Prince of Wales helps biker in Scotland

The Prince of Wales rushed to help an injured motorcyclist after an accident on a mountain road.

The prince, who is on holiday at Balmoral, was driving a Land Rover Discovery when he saw 52-year-old Hugh Simpson, who had fallen off his motorbike seconds earlier and plunged down a 15ft embankment.

Charles and his Scotland Yard protection officers in a following vehicle stopped and hurried to help Mr Simpson, who ended up only a few feet short of a fast-flowing river.

The detectives gave him first aid and the royal party waited with him until an ambulance arrived. He was taken to hospital in Dundee, where he had surgery on a shattered wrist.

The incident took place late on Sunday afternoon on the Old Military Road, or A93, near the Glenshee Ski Centre in Aberdeenshire.

Mr Simpson, a salesman from from Crieff in Perthshire, was riding a 187mph Kawasaki 1200 ZZR. Last night he said from hospital: "I cannot thank Prince Charles and his bodyguards enough.

"I came around a corner and hit a patch of gravel. I had just about regained control when I ran out of road and hit a grass verge.

"I woke up lying face down with the bike beside me. I knew my wrist was smashed and was relieved when the Prince's men turned up.

"They were first aid experts and had all the medical kit required in their Land Rover.

"They had oxygen and splints and a neck kit they put around me. They made me feel quite comfortable very quickly.
"They even phoned the hospital to inquire how I was later on."

Good on you Charley

all the kings horses and all the kings men...

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Fair play to him, that has certainly made me think of him in a different light.

Well done Prince Charles, good on you.

He wants us to leave the EU
That's good enough in my book

Nice story. One of his lads rides doesn't he?

On the other hand, this

... was riding a 187mph Kawasaki 1200 ZZR...

irrelevant journalistic rubbish never fails to annoy me.

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Originally Posted by mac99

irrelevant journalistic rubbish never fails to annoy me.

This also ****ed me off, it insinuates to the dumb and quick to jump to conclusion brigade that the rider was doing those speed at the time of the accident.

Nice one Charles!

cool


well done charlie

Originally Posted by mac99

Nice story. One of his lads rides doesn't he?

Yep. I've also seen photos of the D of E on a bike.