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Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, escaped unhurt
from the collision on Jan. 17 when he pulled out onto a main
road, colliding with an oncoming car near the royals'
Sandringham residence in eastern England.
The other driver, a 28-year-old woman, suffered cuts to her knee
and a 45-year-old woman passenger in the car, which also had a
nine-month-old baby on board, sustained a broken wrist.
The accident prompted a debate in Britain as to whether Philip
should still be driving at his age. He received a warning from
police for driving without a seatbelt just two days after the
crash and earlier this month voluntarily gave up his driving
license.
"We took into account all the circumstances in this case,
including the level of culpability, the age of the driver and
the surrender of the driving license," the Crown Prosecution
Service said in a statement on Thursday.
"We have decided that it would not be in the public interest to
prosecute."
Philip retired from public life in 2017, although he still
occasionally appears with his 92-year-old wife at official
events.
There is no legal age in Britain to stop driving, but drivers
over 70 must renew their licenses every three years.
In 2016, Philip drove then-U.S. President Barack Obama and his
wife Michelle to lunch at Windsor Castle during their state
visit to Britain, prompting Obama to remark: "I have to say I
have never been driven by a Duke of Edinburgh before, but I can
report it was very smooth riding."
(Reporting by Kate Holton; editing by Stephen Addison)
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