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Sir Brian May is just ‘on a break’ from Queen

Sir Brian May has insisted he's just "on a break" from touring with Queen. The 79-year-old guitarist recently declared...
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Prince Philip jokes about his decision to retire

The Duke of Edinburgh has joked he has retired from royal duties because he "can't stand up" anymore. The 95-year-old royal announced he was stepping...

Prince Philip’s funniest gaffes: Sir Elton John

At the Royal Variety Performance as he watched Sir Elton John perform in 2001: "I wish he'd turn the microphone off."

Prince Philip’s funniest gaffes: In the Cayman Islands

To a wealthy islander in the Cayman Islands in 1994: 'Aren't most of you descended from pirates?'

Prince Philip’s funniest gaffes: In Australia

In Australia, in 1992, when asked to stroke a Koala bear: 'Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease.'

Prince Philip’s funniest gaffes: ‘Slitty-eyed’

To British students in China, during the 1986 state visit: 'If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed.'

Prince Philip’s funniest gaffes: To a Kenyan woman

In Kenya, in 1984, after accepting a small gift from a local woman: 'You are a woman, aren't you?'

Prince Philip’s funniest gaffes: On a visit to a factory

Pointing at an old-fashioned fusebox in a factory near Edinburgh in 1999: 'It looks as if it was put in by an Indian.'

Prince Philip’s funniest gaffes: To a child

To 13-year-old Andrew Adams who told Philip he wanted to go into space in Salford, 2001: 'You're too fat to be an astronaut.'

Prince Philip’s funniest gaffes: In Scotland

To a driving instructor in Oban, Scotland, during a 1995 walkabout: 'How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get...

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