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Prince Philip
As he prepares to step down form public service, he'll be missed
Sauce : https://www.facebook.com/MetroUK/videos/1425510394150911/
KillerHeels
Just started watching the crown. Love how he is portrayed.
Bourbonkers
Did he really say these things?
tpgreyknight
This isn't even Uncle Phil's top ten TBH
monsterchar
The Crown on Netflix is a great show. Matt Smith plays Phillip perfectly
ArmandoManatee
100%
grai
opening a deaf school after the band welcoming him had finished "no wonder you're all deaf!"
BananaShip
He had his Phil of jokes.
CaptainCuntPunch
Seems like he is philled the the brim with them
Nicodemusthefirst
My favourite was when he asked an African tribe if they still threw spears at each other.
tpgreyknight
Classic Uncle Phil. In #3 you can see the Aunt Lizzy silently praying for strength.
Deadbau5andy
but well ... do they!?
davecoulierssuperfullhousefanclub
I imagine she needs a lot with her son Carlton I mean Charles
tpgreyknight
Cannot unsee
tpgreyknight
Why do I have an extra "the" in there... am I stupid? Is this how it starts?
PrincessNakedMoleRat
mishalala
She also seems to be caught speechless regarding the dead jungle fowl she's being offered.
candiedhotdogs
He brought tv into the coronation which is one of the most brilliant moves in royal history.
anneboleynfan1
OK the queen's face when he asks if they still throw spears. You can see her struggle to maintain the smile
ThoughtSandwich
lets say he is very old fashioned eh?
iwhantabir
EmmaMaySmith
Fun fact: Philip has a more royal bloodline than Elizabeth, and is descended from multiple emperors.
PacifistPlaythroughs
Seriously though a shit ton of people from the Philippines work in other nations; they're called OFWs.
Jillfer
Hope his retirement is a long happy one
MomofukuJones
I think those were quite crass and insensitive to the people he addressed them to. Someone in his position shouldn't be like that.
30CratesOfTictacs
No class
Bluedrift
I'll tell you what I saw; there was a woman in the kitchen, and she had a terrific pair of knocks!
BelfryBats
He does appear to be a man that gives zero shits.
TroelsyTwo
Well, he did marry his third cousin.. :S
JarlmannViking
Assuming anything from the netflix series is true, he's spent the majority of his life being set aside in a patriarchal environment.
JarlmannViking
I'd imagine he's made more than a few controversial stunts and actions just for the heck of it.
MoonbuttTheGreat
He's also older than fire, I feel like I'll be the same way when I get that old
kazm1936
He has a lot more great ones: (on Russia) I'd like to go there once, too bad they murdered half my family. (something along those lines)
michonnedisapproves
Why is it acceptable for him? Imagine if a member of the public did that to the Queen. Must be great to get away with cos of "royal blood"
dirtmonkey995
Perks of royalty and power my friend.
Tsumino79
95 years old and brought up in a different time?
Gadvance
He's put a fair amount of his time and effort into good causes and has served well, i don't respect royalty bu i do respect him
tpgreyknight
The way a lot of people in the UK look at it, "Aunt Liz and Uncle Phil" are part of your extended family. Uncle Phil is that crazy old >>
tpgreyknight
>> uncle that embarrasses everyone regularly, but we still invite him to Christmas dinner.
MusicIsJustWigglyAir
Tbf he is a prince and husband to the queen of the greatest nation in the world.
son0fgrim
He shags the queen, he does as he pleases.
FoxVoxDK
Indeed, he has reached the ripe old age of I-don't-give-a-shit. xD
captaingrump
I dunno if it's that he gives no shits or if he is just the result of thousands of years of inbreeding. Could go either way.
sha13
To be fair. The highlight of his life was being born.
ThatBatmanFappingGIF
There's a theory he can only die after he's insulted someone from every country on earth.
TanithRosenbaum
I hope there are plenty to go.
iamamitten
He'll have a hell of a time insulting someone from the Sovereign Nation of Dave, I tell you what
katsumiblisk
That had happened by around 1966
abacaxi
Lol. In alphabetical order?
Starwaster
That's the thing he REALLY decided to grit his teeth over.
Mugz
"It would appear that Prince Philip's job is to walk 3 paces behind the Queen, saying bizarre shit."
def11111111
So basically a British Joe Biden?
