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The Duke Of Edinburgh's Funniest Quotes 1956 to 2011

Never one to shy away from putting his foot in it, here are some of Prince Phillip's most hilarious faux pas...


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Prince Philip

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On Scottish electricians...

Peering at a fuse box in a Scottish factory, he...

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Insulting a nation (again)

To President of Nigeria (who was in national...

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To Lockerbie residents, after the bombing..

“People say after a fire it’s water damage that’s...

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To a British student in China...

“If you stay here much longer, you’ll go home with...

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To a schoolboy who...

invited the Queen to Romford, Essex: “Ah, you’re...

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On Princess Anne...

“If it doesn’t fart or eat hay, she isn’t...

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On the recession...

“A few years ago, everybody was saying we must...

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To Aboriginal leader William Brin, Queensland

“Do you still throw spears at each other?”

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At Hertfordshire University...

“During the Blitz, a lot of shops had their...

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On the Duke of York’s new home...

“It looks like a tart’s bedroom.”

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To a tourist in Budapest...

“You can’t have been here long, you haven’t got a...

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To a group of industrialists...

“I’ve never been noticeably reticent about talking...

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On marriage and prostitution...

“I don’t think a prostitute is more moral than a...

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To deaf children at a steel band concert

“Deaf? If you’re near there, no wonder you are...

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Queen visits Brighton

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of...

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On bird protection...

At a project to protect turtle doves in Anguilla...

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At a Bangladeshi youth club...

“So who’s on drugs here?... HE looks as if he’s on...

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At a WWF meeting...

“If it has four legs and it’s not a chair, if it’s...

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At a WWF meeting...

“If it has four legs and it’s not a chair, if it’s...

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To parents at a previously struggling Sheffield school...

“Were you here in the bad old days? ... That’s why...

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To a civil servant...

“You’re just a silly little Whitehall twit: you...

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On stress counselling for servicemen...

“We didn’t have counsellors rushing around every...

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To a children’s band in Australia...

“You were playing your instruments? Or do you have...

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Queen visit to Bristol

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh leave...

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To a female solicitor...

“I thought it was against the law for a woman to...

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To a Kenyan native...

“You ARE a woman, aren’t you?”

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To a fashion writer...

“You’re not wearing mink knickers,are you?”

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On air travel...

Journalist: “What was your flight, like, Your...

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Speaking to Susan Edwards and her guide dog...

“They have eating dogs for the anorexic now.”

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On the class system...

“People think there’s a rigid class system here,...

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To female Labour MPs...

“So this is feminist corner then.”

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To a Scottish driving instructor...

“How do you keep the natives off the booze long...

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On visiting Russia...

“I’d like to go to Russia very much – although the...

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On flattery...

“It’s my custom to say something flattering to...

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To a journalist at a Windsor Castle reception:..

“What are you doing here?” “I was invited, sir.”...

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On meeting Diversity...

(The multi-ethnic Britain’s Got Talent winners):...

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The Duke's party etiquette...

“Bugger the table plan, give me my dinner!”

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To a British backpacker in Papua New Guinea...

“You managed not to get eaten then?”

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On the Dunblane massacre...

“If a cricketer suddenly decided to go into a...

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