Prince Philip

I don't think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing.

The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.

There was no precedent. If I asked somebody, 'What do you expect me to do?' they all looked blank. They had no idea; nobody had much idea.

I can't remember names and things.

When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman.

Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.

I didn't want to be president of the World Wildlife Fund. I was asked to do it. I'd much rather have stayed in the navy, frankly.

It would have been very easy to play to the gallery, but I took a conscious decision not to do that. Safer not to be too popular. You can't fall too far.

I reckon I've done my bit. I want to enjoy myself a bit now, with less responsibility, less frantic rushing about, less preparation, less trying to think of something to say.

You can't just decide you want to do this or that. You have to be invited.

People can't get their heads round the idea of a species surviving; you know, they're more concerned about how you treat a donkey in Sicily or something.

Occasionally I get fed up, going to visit a factory, when I am being shown around by the chairman, who clearly hasn't got a clue, and I try to get hold of the factory manager, but I can't because the chairman wants to make sure he's the one in all the photographs.

We don't come to Canada for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves.