The Wisdom Of Prince Philip

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Prince Philip
- or to give him his proper due His Royal Highness the Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh Earl of Merioneth & Baron Greenwichkg (Knight of the Garter) KT (Knight of the Thistle) OM (Order of Merit) GBE (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire) AK (Knight of the Order of Australia) QSO (Companion of The Queen's Service Order) PC (Privy Counsellor)
- is a gentleman & a senior Royal of such standing it's only fitting that a book celebrate the great wisdom he has accrued in his 93 magnificent years on earth A tireless public servant to the Commonwealth who can forget such pearlers as If it has four legs & it is not a chair if it has got two wings & it flies but is not an aeroplane & if it swims & it is not a submarine the Cantonese will eat it as said to a World Wildlife Fund meeting in 1986? Or observing to a wheelchair-bound Susan Edwards alongside her guide dog in 2002 Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now? Of course Australians fondly remember his deep & abiding interest in the country We will always remember his asking Do you still throw spears at each other? to Indigenous leader William Brin in 2002? Or when offered a koala to stroke Oh no I might catch some ghastly disease? But perhaps Prince Philip best summed up his illustratrious career when commenting to Jeremy Paxman that Any bloody fool can lay a wreath at the thingamy