Prince Philip is married to Queen Elizabeth II of England, making him the Duke of Edinburgh. He is quite famous in Britain for making some rather embarrassing, though often funny, comments. This is a list of fifteen of the best.
1. China State Visit, 1986
If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.
2. To a blind women with a guide
“Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?”
3. To an Aborigine in Australia
“Do you still throw spears at each other?”
4. To his wife, the Queen, after her coronation
“Where did you get the hat?”
5. When asked if he would like to visit the Soviet Union
“The bastards murdered half my family”
6. To a Briton in Budapest
“You can’t have been here that long – you haven’t got a pot belly.”
7. To a driving instructor in Scotland
“How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?”
8. After the Dunblane shooting
“If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?”
9. To a student who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea
“You managed not to get eaten, then?”
10. To Elton John after hearing Elton had sold his Gold Aston Martin
“Oh, it’s you that owns that ghastly car – we often see it when driving to Windsor Castle.”
11. On the London Traffic Debate
“The problem with London is the tourists. They cause the congestion. If we could just stop tourism, we could stop the congestion.”
12. To the President of Nigeria, dressed in traditional robes
“You look like you’re ready for bed!”
13. Unknown
“If you see a man opening a car door for a woman, it means one of two things: it’s either a new woman or a new car!”
14. On key problems facing Brazil
“Brazilians live there”
15. To the matron of a hospital in the Caribbean
“You have mosquitos. I have the Press”
I’m Brazilian, so I can say: He is not wrong in saying that in number 14.
Like we frequently say: “O problema do Brasil são os brasileiros” (The brazilians are the Brazil’s problem).
Britain has always had a monarchy. Who are we in the “Age of Idiocy” and political correctness to do away with such a tradition? Britain has degenerated into a nation of selfish, impatient naves without the capacity to appreciate much outside their limited uneducated ideology (usually Reality TV). The monarchy represents all the grace and taste that was in this country. People were decent, polite and more thoughtful.
Without a monarchy we would be just like France, Germany and America (god forbid). Higher taxes, greedy and corrupt little men. Wealth without taste only leads to a vulgar display.
In the last 10 years of the Labour Government (Poachers turned Gamekeepers), look how Britain has degenerated into a nation where everyone thinks they are so important, rude and don’t care unless it’s fashionable to do so. You can’t speak the truth for fear of being called “classiest” or “racist”.
The Queen may be seen as cold and formal, but she is a far better role model then those alcoholic, binge drinking, public fornicating wretches you see in the papers and from shows such as “I’m a celebrity get me out of here”.
End of the day, its down to people of low standards in high places, unfortunately.
“I may not always agree with what you say, but i will defend to the death, your right to say it.”
wise words indeed
I had no idea how hilarious this dude is
Comedian, he missed his true vocation in life, stop waving mate, you’ll make a fortune!!!
on a visit to Africa he remarked to a lady ” you are a woman, arent you?”
though incredibly funny this guy comes across as very arrogant and racist.
@Punjar (14):
He later admitted he meant cowboy, not indian
My uncle lives in Singapore and runs a science lab there. He was invited for a state dinner with the British Queen and Big Phil, as he is British too.
Prince Philip asked my uncle what he was doing in Singapore, to which my uncle replied – “trying to cure heart disease”.
Big Phils response was – “bloody hell, cant anybody die of anything these days”. Apparently he is a very funny man who is quite often misquoted and i for one like him.
Clint (written joined up….think about it) is a troll – stop feeding him. He obviously gets a kick out of hating people whose lives have no impact or even contact with his own. So very sad.
Re: Prince Philip – There are times when he is an embarrassment, but like an older uncle who insists on dancing at a wedding, you can’t stop him. There is a series of photos floating around the internets where the Royal Family are gathered on a balcony and Philip has clearly farted. Excellent.
As a Brit, I think he’s occasionally funny and usually a waste of space, but at least he upsets idiots like Nat Turner and Clint so he’s served some purpose.
At least someone in public life has got the front to be a tool and say stupid stuff that shocks people and makes us laugh.
Re No. 3. “Do you still throw spears at each other?”
