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Originally posted by tacfoley:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
If I remember correctly, Tac and the Prince knew each other

Ah, not exactly 'knew' each other. We met on two occasions, with me standing in the line and him walking up and down it, once in the pouring rain. We were both very wet.

The first time he asked if I was related to the general of the same family name. 'No, Sir, alas', I said, 'he's rich and I'm not'.

The second time he said 'What kind of a deal have you got going on here? Last time I saw you you were a shiny new Warrant Officer, and here you are, less than two years later, a bloody Captain! You must let me know how you do it!'

He was our Colonel-in-Chief, and worth his weight in diamonds and rubies.

RIP, Sir.

Thank you for these 2 little stories about the Prince.

RIP, Sir.

It's Philip, btw.

A 41 gun salute in Canberra, Aus, is planned to mark the passing of Prince Phillip.

And you may ask ...

The standard Royal salute is 21-guns and is reserved for Heads of State.
When the salute is given from a Royal Park, an extra 20 guns is added, hence the 41-gun salute

OK I saw a 62 gun salute completed exactly in ten minutes and ten seconds. Cannons at the Tower of London. Impressive. {on the television}

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Originally posted by tacfoley:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
If I remember correctly, Tac and the Prince knew each other

Ah, not exactly 'knew' each other. We met on two occasions, with me standing in the line and him walking up and down it, once in the pouring rain. We were both very wet.

The first time he asked if I was related to the general of the same family name. 'No, Sir, alas', I said, 'he's rich and I'm not'.

The second time he said 'What kind of a deal have you got going on here? Last time I saw you you were a shiny new Warrant Officer, and here you are, less than two years later, a bloody Captain! You must let me know how you do it!'

He was our Colonel-in-Chief, and worth his weight in diamonds and rubies.

RIP, Sir.

^^^^^

Wasn’t there a little joking around about how Her Majesty had been hoodwinked by you to get your promotion to major or something along the lines too. Several years ago, you told this story as well but I thought there was a little more to it but maybe my memory is off.

Serving your country for over 70 years and along the way becoming a decorated war veteran as part of the Greatest Generation. Yes, I think he lived a full and productive life.

During his time by the monarch's side, Prince Philip has celebrated huge achievements, such as the success of the Duke of Edinburgh award, and the Queen's many milestone celebrations, such as when she became the longest-reigning monarch.

He too has won the title of longest-serving royal consort, and he and the Queen also incredibly celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary back in 2017.
But aside from these famous accolades, the prince is perhaps most well-known for his cheeky - and often, pretty naughty - side.

From Elton John to the women of the Scottish WI, Prince Philip has put his foot in it with people the world over. rounded up are some of his biggest and most humourous quips...

1. Commenting on the Duke of York's house in 1986: "It looks like a tart's bedroom"
2. Overheard at Bristol University's engineering facility: "It doesn't look like much work goes on at this University."
3. Approaching his 90th birthday, 2011: "Bits are beginning to drop off."
4. At a dinner party in 2004: "Bugger the table plan, give me my dinner!"
5. Shouted to the Queen from the deck of Britannia in Belize in 1994, who was chatting. "Yak, yak, yak; come on get a move on."
6. At the Scottish Women's Institute in 1961: "British women can't cook"
7. Talking to Tom Jones after his Royal Variety Performance in 1969, he asked 'What do you gargle with, pebbles?'. The day after, he added: "It's difficult to see how it's possible to become immensely valuable by singing what are the most hideous songs."
8. At Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme in 2006. "Young people are the same as they always were. Just as ignorant."
9. On a visit to Canada in 1969: "I declare this thing open, whatever it is."
10. After being told that Madonna was singing the Die Another Day theme in 2002, the Duke of Edinburgh asked: "Are we going to need earplugs?"
11. At a project to protect turtle doves in Anguilla in 1965, he said: "Cats kill far more birds than men. Why don't you have a slogan: ‘Kill a cat and save a bird?'"
12. Talking about his equestrian-inclined daughter, Princess Anne: 'If it doesn't fart or eat hay, she isn't interested.
13. When talking to designer Stephen Judge about goatee beard in 2009: "Well, you didn't design your beard too well, did you?"
14. When being questioned on when the Prince of Wales would succeed to the throne: "Are you asking me if the Queen is going to die?"
15. Addressing Elton John he said, 'Oh it's you that owns that ghastly car is it? We often see it when driving to Windsor Castle.' Later, at the Royal Variety Performance watching Elton perform in 2001, he said, "I wish he'd turn the microphone off."
16. About a Cambridge student who didn't recognize him: "Bloody silly fool!"
17. To a Scottish driving instructor, 1999: "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?"


