Quote Originally Posted by tforturton View Post
I'm not a raving Royalist, but I do appreciate what they do, and what they bring to this country. Philip has been the backbone of the Royal family for over 70 years, and deserves better than the sad paedo/racist slurs appearing on this website. He may have let his guard down for the odd verbal slip, but for goodness sake, if you were traipsing round making endless visits Royal every day, I'm sure you'd try to lighten the mood a little. Give the guy a break - he's only been dead five minutes.
Fought in WW2 as well against fascists, the quotes that were blurted out were off their time he wasn't the only oldie that talked like that , of course were are now aware of their hurtful content , I think they were sad attempts at humour ,gave over five thousand speeches delivered countless Duke of Edinburgh awards .

My favourite Prince Philip, who had no time for ridiculousness moment . “A lot of time and energy has been spent on arranging for you to listen to me to take a long time to declare open a building which everyone knows is open already”.