Prince Philip has his foot in it again, it seems. The Duke of Edinburgh was visiting Bromley in Kent during the Diamond Jubilee Tour when he spotted 25-year-old Hannah Jackson wearing a daring red dress.
Apparently the Duke, now 90, took one look at Ms Jackson and told a policeman standing next to him: "I would get arrested if I unzipped that dress." It’s just the latest in a colourful line of off-the-cuff comments from the Duke.
Here are what Yahoo! News considers to be his top 10 most spectacular gaffes.
1. During a state visit to China in 1996 Philip described Beijing as "ghastly" and told British students: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed."
2. “You’re too fat to be an astronaut,” the no-nonsense Duke apparently told 13 year-old Andrew Adams when visiting a rocket exhibit at Salford University in 2001.
According to reports, the conversation went as follows…
Prince Philip: "Would you like to travel into space?"
Andrew Adams: "Yes."
Prince Philip (laughing): "You'll have to lose a bit of weight if you want to go in that.”
The schoolboy was reduced to tears after having his dreams dashed.
3. Aboriginal leader William Brin, of Queensland, was at the receiving end in 2002, when he remarked: “Do you still throw spears at each other?”
4. After being told that Madonna was singing the 'Die Another Day' theme tune in 2002, the prince said: “Are we going to need ear plugs?”
5. In 2003, the old wisecracker told a robed President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo: “You look like you’re ready for bed!”
6. Straight-talking Prince Philip told a Scottish driving instructor in 2005, "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?"
7. Discussing his views on the crippling 1981 recession, the Prince said: "Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed."
8. After the Duke struck up a conversation with at a Garden Party in 2009, he was highly critical of the guest’s facial hair, saying: "Well, you didn't design your beard too well, did you? You really must try better with your beard."
9. The Duke has made a string of politically-incorrect comments to women over the years. Two years ago, when a female Sea Cadet told him she worked in a nightclub, he famously replied: "Is it a strip club?"
10. His latest gag suggests he still has an eye for the ladies. It’s definitely another to add to his portfolio.
Prince of Gaffs
Prince of Gaffs
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Yes, the filtering mechanism between the brain and the mouth of The Royal Consort seems to have been malfunctioning for many years....
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I'll miss him when he goes.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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They've always struck me as kind of an "odd couple"....
Her Majesty is always so unerringly correct in everything she says in public, and has been throughout her entire Reign...
In 60 years on The Throne, one would be hard put to find any public gaffes...(her initially tone deaf response to the death of Diana would be the only thing I can think of... )
The Greek Sailor, on the other hand....
He's always reminded me of "The Major" from Fawlty Towers...:
Her Majesty is always so unerringly correct in everything she says in public, and has been throughout her entire Reign...
In 60 years on The Throne, one would be hard put to find any public gaffes...(her initially tone deaf response to the death of Diana would be the only thing I can think of... )
The Greek Sailor, on the other hand....
He's always reminded me of "The Major" from Fawlty Towers...:
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I wish he could run for POTUS.....better that the current crop we have to swallow.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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Your Majesty....
God save our Gracious Queen....
Protect our Noble Queen...
God Save The Queen...
Send Her Victorious, long -lived and Glorious...
Long too Reign over us....
God Save The Queen!
The Nations not so blessed as thee, shall in their turn to Tyrants fall...
While thou shalt flourish great and free, the dread and envy of them all...
RULE BRITANNIA!
BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES!
Britons never never never shall be slaves...
God save our Gracious Queen....
Protect our Noble Queen...
God Save The Queen...
Send Her Victorious, long -lived and Glorious...
Long too Reign over us....
God Save The Queen!
The Nations not so blessed as thee, shall in their turn to Tyrants fall...
While thou shalt flourish great and free, the dread and envy of them all...
RULE BRITANNIA!
BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES!
Britons never never never shall be slaves...
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It may sound funny, but*, I would prefer Jerusalem as the national anthem.
* Only if we couldn't have The Archers Theme of course.
Edited to add:
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountain green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark satanic mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.
Walk upon England's mountain green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark satanic mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.
* Only if we couldn't have The Archers Theme of course.
Edited to add:
Gold!!!Lord Jim wrote: He's always reminded me of "The Major" from Fawlty Towers...:
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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I have always been a great fan of "Jerusalem"...
I used to do a fairly stirring vocal rendition of the piece...
I had thought that it was written during The Crusades; and that it told a mythic tale about the appearance of Jesus Christ in the British Isles....
Imagine my disappointment, when I learned that it was nothing but a union song....
I used to do a fairly stirring vocal rendition of the piece...
I had thought that it was written during The Crusades; and that it told a mythic tale about the appearance of Jesus Christ in the British Isles....
Imagine my disappointment, when I learned that it was nothing but a union song....
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“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountain green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
I like the song...I taught it to Tati....Walk upon England's mountain green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
I consider it to be a British hymn....