Thursday, November 24, 2011

The Indefinable Charm of the Duke of Edinburgh

Did you know that Prince Philip once subscribed to The Flying Saucer Review and on one occasion sent a member of his staff  “to meet an extraterrestrial humanoid at a house in Ealing’’?  I imagine there have been quite a few of them (flying saucers, I mean) inside Buckingham Palace over the years...



Like Alex Beam, to whom I owe this information, I rather like his sense of humour:
At an airport, a retainer once innocently asked the prince, “How was your flight?’’
“Have you ever flown in a plane?’’ Philip inquired.
“Yes.’’
“It was just like that.’’


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