RIP Prince Philip.

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Originally posted by tacfoley:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
If I remember correctly, Tac and the Prince knew each other

Ah, not exactly 'knew' each other. We met on two occasions, with me standing in the line and him walking up and down it, once in the pouring rain. We were both very wet.

The first time he asked if I was related to the general of the same family name. 'No, Sir, alas', I said, 'he's rich and I'm not'.

The second time he said 'What kind of a deal have you got going on here? Last time I saw you you were a shiny new Warrant Officer, and here you are, less than two years later, a bloody Captain! You must let me know how you do it!'

He was our Colonel-in-Chief, and worth his weight in diamonds and rubies.

RIP, Sir.

Awesome story. I can't believe he remembered you and came up with the witty joke.

I confess I know little about the Royals, but those quips from Prince Philip are priceless. He would likely never have had time for a schlub like me, but he sounds like my kind of people.

ETA: In their prime.

Rest In Peace, Prince Philip. He was and remains an extraordinary leader, one we have been blessed to know. Always a leader of with class and compassion. From another age.

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
Again - I'm not knocking the ones who love them, I just don't understand US citizens who follow every word and every 'scandal' of the British monarchy. Cry over Royals and weddings, etc. I just don't get it is all I'm saying.

Its simply fascination over something that seems familiar but still foreign. They speak English, our histories are intertwined but, we made a clean-break. Fairy tales and fantasy stories have stoked the ideas of monarchies and their roles, however that's about the extent I think most American's will entertain the idea. For conservatives, the traditions, customs and ties to history are characteristics that attract interest. For the liberal, it's the fantasy story of 'an outsider marrying into' this long-standing pillar of culture and history; Wallis Simpson, Grace Kelly, and recently Meghan Markle has helped maintain this interest.

Interesting but, that's it...

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If he’s married to the queen, why isn’t he king?

In the British royal hierarchy, the position of King is the highest, and represents the ultimate authority to rule. If there is no reigning King, the reigning Queen has the highest power, as next in the hierarchy of power. But anyone she marries cannot be styled as King, since the higher position of being King would trump the Queen's authority.

So women married to the reigning King are known as the Queen, since the higher-ranking King is the one with the power to rule. But men married to the reigning Queen are known as Prince, since the Queen has power to rule (and thus outranks her husband).

Thank you for that clear explanation.

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Originally posted by 4x5:
My wife and I got hooked watching 'The Crown' on Netflix this year. Very fascinating story about Elizabeth and Phillip. We really had little idea of any of it.
RIP Prince Phillip.

I watched the whole series too. I really liked it.

https://www.breitbart.com/euro...tm_campaign=20210409

The Duke of Political Incorrectness: Prince Philip and the Queen in Pictures

I'm not making fun of him because the fact is that I have the highest regard for him as well as the rest of The Royal Family. However, as I was reading his "bio" - you know, first in his class at the naval academy, scored the highest grades on the submarine tests, etc, etc.- the thought came to me: I think it would be a humorous, although somewhat tense situation if he had NOT scored the highest or NOT been first in his class. I mean, can you imagine being the guy who had to give him the news that he was actually 12th in his class or that he had scored next to the lowest grade on the tests? Yeah, I know.... my sick sense of humor kicking in again...FredT

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by ruger357:
If he’s married to the queen, why isn’t he king?

But men married to the reigning Queen are known as Prince, since the Queen has power to rule (and thus outranks her husband).

I think that rule applies in most families. On my boat, she is the Admiral.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
OK I saw a 62 gun salute completed exactly in ten minutes and ten seconds. Cannons at the Tower of London. Impressive. {on the television}

It was in celebration of the Queens birthday.

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Originally posted by tacfoley:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
If I remember correctly, Tac and the Prince knew each other

Ah, not exactly 'knew' each other. We met on two occasions, with me standing in the line and him walking up and down it, once in the pouring rain. We were both very wet.

The first time he asked if I was related to the general of the same family name. 'No, Sir, alas', I said, 'he's rich and I'm not'.

