People thought there was something missing from headlines about Prince Philip’s crash
As you can’t possibly have failed to see today, Prince Philip was involved in a car crash while driving near the Queen’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
The duke’s Land Rover turned over in the collision that left two women requiring hospital treatment. But people thought there was an important fact about the incident missing from headlines about it today.
See if you can spot it.
And just in case.
“Need a headline”
“What happened?”
“Prince hospitalised two women whilst ramming his Landrover into a Kia”
“Go with ‘Prince Philip is fine'”
“But the women-”
“PRINCE. PHILIP. IS. FINE.” pic.twitter.com/7SKl61vTAY— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 18, 2019
And then there was this.
“Headline should be ‘Prince says my legs my legs’”
“His legs were fine”
“Yes but-“
“There was a baby in the car he rammed”
“THE PRINCE BRIEFLY THOUGHT HIS LEG WAS BRUISED, THAT’S THE HEADLINE HERE” pic.twitter.com/i0swRib3cr— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 18, 2019
I’m sure there was a baby as well…
— Disappointed Optimist (@disappoptimism) January 18, 2019
Now you’re just nitpicking. The prince was fine, that’s the headline here.
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 18, 2019
Who cares about women. In Kia’s.
They didn’t even have the decency to be well off, they’re lucky to have gotten a mention.— Busi (@Busiswa) January 18, 2019
If they can’t even be bothered to afford a monster truck in case someone royal decides to ram them then honestly they’ve brought it on themselves
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 18, 2019
This chap wasn’t impressed either.
Look at this…
Two women were hospitalised following the crash, but the @BBC headline is that no royalty were hurt.
Think about that.
— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) January 18, 2019
Not everyone thought it was an issue though.
This is a silly comment. It wouldn't be on the national news if HRH wasn't involved. The idea that the headline should be about the other people instead is just silly.
— Duncan Hothersall 🌹 (@dhothersall) January 18, 2019
The BBC should have added, "Two women were hospitalised.".
— Eeyoresmum (@eeyoresmother) January 18, 2019
Fully covered in the story, as it rightly should be.
— Duncan Hothersall 🌹 (@dhothersall) January 18, 2019
But not in the headline. It's as if they consider that old racist 'worth more'.
— Mark Taylor (@HannibalBarcids) January 18, 2019
No, it's as if they put in the headline the reason for the story. It's perfectly sensible and what any journalist would do.
— Duncan Hothersall 🌹 (@dhothersall) January 18, 2019
Two women get injured. Old man doesn't.
— Mark Taylor (@HannibalBarcids) January 18, 2019
This one could run and run. Unlike the duke’s Land Rover, by the looks of it.