Aborigine tribes throw differing wooden spears at criminals as a form of punishment, with larger spears for more serious crimes. A form of punishment by ordeal. The Prince was probably asking if that legal code had been abolished (I am not sure it really has).
As for the rest, I can't help him!
He is brilliant, but I think people focus too much on his funny quotes. He is not only a very intelligent man that has lead an extradinary life but a Second World War veteran with the Royal Navy
After leaving Gordonstoun in 1939, Prince Philip joined the Royal Navy, graduating the next year from the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, as the top cadet in his course. He was commissioned as a midshipman in January 1940. Philip spent four months on the battleship HMS Ramillies, protecting convoys of the Australian Expeditionary Force in the Indian Ocean. After shorter postings totaling two months on HMS Kent, HMS Shropshire and in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), he was transferred from the Indian Ocean to the battleship HMS Valiant in the Mediterranean Fleet. Amongst other engagements, he was involved in the Battle of Crete, was mentioned in dispatches for his service during the Battle of Cape Matapan, and was awarded the Greek War Cross of Valour. Duties of lesser glory included stoking the boilers of the troop transport ship RMS Empress of Russia.
Prince Philip was promoted to sub-lieutenant after a series of courses at Portsmouth in which he gained the top grade in four out of five sections. In June 1942, he was appointed to the V&W class destroyer and flotilla leader, HMS Wallace, which was involved in convoy ***** tasks on the east coast of Britain, as well as the allied invasion of Sicily. Promotion to lieutenant followed on 16 July 1942. In October of the same year, at just 21 years of age, he became first lieutenant of HMS Wallace and one of the youngest first lieutenants in the Royal Navy. In 1944, he moved on to the new destroyer, HMS Whelp, where he saw service with the British Pacific Fleet in the 27th Destroyer Flotilla. He was present in Tokyo Bay when the instrument of Japanese surrender was signed.
Well at least he differs from most racists in that he doesn't start every statement off with an "I'm not racist, but" which is the startard catchcry of the modern bigot.
These Germans still rule over America. Do your research. It's bloody appalling that comment about dying for the royals. Talk about Stockholm syndrome. Truly pathetic and shows you really can't assume people want liberty. Amazing but there it is.
They missed out the one when he goes to an African woman – 'Are you a woman?' He's such a bigotted bitter old man living in his wife's shadow, but he's hilarious!
This guys dumb enough to qualify for Australian citizenship.
it shows what a bigoted racist inbred tosser this bloke is, him and his wife, shes got the personality of a dishmop. i hope i live to see this bunch of scroungers and their hanger-ons dethrowned de-robed de-bagged and raddished. hate them all.
Oh, honestly! What is it with some people on here and their extremist views?
Personally, I think Prince Philip has got some balls to carry on, year after year, making completely unPC remarks just because they amuse him. He may be 89, but he's not unaware of what he's doing – it's probably the one area of his life where he doesn't have to agree with the Queen.
And talking of the Queen, can I just point out, she is NOT the Queen of England. She is the Queen of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland. I wish people would get that right.
~This man is a legend, I am copying and pasting to FB as we speak #4 is amazing and the one about the SU is incredibly true and maybe still a sad point for him. He does have a very dry sense of humour but maybe to dry to be on oublic show? Good on him and I love the aeropplane one that someone posted below. Is anyone thinking X Factor have found a new judge? xoxo
Philip the Greek – what a legend! If only he would sod off back to Crete and while I'm at his German wife could also go home too hahaha
Prince Philip: We were jealous of Jews
Queen Elizabeth’s husband admits family had ‘inhibitions about Jews,’ sympathized with Nazis early on
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Published: 03.06.06, 19:42 / Israel News
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Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, Prince Philip, broke a long silence about his family link to the Nazis, Britain’s Daily Mail reported on Monday.
In a rare interview, the prince said his family found Hitler’s plans to bring Germany at the helm of European power were “attractive” and admitted they had “inhibitions about the Jews.”
Prince Philip’s zeal to thin the population of undesirables has little to do with his so-called “green credentials,” as is fatuously argued by the corporate media. In reality, the Duke of Edinburgh was a Nazi collaborator and his racist tendencies have spilled over into public gaffes in many occasions.