The second time he said 'What kind of a deal have you got going on here? Last time I saw you you were a shiny new Warrant Officer, and here you are, less than two years later, a bloody Captain! You must let me know how you do it!'

He was our Colonel-in-Chief, and worth his weight in diamonds and rubies.

RIP, Sir.

^^^^^

Wasn’t there a little joking around about how Her Majesty had been hoodwinked by you to get your promotion to major or something along the lines too. Several years ago, you told this story as well but I thought there was a little more to it but maybe my memory is off.

Serving your country for over 70 years and along the way becoming a decorated war veteran as part of the Greatest Generation. Yes, I think he lived a full and productive life.

Yes, there was that story, too, but I didn't want to hog the page in case any of you guys had a tale to tell about him. He DID get around the US, too, y'know...

He was once taking part in a conference of the ecological effects of something or other, and was introduced to a group calling itself Global Earth Aware.

That's fascinating, said the Duke, so tell me, when did you become aware that the planet was actually globe-shaped, and not flat?

Confusion reigned for a few seconds until one of the entourage whispered to the flustered globalists that it was a joke...

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Originally posted by jtedescucci:
I'm not making fun of him because the fact is that I have the highest regard for him as well as the rest of The Royal Family. However, as I was reading his "bio" - you know, first in his class at the naval academy, scored the highest grades on the submarine tests, etc, etc.- the thought came to me: I think it would be a humorous, although somewhat tense situation if he had NOT scored the highest or NOT been first in his class. I mean, can you imagine being the guy who had to give him the news that he was actually 12th in his class or that he had scored next to the lowest grade on the tests? Yeah, I know.... my sick sense of humor kicking in again...FredT

Well his Naval career started before he married Elizabeth, and most Royals do serve and it isn't unusual for them not to be top of class.

https://www.chicagotribune.com...visit-htmlstory.html
ARTICLE FROM 2015
It was 1959 and both the Queen and Prince Philip visited. I did not see them personally but heard all about it from adults.

On Wednesday, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch in British history (63 years, 7 months), eclipsing her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, who ruled more than a century ago.

On June 26, 1959, just six years into her reign, the 33-year-old queen and President Dwight Eisenhower officially opened the St. Lawrence Seaway, which opened Great Lakes shipping channels to the Atlantic Ocean. The queen and her husband, Prince Philip, were on a 15,000-mile, 45-day tour along the seaway visiting all Canadian provinces, four of the Great Lakes and making a 14-hour stop in Chicago.

This was their only American stop and was the first visit of a reigning British monarch to the Windy City. The royal couple's hectic visit took them to some of the city's most popular attractions. It wouldn't be revealed until later that the queen was pregnant with her third child, Prince Andrew.

“This is an unforgettable day — a day I will never forget.”
— Queen Elizabeth II, July 6, 1959

Time:
10 a.m.

Length of trip (hours:minutes):
START
The royal couple take a small boat from their yacht Britannia to a special jetty east of Buckingham Fountain, Queen's Landing.

Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Chicago in 1959.
Queen Elizabeth II stands with Illinois Gov. William Stratton and Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley upon arriving in Chicago. (Tribune archive photo)
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“We have looked forward for a long time to coming to Chicago and to the state of Illinois, and to meeting our American friends from the middle of your country.”
— Queen Elizabeth II in Grant Park
Time:
11:19 a.m.

Length of trip (hours:minutes):
1:19
The royal couple enter Navy Pier to tour Chicago's International Trade Fair. They ride aboard electric carts. At Britain's official exhibit they look at a model of the Fairey Rotodyne, the world's first vertical takeoff airliner. Prince Philip comments that the Rolls-Royce on display is “the best car in the show.”

Queen Elizabeth II arrives at the International Trade Fair.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip ride around the International Trade Fair aboard a special electric car. (Tribune archive photo)
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“We have looked forward for a long time to coming to Chicago and to the state of Illinois, and to meeting our American friends from the middle of your country.”
— Queen Elizabeth II in Grant Park
Time:
1:03 p.m.

Length of trip (hours:minutes):
3:03
The queen arrives, three minutes late, for a luncheon hosted by Gov. William Stratton at the Ambassador West hotel, which no longer exists. (Public Chicago hotel is now at that site.) She and 400 guests dine on lamb and duck. The governor presents the queen with a six-volume edition of the life of Abraham Lincoln personally inscribed by the author, Carl Sandburg.


