Prince Philip's greatest gaffes: a gallery celebrating HRH's most hilarious howlers, by MSN UK News
The godfather of gaffes, Prince Philip - who turns 87 on June 10 - can always be relied on to put his foot firmly in his mouth at the most inopportune of moments.
The gleeful acts of gaucherie he habitually commits while going about his official duties are rivalled only by those of the blooper-prone US president.
During a state visit to China in 1986, the royal rapscallion famously told a group of British students: "If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed". And speaking to a driving instructor in Scotland, he once asked: "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?"
In this gaffe-laden gallery, MSN UK News brings you the Duke of Edinburgh’s most hilarious howlers.
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