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    The Wisdom of Prince Philip

    £4.99
    Prince Philip was a gentleman and a senior Royal of such standing, it's only fitting that a book celebrate the great wisdom he accrued in his 99 magnificent years
    ISBN: 9781743790755
    AuthorButt, Antony
    PublisherNameHardie Grant Books
    Pub Date15/03/2015
    BindingHardback
    Pages112
    Availability: Temporarily Out of Stock

    Prince Philip was a gentleman and a senior Royal of such standing, it's only fitting that a book celebrate the great wisdom he accrued in his 99 magnificent years.

    A tireless public servant, who can forget such pearls as:

    "If it has four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it" (said to a World Wildlife Fund meeting in 1986)

    "Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?" (upon observering wheelchair-bound Susan Edwards alongside her guide dog in 2002)

    "You could do with losing a little bit of weight" (to hopeful astronaut, 13-year-old Andrew Adam)

    But his illustrious career is perhaps best summed up when commenting to Jeremy Paxman that "Any bloody fool can lay a wreath at the thingamy"

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    Prince Philip was a gentleman and a senior Royal of such standing, it's only fitting that a book celebrate the great wisdom he accrued in his 99 magnificent years.

    A tireless public servant, who can forget such pearls as:

    "If it has four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it" (said to a World Wildlife Fund meeting in 1986)

    "Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?" (upon observering wheelchair-bound Susan Edwards alongside her guide dog in 2002)

    "You could do with losing a little bit of weight" (to hopeful astronaut, 13-year-old Andrew Adam)

    But his illustrious career is perhaps best summed up when commenting to Jeremy Paxman that "Any bloody fool can lay a wreath at the thingamy"