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Titolo: Duke of Edinburgh celebrated in book of gaffes (Reuters)

Di quelle battute che rinfrancano...Chissa' se Sergei apprezza?
Am.
Duke of Edinburgh celebrated in book of gaffes
 Wednesday May 31, 02:28 PM
 LONDON (Reuters) - For half a century, the blunt spoken Duke of 
Edinburgh has turned political incorrectness into an art form, peppering 
royal tours with ethnic slurs about slitty eyes, pot bellies and booze.
 Now, to celebrate the prince's 85th birthday, two reporters have 
compiled "Duke of Hazard: The Wit and Wisdom of Prince Philip". Phil 
Dampier and Ashley Walton had no shortage of material.
 "He really is my favourite royal," Dampier told Reuters in an interview 
to mark the book's publication on Wednesday by Book Guild Publishing.
 "He is one of a kind and certainly speaks his mind. I like the fact he 
doesn't care what people think of him. That is refreshing in this day 
and age. We had fun compiling it."
 Buckingham Palace was not amused.
 Sir Miles Hunt-Davis, the prince's private secretary, said: "If he had 
been as acerbic as presented in the book, he wouldn't have kept the 
staff that he has ... These extracts are not indicative of the man as a 
whole."
 But Dampier said it was an affectionate portrayal, arguing: "He has a 
down-to-earth view of life and a magnificent sense of humour."
 Asked to pick his favourite faux pas, Dampier chose Kenya's 
independence ceremony in 1963 when Philip represented Britain.
 As the Union Jack was about to be hauled down, he turned to Kenyan 
independence leader Jomo Kenyatta and asked: "Are you sure you want to 
go through with this?"
 Dampier singled out another favourite.
 "In 1967 he was asked if he would like to go to Moscow to help thaw out 
the Cold War. He replied 'I would very much like to go to Russia -- 
although the bastards murdered half my family.'"
 The last surviving members of the Russian royal family were allegedly 
executed by a Bolshevik firing squad in 1918. Philip is a direct 
descendant of Tsarina Alexandra who died alongside her husband Tsar 
Nicholas II and their children.
 But no corner of the world is safe from Prince Philip.
 On a trip to China in the 1980s, he warned British students: "You'll 
get slitty eyes if you stay too long." And while touring Australia in 
2002, he asked an Aborigine whether they still threw spears at each 
other.
 In Oban, Scotland, in 1995 he asked a driving instructor: "How do you 
keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the (driving) test?"
 In 1993, Philip told a Briton he met in Hungary: "You can't have been 
here that long -- you haven't got a pot belly."
 And age certainly has not softened his tongue.
 In a weekend interview with the Daily Telegraph, he complained that the 
opening and closing ceremonies at the Olympics were "absolute bloody 
nuisances."

 Duke of Edinburgh
#_Ma chi e`?...
Quel cornutone di "Pippo"?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Giano

 
wrote:
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Non e' il consorte del tuo capo di stato? Magari in NZ t'arrestano per 
vilipendio...
Am.
PS comunque non ne possiamo piu' dei vostri gonnellini di paglia ad ogni 
visita regale... Chesso', provate dei tubini di strass...

 visita regale
#_Vorrai di' perizomi a ttutta-coscia per coprire appena appena il
necessarion !?
... Chesso', provate dei tubini di strass...
#_Quelle son cose da effeminati che vestono al Windsor Castle solo ; vai a
vedere!
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#_Statte zitto chette mettono alla gogna; ebbasta de fregamme il posto e de
firma' falso...hai capito o no?
Giano