7 Duke of Edinburgh Philip Quotes on Health

Duke of Edinburgh Philip quotes on health

12. When visiting China in 1986, he told a group of British students, 'If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed'.[1]

25. At the University of Salford, he told a 13-year-old aspiring astronaut: 'You could do with losing a bit of weight.'[8]

29. In 1987, he wrote in his foreword to If I Were an Animal that 'In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation.'[10]

30. In 2002, speaking to a blind, wheelchair bound woman who was accompanied by her guide dog, he remarked : 'Do you know they're now producing eating dogs for the anorexics?'[11]

49. You look like you're ready for bed!

50. Never pass up a chance to go to the loo or to take a poo.

55. 'Do we need ear plugs?'