Tassyr
Nah, it's more bizarre semi-racist shit. Biden was that "benign bizarre," Like that slightly off uncle. Philip is more "Racist Uncle."
mmartin762
fair enough, but biden was really creepy, especially with young women. he would be more like "Uncle Touchy"
JohnnyTitelips
The difference between American racism and British racism is this: Americans hate very specific groups of people, and the British hate (1/2)
DeputyChiefJudgeFish
Were still trying to hate the French to death.
JohnnyTitelips
everyone who isn't British only slightly more than they hate themselves.
iDrawStuff
He looks like a more evil version of Grand Moff Tarkin.
whyowhyareallgoodusernamestaken
https://youtu.be/bmc6tR2V1Vc
undyingFLAME
Vader and the Emperor
iDrawStuff
That is the best thing I've seen all week.
QueeferMadness
His loyalty to the Queen and country are what I respect most about the man. He's a good man.
BecomeAnAstronaut
I'm a big fan of his anti-poaching and pro-environmental protection stances
rhcpmuse911
What do you even mean by that? Loyal to the country who give him possibly the most comfortable life imaginable
quintusfontane
I don't know, the most comfortable life I can imagine doesn't involve public service, charity, military service or eternal media scrutiny...
LuciusAelius
Royals do more than you think. The Spanish King stopped a military coup in the 80s by condemning them in a speech. In addition, someone...
LuciusAelius
...did some research a few years back and found that the British royal family is a net boon to the economy thanks to tourism revenues...
LuciusAelius
...Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/07/is-the-british-royal-family-worth-the-money/278052/
Guppyninja
Not even just tourism, the crown estates alone bring in £300m in profit, which more than covers the stipend they receive
dispatchedcode3
He really doesn't give two shits about anything. Why would he? He's married to the fucking Queen for god sake!! Crazy old bastard.
EveryBodyLovesMe
Does anyone know how accurate "the crown" is? Enjoying it, but wondering
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
Webster's definition of giving zero fucks.
dudeinsha
Nobody got anything to say about the hotness of the tv reporter?
PaulLegg
Fun fact #1 Prince Phillip calls the queen his little cauliflower.
xDownSetx
Huh, I didn't see that part in the first jif
fantastit
GIF!
MikeTheCabbie
No its pernounced "gif"
xDownSetx
pernounced
MikeTheCabbie
Sorry. Pronounced.
Sweetmadness85
I thought it was cabbage?
Wombatish
Philip was educated in France for a time, and "mon petit chou" a French term of endearment (my little darling, my sweetheart). Chou is *c*
Wombatish
*c* also cabbage. Might be a bit of a crossed wire c: Or he might also just be odd, since he apparently calls her "sausage" as well.
HolyLemons
That's what Spy calls Scout's mum.
Zyeine
Mon petit chou-fleur!
pritsapidoulas
cauli means hard dick in greek
pritsapidoulas
pronounced kavli
PaulLegg
Well he is the exiled/deposed prince of Greece so maybe its a pun.
PaulLegg
Fun fact #2 He regularly used to get pissed with Forces members at official visits & brag about the number of illegitimate children he has.
MrPhukett
That's a "fact"?? Sauce pls?
CalliopeFalls
"Fun" facts? (The first one was kinda fun)
czaarticus
BrianWilliamsReporting
Source?
PaulLegg
Not today, secret service hitman.
zackofspades
Does he pay any child support? Pretty fucking shitty if he doesn't and knows about them. Can't justify that.
MrPhukett
I'm a Brit who knows a lot about the Monarchy, and I've never heard that Philip has bastards.
PaulLegg
From the story I heard the mothers were handsomely paid off
zackofspades
That brings me a measure of comfort actually, kids gotta eat
TCGView
All this time the UK had their own Joe Biden.
DidItForScience
Yeah a little different as I don't recall Biden saying blatantly insensitive things as much.
owlest
shouldn't royalty have higher standards and not be so disrespectful? I guess his excuse is he's old?
GrizzlyWicks
his excuse is he dosent give a shit what people think
owlest
how is that a way to behave for royalty?
GrizzlyWicks
i prefer it to the im better than you way most of them act
CrazyCatLadyWithNoCat
If that biographical series from netflix is anywhere near accurate, he has ALWAYS been like that
tsunayou
why is the queens husband not the king?
