The Queen forgets to clunk-click and drives her Jag without wearing a seatbelt

The Queen forgets to clunk-click and drives her Jag without wearing a seatbelt. Tsk tsk, Ma'am. That's not a very good example to set your subjects, is it?

The Queen was spotted driving her Jaguar away from a polo match in Windsor yesterday without wearing a seatbelt.

She wasn’t on a public road when this photo was taken, but even if she was, there was no chance a PC would pull her over.


Unbelted: The Queen driving in Windsor without her seatbelt  fastened

Unbelted: The Queen driving in Windsor without her seatbelt fastened

Bo belt: The Queen drives from Guards Polo Club

Bo belt: The Queen drives from Guards Polo Club


Although driving without a seatbelt is against the law, a reigning monarch cannot be found guilty of it.

Because British courts are established on her behalf, the Queen cannot be a defendant in one - as it would mean she was prosecuting herself.

The Queen is also the only person in the UK who is permitted to drive without a licence and is not obliged to have registration plates on her vehicles.

For ordinary motorists, the fine for not wearing a seatbelt is £60. It was doubled from £30 last year after the Home Office admitted the fine was not acting as enough of a deterrent.


Queen Elizabeth II when she served during WWII in the ATS

A life of driving: The Queen when she served during WWII in the ATS



The Queen, 84, is said to have scolded her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, in the past for driving too fast. But seatbelts are also hugely important in road safety, with one person dying in the UK every day because they failed to ‘clunk-click on every trip’. ( dailymail.co.uk )



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