48 of Prince Philip's greatest quotes and funny moments
The Duke of Edinburgh was always known for speaking his mind
"British women can't cook" (in Britain in 1966).
"What do you gargle with? Pebbles?" (speaking to singer Tom Jones after the 1969 Royal Variety Performance).
"I declare this thing open, whatever it is." (on a visit to Canada in 1969).
"Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed" (during the 1981 recession).
"If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." (at a 1986 World Wildlife Fund meeting).