A woman who called for Prince Philip to be prosecuted after his car crash left her with a broken wrist has been fined and banned from driving for unconnected motoring offences.

Emma Fairweather, 46, was a passenger in a Kia car which collided with the Duke of Edinburgh’s Land Rover Freelander near the Queens Sandringham estate on January 17 this year.

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 alleged to have been guilty of an offence last year.

The Volkswagen Golf was caught exceeding the 30mph limit by a speed camera in Taverham, Norfolk on July 14, 2018, and on August 29, 2018, 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 are alleged to have happened on August 21, 2018, and October 3, 2018.

A court official said Fairweather entered guilty pleas to the four offences in writing and she was sentenced behind closed doors on Tuesday under the single justice procedure.

Fairweather, of Friars Street, 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, the court official said.

The duke, 97, said he was dazzled by low sun as he pulled out onto the busy A149 in Norfolk and collided with a Kia in January.

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

Philip later surrendered his driving licence and the Crown Prosecution Service said he faces no further action.

After January’s crash Fairweather said she was upset that no-one from the royal family had contacted her to offer an apology.

She then branded Philip ‘highly insensitive and inconsiderate’ after he was seen driving without a seatbelt 48 hours after the crash.

Fairweather called for him to be prosecuted if found guilty.

Philips car flipped over during the incident and he was rescued by a passing motorist.

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