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The secret brilliance of Prince Philip’s ‘gaffes’

Having just been on the receiving end of one, I can now see them for the clever conversational gambit that they are

7 November 2015

9:00 AM

7 November 2015

9:00 AM

I’ve just been on the receiving end of a Prince Philip gaffe, of sorts, and I loved it. It was at a lunch last week at the Cavalry and Guards Club for the Gallipoli Association — the charity that commemorates victims and veterans of that tragic, doomed campaign.

For 40 years, the Duke of Edinburgh has been the association’s patron.

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