El príncipe Felipe, duque de Edimburgo es el consorte de la reina Isabel II del Reino Unido. Es hijo del príncipe Andrés de Grecia y Dinamarca y de la princesa Alicia de Battenberg, y es miembro de la familia real británica por su matrimonio.
En 1947 se casó con la princesa Isabel, hija del rey Jorge VI y la reina Isabel del Reino Unido. En la víspera de su boda Jorge VI le concedió los títulos de duque de Edimburgo, conde de Merioneth y barón Greenwich, otorgándole el tratamiento de Alteza Real. En 1957, Felipe fue nombrado príncipe del Reino Unido por la reina Isabel II.
Aparte de sus deberes reales, el duque de Edimburgo es patrocinador de muchas organizaciones, como los Premios Duque de Edimburgo y el Fondo Mundial para la Naturaleza. Además fue rector de la Universidad de Cambridge, así como de la de Edimburgo . En concreto, se ha dedicado a intentar que la humanidad tome conciencia de su relación con el medio ambiente desde que visitó las islas Malvinas en 1956. Ha publicado escritos y realizado charlas sobre temas del medio ambiente a lo largo de más de medio siglo.
En 2011, con motivo del nonagésimo cumpleaños del duque, su esposa la reina le concedió un título que venía ostentando ella desde 1964, el de lord gran almirante del Reino Unido, en recompensa a sus seis décadas como consorte junto a ella.[3]
El duque, quien habiendo cumplido los noventa y seis años mantenía una nutrida agenda protocolaria, decidió retirarse de sus actividades el 2 de agosto de 2017, habiendo completado un total de 22.219 compromisos reales desde 1952.
El 23 de febrero de 2021, el Palacio de Buckingham confirmó que el principe Felipe, de 99 años, fue ingresado en el Hospital King Edward VII como "medida de precaución" por ciertos malestares.[4]
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“If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed.”
Said to a group of British students in China in 1986, as quoted in "Long line of princely gaffes", BBC News (1 March 2002)
1980s
“You look like you’re ready for bed!”
Said in 2003 to President of Nigeria, who was in national dress, as quoted in "Prince Philip quotes: Relive 65 classic gaffes as Duke of Edinburgh celebrates 65th wedding anniversary" http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prince-philip-quotes-relive-65-1445185
2000s
“You are a woman, aren't you?”
After accepting a gift from a Kenyan woman, as quoted in "Long line of princely gaffes" BBC News (1 March 2002)
2000s
1986 statement as quoted in "Long line of princely gaffes", BBC News (1 March 2002)
1980s
“Well, you'll never fly in it, you're too fat to be an astronaut.”
Said at the University of Salford to a 13-year-old aspiring astronaut, who was wishing to fly the NOVA rocket, as quoted in of the gaffe: Prince Philip’s top ten embarrassing moments" in The Daily Mirror (14 December 2009) http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-10s/2009/12/14/gift-of-the-gaffe-prince-philip-s-top-ten-embarrassing-moments-115875-21896895/"Gift
2000s
“When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.”
On marriage, as quoted in "48 of Prince Philip's greatest gaffes and funny moments" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/04/48-prince-philips-greatest-gaffes-funny-moments/, The Telegraph (2 August 2017)
Said to the Mayor of Waltham Forest who uses a mobility scooter, as quoted in "Duke of Edinburgh has fun with mobility scooter jokes on London visit" http://www.metro.co.uk/news/894691-duke-of-edinburgh-has-fun-with-mobility-scooter-jokes-on-london-visit, Metro (29 March 2012)
“Do you know they're now producing eating dogs for the anorexics?”
Said to a blind, wheelchair-bound woman who was accompanied by her guide dog, as quoted in "Philip tells blind woman: 'They've got eating dogs for anorexics'" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1393020/Philip-tells-blind-woman-Theyve-got-eating-dogs-for-anorexics.html in The Telegraph (3 May 2002)
2000s
Said in a letter to The Oldie magazine after being voted "Consort of the Year", as quoted in "Prince Philip voted 'Consort of the Year'" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12424132, BBC News (11 February 2011)
Said on a visit to Lockerbie in 1993 to a man who lived in a road where eleven people had been killed by wreckage from the Pan Am jumbo jet, as quoted in "Prince Philip's gaffes" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/416992.stm, BBC News (10 August 1999)
1990s
“Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.”
In 1981, in reference to an economic recession, as quoted in "Long line of princely gaffes", BBC News (1 March 2002)
1980s
Statement of 1966, as quoted in "Long line of princely gaffes", BBC News (1 March 2002)
1960s
Response to Elizabeth Rendle, a 24-year-old, who, when introduced to the prince, said that she worked as a barmaid in a nightclub, as quoted in "Prince Philip in strip club gaffe" http://web.archive.org/web/20100315011557/asia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100312/tts-britain-royals-offbeat-cac1e9b.html (12 March 2010), Yahoo! News
Said to multi-racial dance troupe Diversity at the 2009 Royal Variety Performance, as quoted in Prince Philip asks Diversity, 'Are you all one family?'" in The Mirror (20 December 2009) http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/12/20/are-you-all-one-family-philip-asks-diversity-115875-21910150/"
2000s
“Just take the f___ing picture.”
Said during an official photo shoot of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/10/prince-philip-tells-photographer-just-take-the-fucking-picture in 2015.
2000s
“Young people are the same as they always were. Just as ignorant.”
Fuente: At Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme in 2006, https://www.womanandhome.com/life/news-entertainment/prince-philip-quotes-63435/
“Cats kill far more birds than men. Why don't you have a slogan: ‘Kill a cat and save a bird?”
Fuente: At a project to protect turtle doves in Anguilla in 1965. https://www.womanandhome.com/life/news-entertainment/prince-philip-quotes-63435/
“Children go to school because their parents don't want them in the house.”
Fuente: Prompting giggles from Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban after campaigning for the right of girls to go to school without fear - October 2013.
“Just take the thing! Just take the fucking picture!”
Said during an official photo shoot of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/10/prince-philip-tells-photographer-just-take-the-fucking-picture in 2015.
2000s
