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How Prince Philip used his wit and wisdom to charm – and outrage – the world
From his family and women to the Scottish and the Armed Forces, no subject was off limits for the Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip will always be remembered as one of the funniest royals
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As the Queen’s consort for more than 70 years, the Duke of Edinburgh had his serious side. Obviously.
But decade after decade in a role that others might have found tiring and tiresome, he cracked jokes and never fought shy of speaking his mind.
Some of the comments may have bordered on the offensive (and many others probably just were offensive) but the world will, in truth, be a sadder and poorer place for the gaffes and gags Prince Philip will no longer be around to tell.
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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).
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