The queen addresses those in attendance at the Ambassador West hotel. (Tribune archive photo)
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“We caught the first glimpse of your skyline early this morning from the deck of the Britannia, and had our first impression of the vigor of this metropolis of the Middle West and of the vitality of its people.”
— Queen Elizabeth II at the Ambassador West hotel
Time:
3 p.m.

Length of trip (hours:minutes):
5:00
The royal couple caravan down Lake Shore Drive and then past the buildings on the University of Chicago campus in a Lincoln lent to them by President Dwight Eisenhower for the Chicago trip. Thousands of people line the streets to get a look at them. While at the Museum of Science and Industry, the queen visits a chick hatchery and sees herself on a color television for the first time, in the museum's RCA exhibit. Despite a called-in bomb threat, the 45-minute tour continues as scheduled.

Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.
Queen Elizabeth II sees herself on color TV in the museum's RCA exhibit. (Courtesy of Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago)
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“O, look. A Spit!”
— Queen Elizabeth II upon viewing an old English Spitfire fighter plane that was hanging from the ceiling of the Museum of Science and Industry
Time:
4:35 p.m.

Length of trip (hours:minutes):
6:35
The royals arrive at the Art of Institute Chicago 25 minutes behind schedule. The queen is impressed with the El Greco painting “The Assumption of the Virgin.”


Queen Elizabeth tours the Art Institute of Chicago with board member William McCormick Blair. (Tribune archive photo)
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“You have a wonderful institution.”
— Queen Elizabeth II to William McCormick Blair, president of the institute's board
Time:
6:15 p.m.

Length of trip (hours:minutes):
8:15
Seven governors, 24 mayors, members of Chicago’s City Council and labor union leaders arrive at the Drake Hotel to meet the queen. Six of Mayor Daley’s children were presented and took photos with the royal couple.

A letter from Queen Elizabeth II to the Drake's manager
A letter written on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to the Drake Hotel's manager. (Courtesy Drake Hotel)
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Time:
6:45 p.m.

Length of trip (hours:minutes):
8:45
The queen departs the reception five minutes earlier than scheduled to have an emergency filling placed in a back tooth to replace one that fell out. Dr. Norman Olson, of Glencoe, performs the procedure in his office on the first floor of the Drake Hotel.


A front-page story from the July 7, 1959, newspaper. (Tribune archive photo)
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Time:
9 p.m.

Length of trip (hours:minutes):
11:00
About 1,200 guests gather at the Chicago Hilton & Towers to dine on courses named in honor of the locks of the newly opened St. Lawrence Seaway. Then Mayor Daley commits a minor faux pas by sitting to the queen's left instead of her right. The queen herself corrects the issue.

Queen Elizabeth dines at the Chicago Hilton & Towers
Queen Elizabeth II dines at the Chicago Hilton & Towers. (Tribune archive photo)
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“I cannot think of a better moment to visit this great city, which stands at the crossroads of North America, than at this time of the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway.”
— Queen Elizabeth II at Chicago Hilton & Towers
Time:
Before midnight

Length of trip (hours:minutes):
13:50
In a lakefront ceremony near Buckingham Fountain, the queen is presented with a box of recordings by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra before boarding a boat back to the Britannia. The Tribune reports, “Bursting rockets and aerial bombs spangled the night sky over the lakefront ... as the tired, but happy queen and her blond prince took a final salute from an honor guard.”

Fireworks mark Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's departure from Chicago
Fireworks mark Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's departure from Chicago. (Tribune archive photo)
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Time:
12:10 a.m.

Length of trip (hours:minutes):
14:10
The Britannia sets sail with the royal couple aboard. The next day's Tribune reported the Queen's visit cost the city $75,000. Projects included dredging a berth in part of Lake Michigan for the Britannia, constructing a special landing dock on Congress Street, and paying for the lunch and dinner that hosted the Royal couple.


A story describing the costs to host Queen Elizabeth II for a day in Chicago from the July 7, 1959, newspaper. (Tribune archive photo)
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Sources: Associated Press, Chicago Tribune archives, Canadian Royal Heritage Trust, with special thanks to the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago and the Drake Hotel for archive photos

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In some ways, he made the best of a bad situation. Class act.