Haven’t mentioned the death of Prince Phillip here yet, because…well, because meh, honestly. But then I saw this.
The royal consort of the UK has died at age 99. An acerbic individual, here are a selection of Prince Philip’s greatest hits, including his long-running wars against Tom Jones and Elton John, from a 2011 article in The Independent:
1. “Ghastly.” Prince Philip’s opinion of Beijing, during a 1986 tour of China.
2. “Ghastly.” Prince Philip’s opinion of Stoke-on-Trent, as offered to the city’s Labour MP Joan Walley at Buckingham Palace in 1997.
7. “How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?” Asked of a Scottish driving instructor in 1995.
8. “Damn fool question!” To BBC journalist Caroline Wyatt at a banquet at the Elysée Palace after she asked Queen Elizabeth if she was enjoying her stay in Paris in 2006.
11. “We don’t come here for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves.” During a trip to Canada in 1976.
13. “British women can’t cook.” Winning the hearts of the Scottish Women’s Institute in 1961.
15. “What do you gargle with – pebbles?” To Tom Jones, after the Royal Variety Performance, 1969. He added the following day: “It is very difficult at all to see how it is possible to become immensely valuable by singing what I think are the most hideous songs.”
16. “It’s a vast waste of space.” Philip entertained guests in 2000 at the reception of a new £18m British Embassy in Berlin, which the Queen had just opened.
18. “If it has 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.” Said to a World Wildlife Fund meeting in 1986.
22. “I would like to go to Russia very much – although the bastards murdered half my family.” In 1967, asked if he would like to visit the Soviet Union.
Good, goooood squishy, that is. More equally succulent Royal badinage at the link. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest, Your Highness.
- Entries
My wife mentioned it yesterday. I asked, “guillotine ?”. She didn’t seem amused 🙂
Aw, this is great. I liked Prince Philip. The shame of it all is that his forthright opinions seem to have had little influence, and didn’t stop the progression.
Edit to add: plus, reading some of these makes President Trump’s tweets sound positively mundane! LOL!
I guess now that he’s gone, it’s the Queen and Keith Richards in the finals.
Lmao, they forgot about his “slitty eyes” comment