The Crown Prosecution Service Decides
Against Charging Prince Philip With A Crime Regarding Road
Accident
February 14. 2019
Prince Philip
Prince Philip, the 97-year-old husband of Queen
Elizabeth, accidentally crashed his Land Rover into a small car,
leaving two of its female occupants with broken bones. The
infant in the back seat of the car was uninjured in the crash. I
stated Prince Philip should surrender his drivers license. Weeks
later he surrendered his license.
Today, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
issued a statement revealing that Philip will not be charged
over the car crash, “We took into account all of the
circumstances in this case, including the level of culpability,
the age of the driver and the surrender of the driving license.”
I think they wanted to charge him, due to the
presence of the 9-month-old in the vehicle he crashed into on
the road. However, as he is shagging the Queen, they declined to
press charges. As it was an accident, the first for him of this
nature, no one died, he was not drunk or high, and it has not
been proven he was speeding, and once again he is the Queen’s
husband, it made it highly unlikely he would face charges.
British people on social networking are calling it a double
standard.
In Florida, known as America’s retirement state,
senior citizens have crashed through store fronts. They confuse
the brakes and the gas or lose control of the car. These
incidents pop up on the news. It’s not a very common occurrence,
but it does happen. Once the faculties begin to go, so should
the license. Prince Philip is no different.
STORY SOURCE
Prince Philip won’t be charged in UK car crash
55 minutes ago - LONDON (AP) — Prince Philip
won’t face charges in connection with a car collision that left
two women injured, British prosecutors said Thursday. The
decision came just days after Buckingham Palace said the
97-year-old royal would stop driving. The husband of Queen
Elizabeth II was driving a Land Rover near the royal family’s
Sandringham estate in eastern England when he smashed into
another car on Jan. 17.
Philip needed help to get out of the vehicle,
but he wasn’t injured. Two women in the other car were injured,
but not seriously. A 9-month-old child in the car was unhurt.
Both Philip and the other driver were given breath tests and
passed.
“We took into account all of the circumstances
in this case, including the level of culpability, the age of the
driver and the surrender of the driving license,” said Chris
Long of the Crown Prosecution Service. “We have decided that it
would not be in the public interest to prosecute.”…
https://apnews.com
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