Ah, the Duke of Edinburgh

[i_got_a_mohawk]

The most entertaining of the Royals.

Ninety gaffes in ninety years - Home News, UK - The Independent

(don't worry, nobody takes him seriously anyway!)


"I thought it was against the law these days for a woman to solicit." Said to a woman solicitor.

"I would like to go to Russia very much – although the b******s murdered half my family." In 1967, asked if he would like to visit the Soviet Union.

"People usually say that after a fire it is water damage that is the worst. We are still drying out Windsor Castle." To survivors of the Lockerbie bombings in 1993.

[knumbskull]

"So who's on drugs here?... HE looks as if he's on drugs." To a 14-year-old member of a Bangladeshi youth club in 2002.

"Reichskanzler." Prince Philip used Hitler's title to address German chancellor Helmut Kohl during a speech in Hanover in 1997.

"You managed not to get eaten then?" To a British student who had trekked in Papua New Guinea, during an official visit in 1998.

oh dear god.

[knumbskull]

"I thought it was against the law these days for a woman to solicit." Said to a woman solicitor.

lord...

[i_got_a_mohawk]

It is amazing, he trumps "out there" comedians, without even trying.

[machine gewehr]

"You managed not to get eaten then?" To a British student who had trekked in Papua New Guinea, during an official visit in 1998.

hahaha

Duke is just a title,it doesn't cover up that the man's a tool.

[stratovani]

Here's an intersting story. My brother was a lifelong member of the Canadian Forces, and he was stationed at CFB Edmonton back in the early 1980s. There was a Royal Visit around that time, and while the Queen was doing something or other Prince Philip decided to have a few drinks with the boys. For whatever reason he decided to go to the Sergeants' and Warrant Officers' Mess to drink. My brother, being a Sergeant, got "front row seats" to the happenings. He told me the Prince must have had a wooden leg because he was packing it down with the best of them. He had a huge crowd of servicemen gathered around him, regaling them with stories from his life, and all were having a grand old time. My brother also told me that he swore like a sailor, which isn't surprising considering that, like most of the men in the Royals, he was a sailor! A good time was had by all, and my brother was left with fond memories of Prince Philip!

[bmc]

Gotta love Phil the Greek.