The Duke of Hazard: Prince Philip’s best gaffes

To school children: “You must have really good brains to speak Welsh.”

To two community workers: 'Who do you sponge off?'

To a professional fundraiser: 'So, do you have any friends left?'

To photographer at an event: 'Just take the f%#$ing picture!'

To a child while visiting a space shuttle: 'You'll never fly in it, you're too fat.'

'How could I be unfaithful to the Queen? There is no way she could possibly retaliate.'

On hearing Madonna would perform at an event: 'Are we going to need earplugs?'

2001, to Elton John: 'So it's you that owns that ghastly car is it?'

1967: 'I would like to go to Russia, although the bastards murdered half my family.'

1969 on Tom Jones: 'It's hard to see how he is popular. He sings the most hideous songs.'

1998, to a student back from Papua New Guinea: 'You managed not to get eaten then?'

1999, to hearing-impared kids standing near a band: 'If you're near that music it's no wonder you're deaf.'

2002, to Australian Aborigines: 'Do you still throw spears at each other?'

Speaking about Princess Anne: 'If it doesn't fart or eat hay then she isn't interested.'

1984, when accepting a gift from a woman in Kenya: 'You are a woman aren't you?'

1969 on royal finances: 'We go into the red next year. I shall probably have to give up polo.'

To a Scot driving teacher: 'How do you keep the natives off booze long enough to pass?'

2009, to a fashion designer: 'You didn't design your beard too well, did you?'

1981 'Everybody wanted more leisure. Now they're complaining they're unemployed.'

2000 on marriage: 'Dukes have been known to marry chorus girls. Some have even married Americans.'