Indeed, Buckingham Palace felt compelled to issue an apology after another gaffe in 2000, when Philip, while touring a factory in Scotland, remarked that some electrical equipment looked so crude it must have been installed by an Indian. The Duke of Edinburgh regrets any offence which may have been caused by remarks he is reported as making earlier today, the palace said. With hindsight, he accepts that what were intended as lighthearted comments were inappropriate.
WATCH | Royal Family lands in present-day Iqaluit in 1970:
The Royal Family lands
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1:48The Queen, her husband and two oldest children land in present-day Iqaluit for a visit to Canada s North in 1970.1:48