 The Royal Family were warned to "downplay" the incident out of fear of him being "stubborn"
 When he arrived home after the collision, he asked the Queen's private butler for a plaster without revealing the circumstances behind his injury
 Philip had not deemed it important to mention he had just been pulled out of his overturned Land Rover on the Sandringham Estate
 Insiders told the Daily Telegraph that the Prince was “genuinely shaken up” by the crash and “furious with himself”
 This shock led the “determined” Prince to take to the wheel the very next day, according to the paper
 Out of fear of losing his independence, the 97-year-old drove without a seatbelt to “prove” he was still up to it despite the hip replacement, glasses and hearing aid
 This stubborn streak meant Philip’s concerned children and grandchildren were warned not to make a fuss, it is reported
 READ MORE: Prince William reveals his FEARS before having Prince George This would explain why Princess Anne had “no idea” how her father was when she was asked days two days afterwards
 A source revealed to The Daily Telegraph the family were not even to mention him giving up his licence out of “fear it might make him dig in his heels even more”
 Royal author revealed, Sarah Bradford, told of how the Duke threatening to kick the Queen out of a car because she complained he was driving “too fast”
 On the eve of his wedding to Princess Elizabeth in 1947, he was stopped for speeding next to Buckingham Palace
 Philip loved driving so much he insisted on driving US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle from their helicopter to Windsor Castle when they came to visit in 2016
 Obama’s secret service is said to have been “terrified” when the then 94-year-old took the wheel
 The then president said later: “I have to say I have never been driven by a Duke of Edinburgh before, but I can report it was very smooth
” However, the Duke’s reluctance was defeated when police said relinquishing his licence was the best way to avoid prosecution
  
