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how would you describe yourself well I'm Greek well I was born read national but I was Danish by race and how do you think of yourself now I don't I just yeah how obvious I have four sisters and so we lived in quite a small house area just outside Paris and I went to an American some child school or you call it were you french-speaking there or English speaking French and English it's night we had a an English nanny and family spoke about four languages it confused because when you started off a conversation in English and then somebody couldn't remember the word so they said it in French so we're not in French and then they falter like it what's the word they didn't greet anyone a degree cuz they went into German I'm just found out all the time greet all with our own motto hungry and beat the new Chancellor's first act was to confer on Princess Elisabeth the honorary degree of Doctor of music speaking in Welsh he said the court was pleased to admit her to a doctorate Alvin all right that they're gonna please that have been untied there this better work he has his patent for the American year well it's a scientist he said quickly shot said no disposition member sakhi they been thankful berserk Monken nothing is right away and vanish ken gallant hub was here first Ellen this is an insulin of there is me oh so how's the feeling hunter he came to stay with us in our little cottage where he signs Philip and he read under a dress no fixed abode which really says it all what made you want to create the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme I didn't want to create it is it my boy I want you to start an award scheme thanks very much be quite easy to claim this was all part of some deep-laid scheme but I'm afraid I have to admit that it all came about because I was asked to start off the Olympic Games in Melbourne where I made if I may say so the best speech my life which is exactly five words I declare open the Olympic Games of Melbourne celebrating the 16th column curve of the modern era Media is a professional intruder but it wouldn't it wouldn't work if it did leave him that's what it's doing all the time so you can't replayed about it you've got a bit anxious this is what you want specifically at well I don't know what you what this is about wasn't quite I think fed on television that you were you suggested to chat with one of these things how he might dispose of well in Friday I I undoubtedly took it down I hope he did it tree huggers bunny hugger any signs of intelligence so what is that a yacht I mean downswing world's most experienced lack of a world's greatest experts in black on them I've been here before no practically every other building and if you go on doing this they're gonna have to change the name of the college Oh Lord is this lock to lock this into this classic air thing begins to whirring is you've got no excuse to dial is one thing when children during school they go skating as a parish that walking in the house have been famous story of course is American tourists was heard to say well why do they build the Casa so close to love an airport no yeah but it says dog use he said cruel I am absolutely sponging off me now the Dukes former headmaster and the Dean of the Faculty of law gave official permission to hit him with a blow that will bring no malice for the instrument of authority which you use will confer upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws queen in the gym certainly do seem particularly at ease here the Duke himself who decided that they should spend the actual day of their anniversary on Malta but this very private of public couples quite a romantic gesture he's better yacht how important was fatherhood to you compared with being in the Queen's consort was it some of your conscious of a role you're conscious of fulfilling no I mean I just I wasn't father I K all families we went through the full range of pleasures and tribulations of bringing up children are naturally somewhat biased but I think our children have done rather well and a very different and difficult and demanding circumstances it tempted to let each member of the family get on with whatever lunacy they feel like indulging I have to bribe them across I said my groom across outside of the jaw sugar which he shook it decided to get their feet wet but I had a stupid accident here for instance the Duke was competing in the hazard section when he had this spill he just crossed a bridge when he appeared to lose control of the ponies and the wheel went over it and i got pitched out completely as he took a sharp left turn the truck was thrown over the top bridge may I interrupt you you just for me to come up and talk to you as well as the skill of actually driving there must be an all a lot of gamesmanship to be masters as well and there must be a lot of tricks of the trade that'll really wouldn't know what you mean I think there is romantic sentimental Street to Prince Philip but he is passionate about not being a see it the disaster is commemorated in the family's private chapel with a new stained glass window designed by the prince himself why not have this fire the modern part is a sort of tribute to the firefighters and these are the people who risk being all the pictures of me and I thought it'd be fun to put smoke sort of turning into trees with a tassel emerging at the top Britannia was rather special as far as we were concerned because we were involved from the very beginning Insights it's really rather arranged to see a go what were your feelings weren't they wrong your commission Sam do you think was the right thing to do no bloody idiot I tied of the idea of going to the RAF but I uncle persuaded me to try the Navy and and I had to sit the civil service exam to get into as a special entry cadet went went to Dartmouth in 39 I see how difficult was it to relinquish it when the Queen acceded to the throne well come on in how long's a piece of string I don't know how difficult it was it wasn't ideal I know it was naturally disappointing because I just been promoted to Commander and in fact the most interesting part of the naval career was just starting but then equally if I stopped and thought about being married to the Queen and seems to me that my first using Wilson to serve her this way I could become e on each man of faith and truth down you down and I against all manner of folks all too often I fear Prince Phillip has had to listen to me speaking he is someone who doesn't take easily two compliments but he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years and I and his whole family and this and many other countries Oh him a debt greater than he would ever claim or we shall ever know after 50 years of experience I find there's a great temptation to give advice and the trouble is that no two marriages are quite alike however I think that the main lesson that we've learned is that tolerance is the one essential ingredient of any happy marriage it may not be quite so important when things are going well but it is absolutely vital when things get difficult and you can take it from me that the Queen has the quality of tolerance and abundance but you have separate engagements elsewhere and he's running late but he still needs permission to leave the person closest to her though always in public a step or two behind her on that occasion guiding children through the crowds to meet her and notwithstanding his naturally rather dominant personality content to take second place as he always has true to character the Duke ignores protocol when you go oh you got against the trolley you're gonna get it off trouble here I mean life skating on after me if I can make life margin and more tolerable for people who come afterwards or even at the time I'd be delighted I think to try and create a memorial himself by our lives slightly indecently I'd rather other people deciding what what legacy I'd lift and I'm not trying to create one well you've just heard when he's Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh has had to say you you

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Length: 13min 0sec (780 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 01 2015