Il principe Filippo Mountbatten, duca di Edimburgo , è il marito della regina Elisabetta II nonché, dal 10 giugno 2011, il Lord High Admiral della Royal Navy, titolo cedutogli dalla consorte in occasione del suo novantesimo compleanno. Filippo è sposato con la regina Elisabetta II dal 20 novembre 1947 e ha quattro figli: Carlo, Anna, Andrea ed Edoardo.
Nato principe di Grecia, nipote del re di Grecia Costantino I , prima del matrimonio rinunciò ai propri titoli greci, fu accolto nella Chiesa d'Inghilterra e adottò il cognome Mountbatten. Il giorno dopo il suo matrimonio ottenne il trattamento di "Altezza Reale" da re Giorgio VI e il giorno seguente i titoli di duca di Edimburgo, conte di Merioneth e barone Greenwich. La regina Elisabetta II lo ha creato principe del Regno Unito nel 1957.
Come consorte della sovrana ha affiancato la regina nei suoi viaggi ufficiali nel Commonwealth e nel mondo, apparendo frequentemente agli occhi del pubblico. È il più longevo consorte di un monarca britannico: infatti il 19 aprile 2009, con 62 anni e 71 giorni di matrimonio, ha superato anche la regina consorte Carlotta di Meclemburgo-Strelitz, moglie di re Giorgio III. Oltre agli attributi regali, Filippo è stato anche patrono di una serie di organizzazioni, incluso il The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, un premio a lui dedicato, ed è stato a capo delle Università di Cambridge e di Edimburgo. Sin dalla sua visita in Antartide del 1956, si è impegnato per sensibilizzare l'opinione pubblica sul rapporto uomo-ambiente, tema sul quale ha anche pubblicato degli scritti.
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“If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed.”
Said to a group of British students in China in 1986, as quoted in "Long line of princely gaffes", BBC News (1 March 2002)
1980s
“You look like you’re ready for bed!”
Said in 2003 to President of Nigeria, who was in national dress, as quoted in "Prince Philip quotes: Relive 65 classic gaffes as Duke of Edinburgh celebrates 65th wedding anniversary" http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prince-philip-quotes-relive-65-1445185
2000s
“You are a woman, aren't you?”
After accepting a gift from a Kenyan woman, as quoted in "Long line of princely gaffes" BBC News (1 March 2002)
2000s
1986 statement as quoted in "Long line of princely gaffes", BBC News (1 March 2002)
1980s
“Well, you'll never fly in it, you're too fat to be an astronaut.”
Said at the University of Salford to a 13-year-old aspiring astronaut, who was wishing to fly the NOVA rocket, as quoted in of the gaffe: Prince Philip’s top ten embarrassing moments" in The Daily Mirror (14 December 2009) http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-10s/2009/12/14/gift-of-the-gaffe-prince-philip-s-top-ten-embarrassing-moments-115875-21896895/"Gift
2000s
“When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.”
On marriage, as quoted in "48 of Prince Philip's greatest gaffes and funny moments" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/04/48-prince-philips-greatest-gaffes-funny-moments/, The Telegraph (2 August 2017)
Said to the Mayor of Waltham Forest who uses a mobility scooter, as quoted in "Duke of Edinburgh has fun with mobility scooter jokes on London visit" http://www.metro.co.uk/news/894691-duke-of-edinburgh-has-fun-with-mobility-scooter-jokes-on-london-visit, Metro (29 March 2012)
“Do you know they're now producing eating dogs for the anorexics?”
Said to a blind, wheelchair-bound woman who was accompanied by her guide dog, as quoted in "Philip tells blind woman: 'They've got eating dogs for anorexics'" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1393020/Philip-tells-blind-woman-Theyve-got-eating-dogs-for-anorexics.html in The Telegraph (3 May 2002)
2000s
Said in a letter to The Oldie magazine after being voted "Consort of the Year", as quoted in "Prince Philip voted 'Consort of the Year'" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12424132, BBC News (11 February 2011)
Said on a visit to Lockerbie in 1993 to a man who lived in a road where eleven people had been killed by wreckage from the Pan Am jumbo jet, as quoted in "Prince Philip's gaffes" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/416992.stm, BBC News (10 August 1999)
1990s
“Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.”
In 1981, in reference to an economic recession, as quoted in "Long line of princely gaffes", BBC News (1 March 2002)
1980s
Statement of 1966, as quoted in "Long line of princely gaffes", BBC News (1 March 2002)
1960s
Response to Elizabeth Rendle, a 24-year-old, who, when introduced to the prince, said that she worked as a barmaid in a nightclub, as quoted in "Prince Philip in strip club gaffe" http://web.archive.org/web/20100315011557/asia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100312/tts-britain-royals-offbeat-cac1e9b.html (12 March 2010), Yahoo! News
Said to multi-racial dance troupe Diversity at the 2009 Royal Variety Performance, as quoted in Prince Philip asks Diversity, 'Are you all one family?'" in The Mirror (20 December 2009) http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/12/20/are-you-all-one-family-philip-asks-diversity-115875-21910150/"
2000s
“Just take the f___ing picture.”
Said during an official photo shoot of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/10/prince-philip-tells-photographer-just-take-the-fucking-picture in 2015.
2000s
“Young people are the same as they always were. Just as ignorant.”
Origine: At Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme in 2006, https://www.womanandhome.com/life/news-entertainment/prince-philip-quotes-63435/
“Cats kill far more birds than men. Why don't you have a slogan: ‘Kill a cat and save a bird?”
Origine: At a project to protect turtle doves in Anguilla in 1965. https://www.womanandhome.com/life/news-entertainment/prince-philip-quotes-63435/
“Children go to school because their parents don't want them in the house.”
Origine: Prompting giggles from Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban after campaigning for the right of girls to go to school without fear - October 2013.
“Just take the thing! Just take the fucking picture!”
Said during an official photo shoot of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/10/prince-philip-tells-photographer-just-take-the-fucking-picture in 2015.
2000s
