Prince Philip Quotes
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Occasionally I get fed up, going to visit a factory, when I am being shown around by the chairman, who clearly hasn't got a clue, and I try to get hold of the factory manager, but I can't because the chairman wants to make sure he's the one in all the photographs.
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I can't remember names and things.
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You don't really want nonagenarians as heads of organisations which are trying to do something useful.
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When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.
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You can't just decide you want to do this or that. You have to be invited.
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All these other creatures have an equal right to exist here. We have no prior rights to the Earth than anybody else, and if they're here, let's give them a chance to survive.
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People can't get their heads round the idea of a species surviving; you know, they're more concerned about how you treat a donkey in Sicily or something.
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Everyone has to have a sense of duty. A duty to society, to their family. I mean, you name it.
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The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.
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I don't think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing.
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It's better to get out before you reach the sell-by date.
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I have frequently been misrepresented. I don't hate the press; I find a lot of it is very unpalatable.
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I didn't want to be president of the World Wildlife Fund. I was asked to do it. I'd much rather have stayed in the navy, frankly.
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I had been playing polo, and I decided to give up at the age of 50.
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If anything, I've thought of myself as Scandinavian. Particularly, Danish. We spoke English at home.
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There was no precedent. If I asked somebody, 'What do you expect me to do?' they all looked blank. They had no idea; nobody had much idea.
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A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman.
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In the first years of the Queen's reign, the level of adulation - you wouldn't believe it. You really wouldn't.
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I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his children.
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We don't come to Canada for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves.
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Everything that wasn't invented by God is invented by an engineer.
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I reckon I've done my bit. I want to enjoy myself a bit now, with less responsibility, less frantic rushing about, less preparation, less trying to think of something to say.
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Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.
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It's much better to go when you are still capable than wait until people say you're so doddery it's time you went.