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Brett Gibbons

Prince Philip Sandringham crash victim Emma Fairweather banned from driving

A woman who suffered a broken wrist following a car crash involving the Duke of Edinburgh has been fined and banned from driving for a series of motoring offences.

Emma Fairweather, 46, was a passenger travelling in a Ford Kia which collided with Prince Philip's Land Rover Freelander in Sandringham on January 17 this year.

More than four months on from the crash which saw her hit the headlines, Fairweather was sentenced in her absence at King's Lynn Magistrates' Court for two counts of speeding and two of failing to identify the driver of a Volkswagen Golf which who involved in offences.

The charges were unconnected to the collision involving the Queen's husband.

Fairweather, of Heacham, Norfolk, was fined a total of £450 for the four offences, banned from driving for six months and ordered to pay £115 in costs, it was reported.

Emma Fairweather, who was injured in a car crash involving the Duke of Edinburgh, on ITV's This Morning (ITV/PA Wire)

The Golf was caught exceeding the 30mph limit by a speed camera in Taverham, Norfolk, on July 14 and on August 29 last year, according to court papers.

It was recorded at 38mph on the first occasion and at 39mph on the second.

The offences of failing to identify the driver of the Volkswagen Golf are alleged to have happened on August 21, 2018 and October 3, 2018.

Court officials said Fairweather admitted the four offences in writing and was sentenced behind closed doors on Tuesday under the Single Justice Procedure, the Eastern Daily Press reported.

Emma Fairweather has been banned from driving (Stan Kujawa)

After January's crash, Fairweather said she was upset that no one from the Royal Family had contacted her to apologise.

Prince Philip, who is 97, said he was dazzled by low sun as he pulled out onto the busy A149 in Norfolk and collided with a Kia.

His car turned over during the incident and he was rescued by a passing motorist.

A nine-month-old baby boy in the Kia was unhurt, but both Fairweather and the driver were treated in hospital.

Days later, the royal was seen driving without a seatbelt.

The Duke later surrendered his driving licence and the Crown Prosecution Service said he faced no further action.

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