In 1986, for example, the queen’s husband remarked to a British student during a visit to China: ”If you stay here much longer, you will go home with slitty eyes.”
“It looks as though it was put in by an Indian,” Philip observed when he saw a messy fuse box in a factory during a 1999 visit.
It is well documented that Prince Philip’s sister, Sophia, was married to Christopher of Hesse-Cassel, an SS colonel who named his eldest son Karl Adolf in Hitler’s honor. Indeed, all four of Philip’s sisters married high-ranking Nazis. The prospect of the former Nazis and Nazi sympathizers attending his 1947 wedding to the future Queen of England meant he was allowed to invite only two guests.
The man is freakin’ funny. I don’t see why people make such a big deal out everything he says, he’s entitled to his own opinion, however high up he may be. It’s not like he’s gonnna go around killing people for goodness’ sake, give him a break.
some funny ones there! Number 3 is one of the biggest mis-quotes of all time though, he was asking an aborigine about a particular ritual ceremony they used to do, in which they threw spears at each other, so a pretty valid question.
You know as much about the BRITISH Monarchy as you do about my left foot. The last Queen of England was over four hundred years ago. The present Queen Elizabeth crowned Queen of Great Britain has far more Scottish blood than English. Scottish blood is the only constant feature in British Monarchy over the last four hundred years.
Just a heads up, She’s the Queen of the United Kingdom, NOT Queen of England. That’s why her husband is the Duke of Edinburgh, which is in Scotland, not England. This mistake is the kinda thing that really *****es off the rest of the UK.
Also assuming that royals believe that they can get away with anything is ridiculous. They are under constant pressure to seem perfect. And if one more person says that they’re Nazi loving, in case you ddidn’t notice they fought the Nazis.
And them earning their keep? The Royal Family pays income tax, supports the British economy by bringing billions of pounds in by tourism, are patrons of thousands of charities, entertain millions of state guests (which costs money) create thousands if direct and indirect jobs, sign every peice of legislation (plus other things) attend a different function daily and support their buildings by opening them to the public. The Royal Family earn more for the UK than is spent on them, and their income is earned by the fact that they never get a holiday from a job they automatically recieve with such a huge amount of pressure on it that not many other people could handle.
1. China State Visit, 1986
If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.
Hilarious! (before u call me a racist… iv got slitty eyes:)
I think prince philip (the immigrant) have stayed too long in Britain.
He’s Got British Humor! ha.. ha.
The deaf comment isn’t true. His own mother was deaf and he is the a patron of deaf charity.
The second one about about “If it has four legs…” is actually what the Chinese say about the Cantonese.
I always knew he was an idiot. But I never knew he was such a big moron.
ok i’m irish so you know it means something when i say i dont think he understands what hes actually saying. he’s just a silly old man with a weird sense of humor! i think he’s adorable and would readily adopt him if he wasnt a british royal haha
he means well. the rest of tem however…can go fly…
Prince Phillip is a total legend! One of the funniest men in history!
“How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?”
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I believe you forgot
“In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, to contribute something to solving overpopulation”
Not so witty now, eh?
This guy is a legend!
These are hysterical!
Very witty …but a little insensitive. Forget the latter bit ….and you’ve got a man who can at least make you chuckle.
After all nothing in our lives is too serious to be given a licence to be exempt from humour. …But that’s my view…
“We need to Cull the Surplus population” READ that again people, wake up.
possibly the only royal who isn’t a tosser
Sure he speaks his mind but hes also an arrogant parasite, who couldnt even begin to empathise with any one elses tragedy. Its the reptilian bloodline, they have no feelings.
at the annual garden tea party at Windsor Castle this year (2011) to a disabled woman in a wheel chair: “well at least you get to sit down for the whole thing”
What a legend
He is a very, very funny man with a cutting sense of humour.
Here’s Phil the Greek being a chap:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AdamAndTheASBOs?feature=mhee
Where do I get this book and what is it’s title?
I think he’s absolutely pathetic! I generally admire when people speak their mind, if what’s on their mind is worthy of attention. In this case, it’s not!
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