Prince Philip’s Highlights

6 June 2011

Prince Philip is married to the Queen, and in four days he turns 90. What a guy. In celebration, here are some of his ultimate comments, as chosen by the Guardian’s excellent G2 team.

How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test? To a Scottish driving instructor, 1995.

You are a woman, aren’t you? To a woman in Kenya bearing a gift, 1984.

Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now? To a woman with a guide dog, 2002.

So who’s on drugs here? … He looks as if he’s on drugs. At a Bangladeshi youth club, 2002.

Representing the United Kingdom. Here’s another compilation of his top 15 quotes and the BBC has compiled a lengthy list of ‘gaffes’.