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Prince Philip at 90: Relive the Blundering Royal's Most Embarrassing Missteps
By: William Lee Adams (5 days ago)
Topics: 90, birthday, blunders, britain, duke of edinburgh, England, gaffes, how old is prince philip?, Prince Philip, Prince Philip's 90th birthday, Prince Philip's birthday, queen's husband, U.K, world
Prince Philip admires a pint of Guinness at the Guinness Storehouse, in Dublin during a recent visit with Queen Elizabeth, his wife of more than 60 years.

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The Duke of Edinburgh, the man of a thousand gaffes, turns 90 today. As part of the birthday festivities, NewsFeed looks back at some of his biggest public blunders.

2009: "There's a lot of your family in tonight." After seeing business leader Atul Patel's name tag during a reception for 400 influential British Indians at Buckingham Palace.

2002: "So who's on drugs here? He looks as if he's on drugs." Singling out a 14-year old boy while addressing members of a Bangladeshi youth club.

2002: "Do you still throw spears at each other?" To William Brin, a successful Aboriginal businessman, during a visit to Brin's Aboriginal Cultural Park in Queensland, Australia.

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2000: "It's a vast waste of space." Speaking to guests at a gala celebrating the opening of Britain's £18 million ($29 million) embassy in Berlin.

2000: "Get me a beer. I don't care what kind it is, just get me a beer!" After Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato offered him a selection of fine wines at a dinner in Rome.

1998: "You managed not to get eaten then?" Asking a British student about his trek through Papua New Guinea during an official visit.

1995: "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?" To a Scottish driving instructor.

1994: "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?" To residents of the Cayman Islands during a tour of the Caribbean.

1993: "You can't have been here that long — you haven't got a pot belly." To a British tourist he met during a tour of Budapest.

1986: "If you stay here much longer, you will go home with slitty eyes." To a British exchange student during a visit to China.

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1986: "If it has got 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." Offering his assessment of the culinary habits of the Cantonese at a meeting of the World Wildlife Fund.

1984: "You are a woman, aren't you?" To an indiginous Kenyan woman who presented him with a gift during an official state visit.

1976: "We don't come here for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves." To journalists in Canada.

1969: "We go into the red next year. I shall probably have to give up polo." On the Windsor family's finances.

1965: "It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from her school art lessons." After seeing an exhibition on Ethiopian art.

1956: "You look like you're ready for bed!" Speaking to the President of Nigeria, who was dressed in traditional robes, during a state visit..


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[katie]

LOL.... it's good to be da Kin.... er, Queens squeeze! I think he's just another old fart speaking his mind..

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...if $pare was Prince... LMAO

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..but note the dates on some of those quotes. He was pretty young when some of those were made. I chalk it up as very rich and disconnected from the real world.

[bajababe342]

LOL.... it's good to be da Kin.... er, Queens squeeze! I think he's just another old fart speaking his mind..

[bajababe342]

..but note the dates on some of those quotes. He was pretty young when some of those were made. I chalk it up as very rich and disconnected from the real world.

He obviously has no filter between his brain and his mouth and never worried about being politically correct, but he's the King, Prince, the Queen's squeeze or whatever you want to call him. Also, he's an old fart who can speak his mind because he's an old fart!

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Do ya'll see any resemblance between him, Biden and Jefferina?

[$parechange]

FUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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LMAO @ RE3!