HRH And Prince Philip: Nine Facts About A Royal Marriage
BUCKINGHAM Palace has revealed 60 facts to mark the diamond wedding anniversary of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh.
We have unearthed nine more:
1. Philip once brought out his own fragrance. “Gaff” came in a spear-shaped bottle. Other fragrances mooted were “Patience” by Prince Charles, “Green” by Prince Andrew, “Stable” by Princess Anne and “Knockout” by Prince Edward
2. HRH and Philip’s favourite song is They Can’t Take That Away From Me by Edmund Hockridge
3. The Queen’s favourite question is “What do you do”. This is followed by “And you are?”, “Pleased to meet you?”, “What exactly do you do?” and “Are you one of Eddie’s friends?”
4. Her Majesty’s favourite joke was when the Mirror’s journalist posed as a butler and she replaced her normal breakfast packet of salt ‘n’ vinegar Monster Munch with Tupperware boxes of cereals. Philip’s finds anything by Hale & Pace “funny ha-ha”
5. The Queen’s top five Corgis ever are: Pickles, Onion, Salt, Vinegar and Yorkie
6. Philip is £5 up in the bet to see how many Royal marriages he and Liz can out last
7. Of the 2,500 presents HRH and Phil received from well-wishers on the occasion of their marriage, just 24 are left, the rest passed on to visiting statesmen and Princess Michael of Kent
8. HRH is a frequent caller to Windsor Magic FM’s late night talk show That’s Windsor Magic
9. Liz and Philip plan to renew their vows and feature in a 24-page photo special in Hello! magazine, but only if David Beckham and Victoria are able to attend
November 18th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Her Majesty married the man she loved, regardless of who he was.
Prince Philip, not much to his name with regard to material things, but rich in himself, married someone he loved too.
God Bless ‘em.
November 18th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Gawd bless ‘em
November 18th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Good grief, 60 years together , really annoying the living daylights out of someone. But can you imagine 60 years of apologising for Philip,dragging his foot out of his mouth, and kissing the sod too, wonder if he makes the palaces untidy?
November 18th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
3 JuneJohnson 3
Yes, the palace is probably falling to bits after Philip’s renovations!
Being married to Him would be very interesting…
November 18th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Lyn,
I just meant by being in the place!
But agreed life would be very interesting
November 18th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
5. JuneJohnson
Oh yes, the place, yes….had a good chuckle. Nothing like a good laugh these days.
November 19th, 2007 at 7:52 am
3 JuneJohnson
Good grief, 60 years together , really annoying the living daylights out of someone. But can you imagine 60 years of apologising for Philip,dragging his foot out of his mouth, and kissing the sod too, wonder if he makes the palaces untidy?
My wife says she knows just how Betty feels………………
November 19th, 2007 at 8:00 am
It is said that the couple live in a homely place that Philip redid. That they both go by bus to Tesco to do shopping. Visit the local RSL and bingo. Go out visiting anyone who asks them for tea and are known to take a bit of tea with them, just like in the war years. They use shoppadockets for the local restaurant…..perhaps they really do.