Prince Philip, who will retire at age 95, is renowned for not being too bright and saying the wrong and often offensive thing at royal events.
2013: To Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban and now campaigns for the right of girls to go to school without fear. "[Children] go to school because their parents don't want them in the house."
2017: To a pensioner on a visit to an almshouse for elderly men. "You look starved.
1966: "British women can't cook".
1981: During the 1981 recession. "Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed."
1986: To a group of British students during a royal visit to China. "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed."
1993: To a Briton he met in Hungary. "You can't have been here that long, you haven't got a pot belly".
1994:To a wealthy islander in the Cayman Islands. "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?"
1995: To a Scottish driving instructor. "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test."
2001: To 13-year-old Andrew Adams who told Prince Philip he wanted to go into space. "You're too fat to be an astronaut."
2002: "Still throwing spears?" Question put to an Australian Aborigine during a visit.
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