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<p><strong>By Hugh Dunnett, Crime Correspondent</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Prince Philip faces further questions over his driving after taking a digger for a spin in Liverpool.</strong></p>
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<p>Workers watched in amazement as the digger went out of control and smashed down the front of a Travelodge hotel.</p>
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<p>The Duke of Edinburgh, 97, claimed he was dazzled by the sun and smashed into the hotel lobby.</p>
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<p>He walked away unhurt from the smash, just days after his Range Rover turned over in an accident in Norfolk.</p>
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<p>Liverpool hotel builder Lorraine Fisher, 34, said: "I was just laying some bricks when there was this almighty crash.</p>
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<p>"Next minute there is a terrible commotion as this digger is ripping up everything in the hotel lobby.</p>
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<p>"Only then did we realise Prince Philip was at the wheel. And he wasn't even wearing a seatbelt.</p>
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<p>"He probably shouldn't be driving at his age."</p>
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<p>[AdSense-B]</p>
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<p>The news comes just days at the Prince was named as a <a href="https://www.suffolkgazette.com/sport/prince-philip-f1/">new driver for the Williams F1 team</a>.</p>
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