a seatbelt.
It came less than 48 hours after his previous vehicle was towed away following a car crash near the estate, which also involved a Kia.
Two women in the Kia were taken to hospital and treated for minor injuries and then discharged.
The Duke later took and passed police eyesight and breath tests.
A couple of hours earlier today the Queen was also seen driving her Range Rover out of the Sandringham estate.
On Thursday, Philip groaned “I’m such a fool” after being pulled from the wreckage of his Land Rover, a witness revealed.
Victoria Warne, 72, saw his car smash into a Kia carrying a gran, mum and her nine-month-old son.
She said: “He asked, ‘Is everyone all right?’ I said, ‘Not really’.”
Philip who could be charged over Thursday’s crash near Sandringham, took delivery of a new motor - despite the the Queen wanting him to stop driving.
Following the crash, the Duke was taken to hospital for a check-up and got the all-clear from doctors.
There were claims he could face charges for driving without due care and attention.
But celebrity lawyer Nick Freeman, known as Mr Loophole, said it was likely he could avoid court by surrendering his licence.
He said: “If you emerge from a minor road onto a major road, you cannot say as a defence that the sun dazzled you. The law requires you to stay put.
“In my view it’s not in the public interest to prosecute him because he’s given his life to serving this country. If he were, he would be looking at three to nine points on his licence or a discretionary ban.”
Our exclusive photographs of the aftermath show the shocked 28-year-old female driver cradling her unharmed nine-month-old son who was also in the car.
She is sitting in a police patrol vehicle, wrapped in a paramedic’s jacket, with a dressing attached to her right knee.
Her 45-year-old mother also broke her wrist in the crash.
Norfolk Police said the incident would be investigated “and any appropriate action taken”.
Meanwhile measures to reduce the crash road’s speed limit to 50mph and install cameras were passed.
A Norfolk County Council meeting in Norwich heard the stretch had been considered dangerous for some time.
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