UK police speak to Prince Philip about not wearing seatbelt

File Photo: Britain's Prince Philip waves to the public as he leaves after attending a Christmas day church service in Sandringham, England on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016. Buckingham Palace says Prince Philip the husband of Queen Elizabeth II had been in a traffic accident and is not injured. The palace said the accident happened Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 afternoon near the queen’s country residence in Sandringham in eastern England. [Photo: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth]

British police have spoken with Prince Philip after the husband of Queen Elizabeth II was photographed apparently driving without wearing a seatbelt — just two days after he was involved in a car crash.

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

The photograph published by British media Saturday showed Philip, 97, driving a new Land Rover near the royal residence at Sandringham.

On Thursday Philip was driving another car when he was involved in a serious collision in which two people in the other car suffered minor injuries. The accident is still being investigated and no one has been arrested or charged.

Buckingham Palace says Philip has a valid driver’s license. There is no upper age limit for licensing drivers in Britain.

News media film broken glass and car parts on the road side near to the Sandringham Estate, England, where Prince Philip was involved in a road accident Thursday while he was driving, Friday Jan. 18, 2019. Witnesses say Queen Elizabeth II’s 97-year old husband Prince Philip was helped out of his car after it rolled over in the accident on the busy road. [Photo: John Stillwell/PA via AP]

According to a report from the Mirror, the Prince Philip told to police that he was “dazzled by the sun” before the car crash.

(Story includes material sourced from AP and the Mirror.)

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