This made me laugh

Some of his best

1965: After visiting an exhibition of "primitive" Ethiopian art, Philip memorably said: "It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from her school art lessons."

1966: The Duke made a rather sweeping generalisation when he proclaimed: "British women can't cook."

1967: When asked if he would like to visit the Soviet Union, he said: "I would like to go to Russia very much, although the b******s murdered half my family."

1969: Philip had no fear taking on Tom Jones at the height of his fame, telling the Welsh crooner his songs were "hideous" and asking him: "What do you gargle with, pebbles?"

1976: The Prince was rather dismissive of the attractions Canada has to offer, proclaiming during a tour of the country: "We don't come here for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves."

1981: Making a slightly dubious joke about the terrible recession at the beginning of the 80s, the Duke quipped: “Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed."

1984: Diplomacy has never been the Prince's strong suit, as he demonstrated when he asked a woman who gave him a figurine during a trip to Kenya: "You are a woman, aren't you?"

1986: Two of the Duke's best known and most controversial gaffes occurred in this year, both concerning China.

Firstly, he told a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) meeting: "If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and flies but is not an aeroplane and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it."

More famously still, whilst on an ill-fated visit to the country, he unforgettably told a group of British exchange students living in the city of Xian: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty–eyed."

The Prince also rather undiplomatically referred to Beijing

The Prince - never one to shy away from speaking his mind - asked a group of women "who do you sponge off?" whilst visiting the Chadwell Heath Community Centre in Dagenham.

It was taken in jest by members of the group including Nusrat Zamir, a trustee of the centre, who jokingly replied that she relied on her husband for money.

She said: "The Duke said to us "who do you sponge off?" We're all married so it's our husbands.

"He was just teasing and it's similar to what I call my husband - the wallet."

In honour of Philip's silver-tongued wit, Express.co.uk takes a look back at some of the Duke's finest and most controversial pronouncements over half a decade as the Queen's

1965: After visiting an exhibition of "primitive" Ethiopian art, Philip memorably said: "It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from her school art lessons."

1966: The Duke made a rather sweeping generalisation when he proclaimed: "British women can't cook."

1967: When asked if he would like to visit the Soviet Union, he said: "I would like to go to Russia very much, although the b******s murdered half my family."

1969: Philip had no fear taking on Tom Jones at the height of his fame, telling the Welsh crooner his songs were "hideous" and asking him: "What do you gargle with, pebbles?"

1976: The Prince was rather dismissive of the attractions Canada has to offer, proclaiming during a tour of the country: "We don't come here for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves."

1981: Making a slightly dubious joke about the terrible recession at the beginning of the 80s, the Duke quipped: “Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed."

1984: Diplomacy has never been the Prince's strong suit, as he demonstrated when he asked a woman who gave him a figurine during a trip to Kenya: "You are a woman, aren't you?"

1986: Two of the Duke's best known and most controversial gaffes occurred in this year, both concerning China.

Firstly, he told a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) meeting: "If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and flies but is not an aeroplane and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it."

More famously still, whilst on an ill-fated visit to the country, he unforgettably told a group of British exchange students living in the city of Xian: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty–eyed."

The Prince also rather undiplomatically referred to Beijing as "ghastly".


1994: The Duke was at his witty best during an official trip to the Cayman Islands, asking one islander: "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?"

Later on in the tour he met a rabbit breeder in Anguilla and decided to impart some unique biological knowledge. He told him: "Don't feed your rabbits pawpaw fruit — it acts as a contraceptive. Then again, it might not work on rabbits."

1995: The Prince famously asked a Scottish driving instructor in Oban: "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?"

1998: In another one of his more famous gaffes, the Duke asked a British student who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea: "You managed not to get eaten, then?"

1999: During a visit to the British Deaf Association in Cardiff he told a group of children who were standing by a Caribbean steel band: "If you're near that music it's no wonder you're deaf".

2000: This was a fruitful year in terms of Philip gaffes.

He made waves at the opening reception of a new £18million British Embassy after describing it as a "vast waste of space".

Then, at a Buckingham Palace drinks party, he told group of female Labour MPs: "Ah, so this is feminist corner then."

The Duke also revealed that he is not a massive fan of Italian wines. During a dinner in Rome with then Italian prime minister Giuliano Amato he is said to have uttered: "Get me a beer. I don't care what kind it is, just get me a beer."

Never one to shy away from a joke

 

Today i have mostly been watching legs and boobs The sun brings the best out of everyone
Not healthy when riding your bike though

 

There's always some flash sod

 

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