KaJuN
Not enough people voted for him.
michonnedisapproves
Because she's the Queen.
SavageRancor
It's to do with ascension and the royal line continuing down the correct path
HighPriestOfCera
Probably just to demonstrate that Elizabeth wears the crown and that their children are only heirs because of her blood not his.
KnightsOfShame
http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/insight/why-isnt-prince-philip-king-22725 not easily explained in 140 characters or I'd give you the TL;DR
theyar
Because that would make him the monarch, which he is not.
DavidBrooker
There have been Kings-consort (non-ruling Kings), but this is essentially done at the liberty of Parliament. And Parliament didn't wanna.
otiumCatulli
Also she didn't want anyone to fear that he'd rule her and thus the country. Not making him king consort sent a clear message
baldewok
Because he is a twat.
SheDevilinaSnuggie
Because it was HER lineage, not his. He denounced his own titles (born of exile) and did not have enough Royal standing to be her King
DownWithYouAll
Nah its because he is not the Monarch, you can only have one head of state. Hes just the Queens husband who happens to be a Greek Prince.
AHornyRhino
Why did he denounce his titles?
otiumCatulli
Cus he couldn't be married to the Queen while still a Greek Prince, he had to be seen to be completely loyal to Britain
BlimeyGuy
Because they no longer existed so was only a title and held no rank
dashers
Coz King outranks Queen, and he wasn't the heir to the throne. Monarchy is an old institution and male dominated.
DownWithYouAll
nope, most European monarchy's do not work like that anymore.
BZM007
British monarchy does
DownWithYouAll
Does not, there has not been a king / queen of the Monarch for a very long time.
DownWithYouAll
Lots of people upvoteing you coz they've watched Disney films and think they are experts lol.
acviz
Veteran, member of 800 groups many actively, modernised the Royal Family founded the DofE Award. Makes jokes to put people at ease. Top Man!
lambaroo
yeah, all that......but i still never liked him.
rhcpmuse911
Except these people may have not been put at ease by his sexism or racism
MrPhukett
Oh for fuck's sake!
GrizzlyWicks
except they all have by my knowledge
iamamitten
he's in his 90s, I don't begrudge him holding to old notions at all, at least he's trying, unlike trump and his cabinet
dashers
To be fair, the NHS is run by foreigners. We'd be screwed without them and some twats are trying to stop them.
bobcarr666
run by fuckwits, underfinanced by corrupt knobweasels but SUPPORTED by foreign workers, and the goodwill of all workers.
Bluediesel
And it should also be noted that the only reason why the NHS has had to supplement its workforce with foreigners is due to mass immigration.
Bluediesel
Thats the countrys NHS workforce :https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/26/nhs-foreign-nationals-immigration-health-service
Bluediesel
No they don't, they make up only 11% of the country's workforce which is mainly in London, where British people are now in the minority.
dashers
Found the Ukip voter/daily mail reader.
Bluediesel
Found the leftist labour voter who ignores facts, gets his political info from social media and hates his country.
johnnya10
Not true. Please cite a credible source for that statement.
Bluediesel
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/census-reveals-white-britons-as-minority-in-capital-for-first-time-8405998.html
Bluediesel
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/5994047/Muslim-Europe-the-demographic-time-bomb-transforming-our-continent.html
Bluediesel
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/370013/White-Britons-are-now-a-minority-in-4-towns-and-cities
Bluediesel
Based on a government census, so it can be considered as being reliable.
Bluediesel
More towns where Brits are now in the minority.
Bluediesel
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/396390/Migrants-change-UK-forever-White-Britons-will-be-in-minority-by-2066
johnnya10
Really? The Torygraph and the Express? Neither reliable sources. Tax dodging loony owners. And just white British? Poor form.
Bluediesel
But all of those media outlets base the info on government reports and census's, so they can be considered as being reliable, prove me wrong
Bluediesel
Lol down-voting proof of source credibility, truly the cognitive dissonance and the hatred of the truth is rife within the mind of a leftist
Bluediesel
Whats wrong with worrying about the demographic replacement of my country? Whites = native population of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland.
Bluediesel
Take in mind also, that the census was produced in 2012 so in reality the situation is even worse.
