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Prince Philip: a legacy of curiosity : Comments

By Mal Fletcher, published 15/4/2021

For me, the primary leadership lesson the Duke taught us is this. A lifelong commitment to curiosity, maintaining an enquiring mind, is the only thing that guarantees longevity in leadership and influence.

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Yes Prince Phil had a long life well spent.

He didn't dwell on his many health problems: Abdominal surgery, bladder infections, Arthritis, broken bones from polo, Carpal tunnel syndrome, blocked coronary artery - stints. More see http://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1219804/Prince-Philip-health-latest-royal-news

HE JUST GOT ON WITH IT.

He helped found the Australian Conservation Foundation in 1963 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh

He also, of course, founded the The Duke of Edinburgh's Award in the UK in 1956, that has since expanded to 144 countries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duke_of_Edinburgh's_Award
Posted by plantagenet, Thursday, 15 April 2021 11:15:24 AM
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Phil the Greek was an all round sort of good guy.
Posted by ateday, Thursday, 15 April 2021 11:29:07 AM
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It certainly could not have been easy to toe
the line so to speak as well as his health problems.
Yet he managed to create a legacy that will live on
and kudos to him for all of that and so much more.
He was his own man - despite everything. I'll be
watching on Sunday at 12 Noon to pay my respects
silently and with respect!
Posted by Foxy, Thursday, 15 April 2021 1:30:19 PM
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I'm with you Foxy.

Thank God Duchess Megxit of Suits won't be there to cheapen Phil's Royal Family and Commonwealth funeral.
Posted by plantagenet, Thursday, 15 April 2021 1:38:54 PM
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The English roads will be safer, but at the expense of his “dentopedology – the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it”.
His “gaffes” included:
His remarking to the president of Nigeria, who was wearing national dress, “You look like you’re ready for bed”, or advising British students in China not to stay too long or they would end up with “slitty eyes”,
"Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed." During the 1981 recession.
"Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease." In Australia when asked to stroke a koala.
"Still throwing spears?" Question put to an Australian Aborigine during a visit.
"How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test." To a Scottish driving instructor.
"Do you have a pair of knickers made out of this?" To Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie Pointing while pointing to some tartan in Edinburgh.
"Deaf? If you are near there, no wonder you are deaf." Speaking to a group of young deaf people in Cardiff who were standing near a steel band.
"It looks as if it was put in by an Indian." Referring to an old-fashioned fuse box in a factory near Edinburgh.
"There's a lot of your family in tonight." After looking at the name badge of businessman Atul Patel at a Palace reception for British Indians.
"The Philippines must be half empty as you're all here running the NHS." On meeting a Filipino nurse at Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
Posted by Leslie, Thursday, 15 April 2021 1:45:56 PM
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Yeah Leslie

Prince Phil used his quips to loosen up nervous "commoners" who, more often than not, waited in trepidation in a line, waiting for Phil to walk along shaking hands and having a "word" to every 5th person.

But Phil's old fashioned, ajor Gowens in Fawlty Towers-like, humour http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/jan/23/fawlty-towers-isnt-racist-major-gowen-is might have been considered endearing in Phil's 1930s formative years.

But from the 1960s a sprinkling of Phil's 1,000s of comments came out as offensive and racist "gaffes".

Pete
Posted by plantagenet, Thursday, 15 April 2021 2:36:53 PM
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