The Wit and Humour of Prince Philip

[BeatrixFan]

Silly sausage is quite a common one here. Doughnut is a good one - and fish seems to be popular amongst the chav population.

[Will's princess]

Fish??? I use silly sausage but normally for my dog lol!

[Aussie Princess]

Why did he call her cabbage?

[Princess BellyFlop]

Originally Posted by Aussie Princess

Why did he call her cabbage?

Could be a bad translation for «mon chou» - lovely French nickname.

[crisiñaki]

Are all British royals racists? Because with the comments made by some of them, I believe they are very stiff and living in the times of the British Empire so they are much better than anyone, they treat people condescently without any moral right to do it because their lives are full of nasty divorces (with the exception of Fergie & Andy) and other scandals

PD: -ducks tomatos- please I you are offended by my words stay away from sharp objects

[Royal Fan]

we should start a Prince Philip picture thread I Dont know how myself :)

[regardez]

Has he ever defended these comments or clarified them? I can imagine a lot of negative... reactions to his comments.

[Warren]

Originally Posted by Royal Fan

we should start a Prince Philip picture thread I Dont know how myself :)

No need to create a new thread as we already have one, here.

[Margrethe II]

HRH isn't known for his tact at the best of times.lol. Alas, the Duke thought people would find his comments amusing but turns out that they were funnier in his head.lol.

Poor Philip!

"MII"

[Princejohnny25]

Crisinaki they are not racist and stuck in the past. It is just his humour and he thought it would be funny. But it wasnt as funny as he thought it was.

[BeatrixFan]

Racist? They aren't racist comments - they are funny comments and they are comments that actually could have been said by anybody. I'm afraid most British people aren't as politically correct as Europe would have us be.

[Skydragon]

Originally Posted by Smilla

The point is that to some extent he IS a representative of his country, whether he wants or not, and he should take this into account before opening his mouth. (BTW, I suppose I should give him some credit because when he grew up political correctness was not an issue and he's at an age where you don't change your ways anymore.)

I think it is more a case of he comes from an era when people did not repeat conversations to the press and he prefers to continue to believe (mistakenly) that most people have a sense of honour.

[BeatrixFan]

I agree Skydragon - it is true. In a 'Guide to Etiquette' I have from 1928, it says, "If you are privelaged enough to have a conversation with a member of our Royal Family then it is unforgivable to repeat that conversation to a newspaper. Remember that anything you say may be used against the Royal Family and that isn't acceptable".

[Skydragon]

Originally Posted by BeatrixFan

Racist? They aren't racist comments - they are funny comments and they are comments that actually could have been said by anybody. I'm afraid most British people aren't as politically correct as Europe would have us be.

Nor do we want to be. I heard a good pc one yesterday (not by DoE) - It was about people who are 'aspirationally challenged'!

[BeatrixFan]

LOL! It beggars belief. How many people will say 'the bloody French?' when they see Jacques Chirac on the TV? The same goes for the Germans. I'd rather that than attempting the impossible, which is standing in a circle holding hands singing, "I'd like to teach the world to sing".

[Aussie Princess]

Originally Posted by Princess BellyFlop

Could be a bad translation for «mon chou» - lovely French nickname.

that';s interesting because in the english speaking royals thread I mentioned how I heard the Queen and her husband sometimes speak French when they are in public to avoid being overhead and understood-seems they are overheard, but not understood, and thus the stories about 'cabbage' got started?

[ysbel]

Originally Posted by Aussie Princess

that';s interesting because in the english speaking royals thread I mentioned how I heard the Queen and her husband sometimes speak French when they are in public to avoid being overhead and understood-seems they are overheard, but not understood, and thus the stories about 'cabbage' got started?

That's funny, Aussie Princess. It reminds me of Greta Garbo when she was living as a recluse in New York. She was crossing the street when some Swedish sailors behind her said in Swedish, "Get a move on, old bag lady" and she turned around and said to them in Swedish "This old bag lady will move when she's good and ready."

[Von Schlesian]

Originally Posted by Margrethe II

HRH isn't known for his tact at the best of times.lol. Alas, the Duke thought people would find his comments amusing but turns out that they were funnier in his head.lol.

Poor Philip!

"MII"

Very true Margrethe!! THe comments aren't meant as charactor assasinations or put-downs, simply observations made with a humourous understanding of the conversation. With the amount of time His Royal Highness is expected to maintain polite, harmless and sometimes technical conversations, it's understandable that throw-away comments are made in the hope of a humourous reaction.

[Skydragon]

Originally Posted by Margrethe II

Alas, the Duke thought people would find his comments amusing but turns out that they were funnier in his head.lol.
"MII"

Isn't that the same with everyone? Some people can take offence at something that has someone else curled up with laughter!