a good thing, and if he was at the wheel, he maybe now told that it's time to call it a day and he will be very sensible about that because he isa very sensible about that because he is a wise man but that would be a great infringement of his independence which he would like, so it's not good news. you say he will ta ke it's not good news. you say he will take such advice as a sensible person, he is also, as we heard, quite determined character and one assumes that driving has been part of his life. it has, but remember some years ago he gave up of his life. it has, but remember some years ago he gave up flying planes long before he needed to because he was scared if something happened there would be criticism about why he was still flying a plane at 55 when he should have retired at a8, so he's very sensible and if anyone is involved in a car accident, it's quite a frightening

thing and if he thought he had lost concentration or hadn't seen somebody, he would realise he's not up somebody, he would realise he's not up to it anymore so that's another reason why he would stop. i have known people in their late 80s and 90s who stopped for that reason. we should say that the duke of edinburgh, though he was not injured in the accident, he was said to be very shocked. is there any precedent for this? lots of people have been involved in car accidents but he himself has not, he is a very good driver and a little while ago he drove president obama, something which upset the secret service people because they wouldn't wish at president to be driven by a man in his 90s, it was no trouble then but we have seen photos of him driving

near balmoral, he was perfectly capable of driving and the queen still drives a certain amount at the age of 92 so until something like this happens, everything is fine, but when something like this does happen, people may say it is time not to do it any more. very good to talk to you, hugo vickers. a buckingham palace spokeswoman confirmed this evening that the duke was driving when the accident happened and added, he saw a doctor asa happened and added, he saw a doctor as a precaution and a doctor confirmed he was not injured. the spokesperson wouldn't comment on who his passenger was but it is likely he was travelling with his protection officer. we can go back 5; dunlop who protection officer. we can go back § dunlop who was i protection officer. we can go back § dunlop who was close to the

55515 2 ,§ the accident happened. alex, you were describing the geography of the area this happened. this is very where this happened. this is very near the sandringham estate, near the north norfolk coast and it's a place that the queen and the duke of edinburgh love very much because they come here every winter, they arrived in kings lynn by train and they have been here since december at the 20th and this is a part of the world the duke of edinburgh knows very well, he drives around the sandringham estate and on the roads around here. the aia9 is now clear, i've been told there is a lot of glass around all over the road, the crossroads are busy but the two vehicles involved have since been taken away. what is interesting, i have to say this unverified

eyewitness report from a man who rang in to the bbc and said he witnessed the accident, he said the vehicle was t—boned, which means that one vehicle slammed into the other, but i have to say that is unverified, and he said he saw the duke of edinburgh's range rover roll over, so it must have been a pretty accident for such a large vehicle to end up on its side. he said he helped the duke of edinburgh out of the car, he was able to walk away but clearly very shocked. thank you, alex dunlop. let's have another word with royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. your thoughts about how significant this car crash is. it has no great significance other than that it will underline to both the duke and the queen the need to show

level and the level of responsibility and cents expected of any other responsible citizen in terms of whether it is wise and appropriate for someone his age to drive on public roads. fortunately neither the duke nor the other two people in the duke nor the other two people in the other vehicle suffered serious injuries but with a crash like this, and you look at the range rover on its right hand side, this could have been an accident which would have ended not in a no injury situation we have but it could have caused a serious injury so that is something he will ponder. so the news now is that the duke of edinburgh has been involved in a car crash while driving near the queen's sandringham estate. he himself is not injured in the accident, which happened shortly before 3pm british time. two other

people sustained minor injuries, he himself is said to be very shocked. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. a much colder day right across the border although many places enjoyed lovely sunshine and crisp skies but there were some snow showers, fourth and eastern parts of the country, 6 oi’ and eastern parts of the country, 6 or7 and eastern parts of the country, 6 or 7 centimetres recorded in scotla nd or 7 centimetres recorded in scotland and high ground in england that these snow showers will fizzle out tonight as high pressure builds, but we have this weather front pushing into western areas which will bring thickening cloud and outbreaks of rain and more of a breeze, so here is the cloud thickens up it shouldn't be too cold but elsewhere it turns very cold and ice could be a problem in eastern

areas. widespread frost developing, quite sharp in the east of the country, temperatures well below freezing but further west because of the cloud and rain, it will not be as cold. these are the pictures as we go into friday, most places still under high pressure that this weather system bringing more rain to northern ireland, wales and the south west of england, some of the rain could be heavy and we could see sleet and snow down to lower levels. north and eastern areas should tend to stay dry, some hazy sunshine, another cold day with temperatures coming offa another cold day with temperatures coming off a little bit in the west. in the weekend it looks like it will be mostly dry and quite chilly, the best sunshine on sunday, on saturday we still have that weather front bringing rain and held sleet and

snow but it will fizzle out as the day goes on, probably the best of the sunshine in northern scotland, when it appears in the south and west we could see temperatures reaching 10 degrees but otherwise a chilly day for most. on sunday this chilly day for most. on sundaytbis front bring some rain to weather front bring some rain to scotla nd weather front bring some rain to scotland but otherwise dry so we should see the clouds break up more with more sunshine for england and wales, perhaps northern ireland will stay cloudy with rain, tells sleet and snow for scotland and again remaining on the chilly side. you're watching beyond one hundred days. the duke of edinburgh has been involved in a car crash near the queen's sandringham estate in norfolk. buckingham palace says prince philip was not injured in the accident. local police attended the scene where the 97—year—old prince's range rover overturned. another car was involved in the incident. president trump's personal lawyer changes his position on russian collusion.

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