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Monarchy - HRH Prince Philip 2
1999 - Whilst being shown around a high-tech electronics factory in Edinburgh, he notices a fuse box that's less advanced than other equipment that's around. So naturally, the completely unbigoted and misunderstood Duke automatically says, “It looks as though it was put in by an Indian.” 1999 - On a visit to the new Welsh Assembly and eventually coming across a group from the British Deaf Association. Upon seeing some young people with hearing impairments standing near a band, the Duke remarks: “Deaf? If you're near there [the music], no wonder you're deaf.” 1997 - On an official visit to Jallianwala Bagh and the ‘Flame of Liberty’ (a memorial to unarmed men, women and children who were butchered by General Reginald Dyer's British forces in 1919), the Duke reportedly said the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy was “vastly exaggerated.” 1996 - He makes an entirely perspicacious, intelligent and sensitive comment during the gun debate that follows the Dunblane massacre: “There's no evidence that people who use weapons for sport are any more dangerous than people who use golf clubs or tennis rackets or cricket bats.” 1995 - Never one to rely on stereotypes, he asks a Scottish driving instructor: “How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?” 1994 - Everybody knows that questioning a person's parentage is never a polite thing to do, well, except the good ol' Duke. During a spell in the Cayman Islands he asks a local: “Aren't most of you descended from pirates?” 1993 - He tells a Brit in Hungary: “You can't have been here that long - you haven't got a pot belly.” 1993 - He visits Lockerbie, scene of the Pan Am air disaster, where eleven locals died (killed by wreckage) along with those on board. For some strange reason, the locals are offended when he says: “People usually say that after a fire it's water damage that's the worst. We're still trying to dry out Windsor Castle.” 1992 - As an animal lover he declines to even touch one of Australia's most loved species, the Koala bear saying, “Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease.” 1986 - On a tour of China, he single-handedly tries to end Sino-British diplomatic relations. He describes Beijing as “ghastly” and told a group of British students: “If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed.” 1986 - Whilst it's true to say that the people of Hong Kong and China choose their ingredients from a wider selection than us, he oversteps the mark during a World Wildlife Fund conference saying, “If it's got four legs and it's not a chair, if it's got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it's not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.” 1984 - Upon being presented with a gift from a very obviously female Kenyan the ever gracious and courteous Duke inquires: “You are a woman, aren't you?” 1981 - At the peak of the recession, he sensitively jokes that: “Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they're complaining they're unemployed.” <<< Prev
1999 - Whilst being shown around a high-tech electronics factory in Edinburgh, he notices a fuse box that's less advanced than other equipment that's around. So naturally, the completely unbigoted and misunderstood Duke automatically says, “It looks as though it was put in by an Indian.” 1999 - On a visit to the new Welsh Assembly and eventually coming across a group from the British Deaf Association. Upon seeing some young people with hearing impairments standing near a band, the Duke remarks: “Deaf? If you're near there [the music], no wonder you're deaf.” 1997 - On an official visit to Jallianwala Bagh and the ‘Flame of Liberty’ (a memorial to unarmed men, women and children who were butchered by General Reginald Dyer's British forces in 1919), the Duke reportedly said the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy was “vastly exaggerated.” 1996 - He makes an entirely perspicacious, intelligent and sensitive comment during the gun debate that follows the Dunblane massacre: “There's no evidence that people who use weapons for sport are any more dangerous than people who use golf clubs or tennis rackets or cricket bats.” 1995 - Never one to rely on stereotypes, he asks a Scottish driving instructor: “How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?” 1994 - Everybody knows that questioning a person's parentage is never a polite thing to do, well, except the good ol' Duke. During a spell in the Cayman Islands he asks a local: “Aren't most of you descended from pirates?” 1993 - He tells a Brit in Hungary: “You can't have been here that long - you haven't got a pot belly.” 1993 - He visits Lockerbie, scene of the Pan Am air disaster, where eleven locals died (killed by wreckage) along with those on board. For some strange reason, the locals are offended when he says: “People usually say that after a fire it's water damage that's the worst. We're still trying to dry out Windsor Castle.” 1992 - As an animal lover he declines to even touch one of Australia's most loved species, the Koala bear saying, “Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease.” 1986 - On a tour of China, he single-handedly tries to end Sino-British diplomatic relations. He describes Beijing as “ghastly” and told a group of British students: “If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed.” 1986 - Whilst it's true to say that the people of Hong Kong and China choose their ingredients from a wider selection than us, he oversteps the mark during a World Wildlife Fund conference saying, “If it's got four legs and it's not a chair, if it's got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it's not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.” 1984 - Upon being presented with a gift from a very obviously female Kenyan the ever gracious and courteous Duke inquires: “You are a woman, aren't you?” 1981 - At the peak of the recession, he sensitively jokes that: “Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they're complaining they're unemployed.”
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