More from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.
About to disembark on state visit to Brazil (November 1968), as quoted in Andrew Duncan The Reality of Monarchy (1970).Well, you’ll never fly in it, you’re too fat to be an astronaut.
Said at the University of Salford to a 13-year-old aspiring astronaut, who was wishing to fly the NOVA rocket, as quoted in of the gaffe: Prince Philip’s top ten embarrassing moments” in the Daily Mirror (14 December 2009).Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.
In 1981, in reference to an economic recession, as quoted in “Long line of princely gaffes”, BBC News (1 March 2002).
