Princess Anneis not here for chit-chat!
The royal, 68, stepped out for an official royal outing in Lancashire on Friday, and as the first royal family member to be seen in public sincePrince Philip’scar crash, she was asked about her father’s condition.
“I’ve no idea. You know where I am? Same place as you,” she told reporters with a laugh. She then quickly made her way inside the event.
As she left, a bold reporter asked: “Any word on the Duke, Your Highness?
“Not since I’ve been in there,” she quipped.
Anne, who is the only daughter ofQueen Elizabethand Prince Philip, was named thehardest working royal of 2018with 447 domestic appearances and another 71 outings overseas. But she has strict rules for fan interaction during her outings — and evenavoids shaking hands with fans.
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“It’s become a shaking hands exercise rather than a walkabout,” she said in the recent HBO documentaryQueen of the World. “Phones are bad enough, but the iPads — you can’t even see their heads. No idea who you’re talking to.”
“I either don’t bother or just say, ‘Look, if you want to ask…I suggest you put that down,’” she continued. “It is weird. People don’t believe they’ve experienced the event unless they’ve taken a photograph.”
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A palace spokeswoman said: “Contact has been made privately with those traveling in the other car and well wishes exchanged.”
On doctor’s advice,Philip visited the hospital on Friday morningfor a “precautionary check-up.”“His Royal Highness had no injuries of concern. The Duke has returned to Sandringham,” a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said.
The scene of the crash.MEGA
“It was an astonishing escape for everyone,” Roy Warne, a retired lawyer, told reporters outside his home in Norfolk on Friday, adding that it appeared as if there “had been extraordinarily severe injuries. But fortunately the injuries were very light. People could have been killed the impact must have been enormous.”
Warne added, “He was obviously shaken and then he went and asked if everyone else [in the other car] was alright.”
Philip was able to stand after he was helped from the vehicle. “There was a little bit of blood and one of the royal entourage gave me a wipe to wipe my hands,” Warne said.
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An investigation into the crash is ongoing.
“As is standard procedure with injury collisions, the incident will be investigated and any appropriate action taken,” police in Norfolk said. “We are aware of the public interest in this case, however, as with any other investigation it would be inappropriate to speculate on the causes of the collision until an investigation is carried out.”
source: people.com
