22 of Prince Phillip's Famous Gaffes
Mizuka Ishiwatari
Published
07/09/2014
If you ever wondered why Queen Elizabeth rarely shows with her husband in public, here's your answer.
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On seeing a piezo-meter water gauge in Australia: A pissometer? -
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On the Duke of Yorks house, 1986: It looks like a tarts bedroom. -
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At a Bangladeshi youth club in 2002:So whos on drugs here?... HE looks as if hes on drugs. -
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At a WF meeting in 1986: If it has four legs and its not a chair, if its got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane and if it swims and its not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it. -
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You ARE a woman, arent you? - to a woman in Kenya, 1984. -
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A VIP at a local airport asked HRH: What was your flight, like, Your Royal Highness? Philip: Have you ever flown in a plane? VIP: Oh yes, sir, many times. Well, said Philip, it was just like that. -
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To a fashion writer in 1993: Youre not wearing mink knickers,are you? -
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At a Scottish fish farm: Oh! Youre the people ruining the rivers. -
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To Susan Edwards and her guide dog in 2002: They have eating dogs for the anorexic now. -
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To a British trekker in Papua New Guinea, 1998: You managed not to get eaten then? -
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To female sea cadet in 2013: Do you work in a strip club? -
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In Canada in 1976: We dont come here for our health. -
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On Tom Jones, 1969: Its difficult to see how its possible to become immensely valuable by singing what are the most hideous songs. -
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At a project to protect turtle doves in Anguilla in 1965, he said: Cats kill far more birds than men. Why dont you have a slogan: Kill a cat and save a bird? -
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On the new 18million British Embassy in Berlin in 2000: Its a vast waste of space. -
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To Simon Kelner, republican editor of The Independent, at Windsor Castle reception: What are you doing here? I was invited, sir. Philip: Well, you didnt have to come. -
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To Atul Patel at reception for influential Indians, 2009: Theres a lot of your family in tonight. -
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After being told that Madonna was singing the Die Another Day theme in 2002: Are we going to need ear plugs? -
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To President of Nigeria, who was in national dress, 2003: You look like youre ready for bed! -
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To deaf children by steel band, 2000: Deaf? If youre near there, no wonder you are deaf. -
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On how difficult it is in Britain to get rich: What about Tom Jones? Hes made a million and hes a bloody awful singer. -
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Asking Cate Blanchett to fix his DVD player because she worked in the film industry, 2008: Theres a cord sticking out of the back. Might you tell me where it goes?
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