Prince Charles helped hurt biker

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Prince Charles stopped to help a motorcyclist who had plunged 15ft off a mountain road, it has emerged.

The Prince and his bodyguards stepped in to help after they found the injured man while driving to Balmoral.

Hugh Simpson, 52, had careered off the road on Sunday after slipping on gravel and tumbled down the steep drop, breaking bones in his wrist and foot.

The accident happened on the A93 near Glenshee Ski Centre, a short drive from the Prince's Birkhall residence.

Mr Simpson, from Crieff, Perthshire, landed just a few feet away from the River Clunie with his Kawasaki motorbike beside him.

The Prince of Wales in his car came upon an accident and stopped to help Clarence House spokesman

The Prince, who was driving alone, was returning from a private visit when he passed the scene of the accident on Sunday afternoon.

The Scotland Yard personal protection officers in a vehicle travelling behind him also stopped to help.

One of the detectives is said to have given Mr Simpson first aid, using medical kit from their Land Rover.

First aid

Other members of the Royal party called an ambulance and waited with Mr Simpson until help arrived.

He was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, where he had surgery on his damaged wrist.

A spokesman for Clarence House confirmed: "The Prince of Wales in his car came upon an accident and stopped to help.

"The police officers with him helped the injured motorcyclist because they have the first aid training and they went to his assistance."

Grampian Police said a Kawasaki motorbike was involved in an accident on the A93 near Glenshee at 1630 BST on Sunday afternoon.