Prince Philip
Prince Philip
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. He is the longest-serving consort of a reigning British monarch and the oldest-ever male member of the British royal family...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRoyalty
Date of Birth10 June 1921
CityCorfu, Greece
classic scottish scotsmen
Only a Scotsman can really survive a Scottish education.
disease might classic
Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease.
silly book ideas
Books are certainly old fashioned, but only people with a very limited perception are silly enough to condemn ideas because of their age. It is, of course, equally silly to condemn the new fangled simply because it is strange...
talking classic subjects
I've never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing.
reality able population
But we are not going to be able to survive on this limited planet if the population keeps on growing: there isn't going to be anything left.
design beard classic
Well, you didn't design your beard too well, did you?
giving-up years next-year
We go into the red next year... I shall have to give up polo.
might classic cords
There's a cord sticking out of the back. Might you tell me where it goes?
diamond-jubilee long tests
How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?
girl thinking class
People think there's a rigid class system here, but dukes have been known to marry chorus girls. Some have even married Americans.
russia half dukes
I would like to go to Russia very much — although the bastards murdered half my family.
health thinking way
We don't come here for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves.
years feet mouths
Dontopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, which I've practised for many years.
daughter art school
It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from school art lessons.