Duke should be prosecuted if found at fault, crash victim suggests

Bournemouth Echo

Public relations consultant Mark Borkowski has criticised Buckingham Palace’s handling of the situation, describing it as a “DIY PR moment”.

Speaking about the decision by the 97-year-old duke to order a new car and go driving a few days after the accident, Mr Borkowski said: “It would have been wise to just go a little bit silent on this story.

“It seems to me he had a point to prove that despite his ageing years, he loved his car and wasn’t going to stop, it was a real statement from him – business as usual.”

He added that palace officials were having to work with the determined duke: “We all have clients who want to do things in a way they want to do, they might take some advice from a PR person it doesn’t necessarily mean they get the advice, we call that situation ‘doing all the wrong things really well’.

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