This is why the royal family don't wear seat belts - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity This is why the royal family don’ t wear seat belts By You Magazine - January 25, 2019 An unavoidable part of being a royal is that you get photographed everywhere – even if you’re in a car. Various members of the family have been snapped arriving at or leaving public events in vehicles over the years, and now some eagle-eyed royal watchers have spotted that they’re often not wearing a seat belt, even though it’s compulsory to do so by law. However, speaking to HELLO! magazine, former royal protection officer Simon Morgan revealed that although it might sound strange, not wearing a seat belt is sometimes a matter of safety for public figures. Getty Images ‘There are always anomalies,’ Simon explained. ‘In the threat and risk matrix it’s a matter of looking at each individual situation to decide what is the best way of achieving what needs to be achieved. For example, considering that a quick entry or exit to a vehicle is easier when people aren’t strapped into seat belts.’ He added that the occasion – and outfit – are also factor that need to be taken into account when making the decision. ‘What is significant about this event or situation? Is an individual’s look and appearance important? And also an individual’s choice,’ he noted. ‘Protection is a very unique area of policing and there are a lot grey areas, but you are always judging each situation to weigh up the risks and threats with the outcomes you are trying to achieve.’ Getty Images There are two scenarios when not wearing a seat belt is technically permissible – the first being when ‘a person [is] involved in a procession organised by or on behalf of the Crown or which is commonly or customarily held’, which obviously is applicable to this instance. The second is when a car does not have seat belts in the first place, such as the classic cars both Prince William and Kate and Prince Harry and Meghan were seen leaving their respective wedding parties in. Otherwise, the royals are not exempt from the law about seat belts – but as Simon says, sometimes there are exceptional circumstances to take into account. And if you search through the archives, there are also plenty of pictures of the royals, mostly on longer journeys, strapped in as we all would be. Mystery solved! RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved