Mohan & all:
The prince poops in public
news.bbc.co.uk
"It looks as though it was put in by an Indian," he said.
My notes:
When the prince was travelling in China, he said something to the effect that if someone associates long enough with chinese, they will develop slanted eyes.
I feel better now in knowing that the prince does this to everybody. What he SAYS to his Royal Family members must be worse. He should do some comedy specials on COMEDY CENTRAL
Tuesday, August 10, 1999 Published at 16:36 GMT 17:36 UK
UK
Royal apology for race
remark
Prince Philip's comments have been condemned
Buckingham Palace has apologised for an off-the-cuff
remark made by the Duke of Edinburgh which has
angered race campaigners.
Prince Philip, who has been accused
of insensitivity in the past, was touring
a high-tech electronics company
when he spotted a fuse box which
looked less sophisticated than other
state of the art equipment in the plant.
"It looks as though it was put in by an Indian," he said.
Kumar Murshid, chairman of the National Assembly
Against Racism, said he was amazed that a man in the
Duke's position of influence had said such a thing.
"This sort of thing is of great concern
to us because people look up to the
Royal Family and expect them to set
an example to the public," he told
BBC News 24.
"The reality is that they still have
considerable influence, so it is absolutely abysmal and
disgraceful for him to say such a thing."
'A nice man'
And a spokeswoman for the Commission for Racial
Equality described the Duke's comment as "very
unfortunate".
"We look to the Royal Family to be positively promoting
racial equality," he said.
But Dr Shanfi Kauser, Secretary of the Islamic Centre in
Glasgow, sprang to the Duke's defence.
He said: "He is a nice man and I don't think he has done
anything out of malice. I believe he has not done
anything wrong.
"On other occasions he has been very complimentary to
us. We should not bring him into a dispute. I think he
should be excused."
The 77-year-old Duke made the comment when he was
touring a Racal-MESL factory on the outskirts of
Edinburgh. He was there to unveil an award for the
company's rail safety technology.
'Inappropriate'
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: "The Duke of
Edinburgh regrets any offence which may have been
caused by remarks he is reported as making earlier
today (Friday)."
He added: "With hindsight he accepts that what were
intended as light-hearted comments were inappropriate."
The Duke has made a number of comments which have
caused offence in the past.
Most recently he upset a group of deaf youngsters when
he joked that they were deafened by standing too close
to loud music playing at a celebration in Cardiff.
"Deaf? If you are near there (the music), no wonder you
are deaf," he told them.
Members of the British Deaf Association said they were
"shocked and insulted" by the Duke's |
