Prince Philip hasn’t even said SORRY, his sobbing crash victim reveals – as she says ‘I’m lucky to be alive’
Mum-of-two Emma Fairweather, 45, revealed she 'couldn't stop screaming' as the Duke's Land Rover smashed into her pal's Kia near Sandringham Estate
A PASSENGER who broke her wrist in a horror car crash with Prince Philip says she HASN'T received an apology - and claims she's "lucky to be alive."
Mum-of-two Emma Fairweather, 46, said she "couldn't stop screaming" as the Duke's Land Rover smashed into her pal's Kia near the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.
“It has been such a traumatic and painful time and I would have expected more of the Royal Family.
“It could have been so much worse. Prince Philip apparently said to a witness that it was the sun that dazzled him but I can’t see how that could be true when it was overcast."
“It would mean the world to me if Prince Philip said sorry but I have no idea if he’s sorry at all.
“I know the Queen is a busy lady but I was really excited at the idea she might phone me."
She claimed the only message she got was from a police family liaison officer - and it "didn't even make sense".
I know the Queen is a busy lady but I was really excited at the idea she might phone me
Crash victim Emma Fairweather
Emma said the officer told her: "The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh would like to be remembered to you."
She said: "That’s not an apology or even a well-wish."
Buckingham Palace said on Friday: "Contact has been made privately with the occupants in the other car and well-wishes exchanged."
An eyewitness told The Sun after Thursday's crash how the royal said “I’m such a fool” after being pulled him from his wrecked car.
Victoria Warne, 72, saw his car smash into a Kia carrying a two women and a nine-month-old baby.
She said: “He asked, ‘Is everyone all right?’ I said, ‘Not really’.”
Shaken Philip approached Victoria Warne, 72, after she tended to the injured Kia occupants.
Retired NHS worker Victoria said: “The prince steadied himself for ten minutes after the crash then started worrying about the others.
“He walked slowly down the path towards the crashed car without his protection officers and said, ‘Is everyone all right?’
“I wasn’t going to lie to him, so I said, ‘Not really’.
“I told him the baby was fine - but we thought the passenger had broken her arm.
“He looked so worried and told me, ‘I’m such a fool’.”
DUKE SAID: 'I'M SUCH A FOOL'
The grandmother of four went on: “The passenger from the other car told me, ‘I always wanted to meet a royal - but not this way’.”
She saw the crash just minutes after she was given the all-clear from breast cancer at hospital in nearby King’s Lynn.
Victoria, in a car with husband Roy, 75, said: “The two women and the boy were coming along the main road and Prince Philip’s car came out of the side road.
“Prince Philip told me later, ‘The sun was low and I couldn’t see’ but he still came out and collided with the ladies’ vehicle.
“It was their right of way. It’s not a fast road but it’s a 60mph speed limit on the A road.
“If you’re coming off the Sandringham estate, as Prince Philip was, he should have stopped but it seems as if he drove straight out into the road. The impact sent him rolling and spinning all over the road.
“The other driver reacted extremely well after the impact and steered her car into the path at the side of the road.”
DOCS CHECKED HIS CUTS
Her husband told of his disbelief when Philip appeared to have emerged unscathed.
Barrister Roy was left with Philip’s blood on his hands as he pulled him out of the shattered windscreen.
He said: “I thought the injuries were going to be extremely serious. It was such a relief that nobody was killed. He is lucky to be alive.
“I had his blood on my hands. It wasn’t much and one of the royal people gave me a wipe.”
Victoria, of Thornham, Norfolk, added: “If you ask me there is no question who was at fault, but that doesn’t help anybody. The only thing that matters is no-one was seriously hurt - and that baby will have no recollection of the crash it survived with the Queen’s husband.”
Buckingham Palace said Philip was taken to hospital on the advice of his doctor. He had cuts and bruises but “no injuries of concern”.
However there were growing calls for the Duke to surrender his driving licence.
Sun columnist Jeremy Clarkson writes: “While I’m very glad that no one was seriously hurt, I’m afraid my reaction was, ‘What the bloody hell is a man of that age doing behind the wheel of a car?’
“Yes, dreary motoring groups always tell us that older drivers are safer than ‘young yobboes’ but I’m not so sure.
“On the same day the Duke had his prang, an inquest heard that a 71-year-old man had died, along with his grandson, while driving round the lowered gates and past the red lights at a level crossing.”
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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