The Duke of Edinburgh is at the center of a PR nightmare. But according to reports, he’s not backing down.

Prince Philip, the 97-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, made headlines earlier this year when he was involved in a serious car accident that left him “shaken.” The royal was at the wheel of his Land Rover when he hit a Kia sedan while leaving the Queen’s Sandringham estate, causing his own vehicle to flip.

A witness to the crash told the BBC that he overheard the duke telling police that he had been “dazzled by the sun” when he pulled out onto the road, causing him to collide into the other car.

Thankfully, neither the royal nor the passengers in the Kia were seriously injured in the crash, though one woman did suffer a broken wrist. Despite that, the Queen is reportedly not thrilled with the idea of Prince Philip continuing to drive. He was pictured at the wheel of a car less than 48 hours after the highly-publicized crash.

“Philip is a law unto himself,” one source told Vanity Fair. “The Queen and Prince Charles have pleaded with him to stop driving on public roads. Charles particularly thinks it’s too dangerous, but Philip won’t be told. He loves the freedom he gets from being on the road, and he doesn’t want to be driven around. There is really only one person he listens to and that’s the Queen, and while I know she has had words in the past, I’m not sure she would ever insist he stops driving.”

Legally, Prince Philip is allowed to continue driving. He was required to take an eye exam as part of the police investigation of the crash, and he passed it, according to the Sunday Mirror.

Source : https://www.littlethings.com/queen-wants-prince-philip-stop-driving/