Quotes from Prince Philip

Everything that wasn't invented by God is invented by an engineer.

You can't just decide you want to do this or that. You have to be invited.

People can't get their heads round the idea of a species surviving; you know, they're more concerned about how you treat a donkey in Sicily or something.

Everyone has to have a sense of duty. A duty to society, to their family. I mean, you name it.

There was no precedent. If I asked somebody, 'What do you expect me to do?' they all looked blank. They had no idea; nobody had much idea.

I reckon I've done my bit. I want to enjoy myself a bit now, with less responsibility, less frantic rushing about, less preparation, less trying to think of something to say.

If anything, I've thought of myself as Scandinavian. Particularly, Danish. We spoke English at home.

When a man opens the car door for his wife it's either a new car or a new wife.

I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his children.

I can't remember names and things.

Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.

British women can't cook.

The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.

If anyone has a new idea in this country, there are twice as many people who keep putting a man with a red flag in front of it.

Cats kill far more birds than men. Why don't you have a slogan: 'Kill a cat and save a bird?'

Do you work in a strip club?

You don't really want nonagenarians as heads of organisations which are trying to do something useful.

It doesn't look like much work goes on at this university.

It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from school art lessons.

When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

Oh, it's you that owns that ghastly car, is it?

As so often happens, I discover that it would have been better to keep my mouth shut.

In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation.

If a cricketer suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, are you going to ban cricket bats?