Prince Phillip - 90 gaffes in 90 years

[APC]

Ninety gaffes in ninety years - Home News, UK - The Independent

 

79. "Reichskanzler." Prince Philip used Hitler's title to address German chancellor Helmut Kohl during a speech in Hanover in 1997.

 

 

LAD.

[Tommy_B]

AMAZING!! My favourite royal!!

[Billy68]

what a man

[janey]

"You're not wearing mink knickers, are you?" Philip charms fashion writer Serena French at a World Wildlife Fund gathering in 1993.

 

:lol:

 

I'd sooooo love a mad old relative like him. Christmas dinner would be fantastic!

[Mesterh]

 

Brilliant!!!

 

34 is great.

 

An 69.

Edited June 2, 2011 by Mesterh

[Sam Thompson]

Serious love for the old boy "When I left the navy for this job-which-isn't-a-job I was commander of a frigate, since that day I have spent my life walking 4 steps behind her god awful hats"

[tommer9]

He is truly a national treasure and reason enough to keep the royals!!!

[cousin jack]

He's getting on now, but still as sharp as a new pin.

[treequip]

Growing old disgracefully. My kind of man.

[Big J]

Growing old disgracefully. My kind of man.

 

Or, continuing the habit of a lifetime!

 

This is one of the marvellous things about having a monarchy (as in a non-elected head of state) - you need not worry about reelection, or indeed the possible repercussions of your actions. So you can clearly just say what you like!

 

I do think that the public feels a genuine warmth for the cantankerous old sod - open the Daily Mail, see a Prince Philip story, smile wryly and think, what's he said this time....?