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Prince Philip: 99 Years in 99 Quotes.
1. His verdict on Stoke-on-Trent, during a visit in 1997: “Ghastly.”
2. To an attractive blonde well-wisher during a Diamond Jubilee visit with the Queen to Bromley, South London: "I would be arrested if I unzipped that dress."
1. His verdict on Stoke-on-Trent, during a visit in 1997: “Ghastly.”
2. To an attractive blonde well-wisher during a Diamond Jubilee visit with the Queen to Bromley, South London: "I would be arrested if I unzipped that dress."
3. On the Duke of York’s house, 1986: “It looks like a tart’s bedroom.”
4. To a civil servant, 1970: “You’re just a silly little Whitehall twit: you don’t trust me and I don’t trust you.”
5. To multi-ethnic Britain’s Got Talent 2009 winners Diversity: “Are you all one family?”
4. To a civil servant, 1970: “You’re just a silly little Whitehall twit: you don’t trust me and I don’t trust you.”
5. To multi-ethnic Britain’s Got Talent 2009 winners Diversity: “Are you all one family?”
6. To a fashion writer in 1993: “You’re not wearing mink knickers, are you?”
7. When offered wine in Rome in 2000, he snapped: “I don’t care what kind it is, just get me a beer!”
7. When offered wine in Rome in 2000, he snapped: “I don’t care what kind it is, just get me a beer!”
8. When he was greeting crowds at Sandringham, the Duke of Edinburgh jokingly asked a bodyguard: “Is that a terrorist?” when he saw a man with a long ginger beard.
9. His description of Beijing, during a visit there in 1986: “Ghastly.”
9. His description of Beijing, during a visit there in 1986: “Ghastly.”
10. To deaf children by steel band, 2000: “Deaf? If you’re near there, no wonder you are deaf.”
In other words - What an absolute legend.