Bluediesel
And even if you don't want to take the telegraph and express as reliable sources, the standard is.
MissSiesta
Heard he was a rascist. Is this true?
boingboingboingboing
Yathink?
ManFeelings
Pretty much. As much as any white person who was born in the era that he was.
DawnofAzazel
Yeah but more like how your old grandparents are a bit racist not skinhead racist.
MissSiesta
They ded. So.. No?
ThatDidgeridooPlayerInSpongebob
Wow I have never heard something so accurate as this
notbeau
Pretty sure him and Hitler were cool with each other up until he started breaking more and more promises
BlimeyGuy
Like most European leaders and citizens of the time?
lambaroo
nah, his sisters married german aristocracy (as was half his own family) who became nazis, but he wasn't involved & fought for allies in ww2
cinemeasctha
equityforpunks
Obviously for his witty humorous comments.
cinemeasctha
http://www.womansown.co.uk/celebrity/royal/queens-amazing-love-letter-prince-philip-33746/ . Also I love your Username.
p0ssessi0nX
One of the most significant things I learned from this article is that they auctioned off Queen Victoria's knickers. Wtf.
LagunitasIPA
tinyimgurafe
He was a really great pick for the role in the Netflix series
ChampagneSupernova
The Queen wasn't half bad ether.
LegoK9
invisibulman
Honey, you should see me in a crown.
michonnedisapproves
Ew.
cinemeasctha
You're always going to disapprove of everything. So tell us what will please you..
michonnedisapproves
pois1
Ew.
cinemeasctha
But think about the impact of over breeding..I disapprove
michonnedisapproves
ThunderousGalaxy
Why do they call him Prince if he's married to the Queen?
CrazyCatLadyWithNoCat
I understand he refused the title
meowmeowmeowmeowmeowwoof
When a woman married a king they become a queen, when a man married a queen they become a prince, due to kings being superior.
theyar
Because he isn't the King.
Spinnnnn
He is also a Prince in his own right, of Greece and Denmark...
annodam08
he's a Prince Consort, same as Prince Albert to Queen Victoria- traditionally Kings are superior to Queens. When her father George VI was
annodam08
crowned he had a joint coronation with Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother) as its inferior title to King. Philip was not part of the
annodam08
Coronation of Elizabeth II but has place pre-eminence and precedence over all men in the UK (except for Charles in some cases)
IamMelonLordeYaYaYa
ignorant American here: why is he not King Philip?
SaintMaceToTheFace
Not ignorant. We just fought a war so we don't have to know :p
PhilippeFalloppe
I heard it was a political decision, he's a prince of Greece and when he married the queen the Greeks were kicking out their royals
PhilippeFalloppe
We decided not to piss off the Greeks by making one of their exiled royal family king of England
MizKriss
The royal line is with the Queen's blood. Phillip married into the monarchy, so he cannot have a title above the Queen's.
LuciusAelius
Could Prince Philip be referred to as "King-Consort?"
MizKriss
Technically yes, but seeing as most people view the title "king" above "queen," the term "prince consort" is used to avoid confusion.
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
King would be the ruler, and he married QE who is the ruler.
whenlifegivesyouherpes
if a king takes a bride she becomes queen, if a queen marries a man he can only become prince. Just how it works over here I guess.
LuciusAelius
Technically, if a woman marries into a monarchy her full title is Queen-Consort. However, the consort part is usually left off. In the...
LuciusAelius
same way that if a man married into a monarchy he could be referred to as King-Consort. But for simplicity he is simply called Prince.
Bl0nndiee
Because King trumps Queen. He's not an heir to the throne, so he can't have a title above hers.
perey
Also Queens have been equal (co-regnant) with Kings in Britain, and Kings Consort have existed elsewhere.
perey
Not so much "can't", more that it's not the done thing. (Victoria wanted Albert to be King, but was talked out of it, I think.)
zackofspades
Ol' Vic still probably called him King in the bedroom
JohnnyTitelips
I'm also American, but it is this: King is necessarily higher than Queen, and the Queen is a more direct heir to the throne than he is.
theyar
Well he isn't one at all.
MrPhukett
Yes he is.
JohnnyTitelips
I think he is, as he's a descendant of Queen Victoria. He's just way down the line, is all.
turnip001
like, 558th in line or something
theyar
Well heir yes but not a monarch.