The Duke of Edinburgh hit the headlines early in 2019 when he miraculously escaped serious injury in a car crash involving a mother and a baby.
The 97-year-old had been quietly enjoying his retirement before becoming embroiled in the road accident, and ensuing PR disaster.
The Duke of Edinburgh driving from Sandringham Parish Church in 2002 (Haydn West/PA)
One afternoon in January, the Land Rover Freelander Philip was driving was hit by another vehicle when he pulled out of a driveway on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk on to a busy A road, after being dazzled by the low sun.
The duke’s car flipped over and he was trapped, and had to be rescued through the sunroof by a passing motorist.
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Duke s serious car crash involving mother and baby
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