HRH Prince Philip, husband of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 2nd, has been recorded as publicly coming out with all of these great goofs.....

1966

"British women can't cook."

1969 

Whilst speaking with the great singer Tom Jones after a show at the Royal Variety performance.

"What do you gargle with ? - pebbles?"

1981 

Said during the terrible recession that hit Britain.

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

1984 

Whilst speaking to the President of Nigeria who was wearing his traditional robes.

 " You look like your ready for bed "

1984 

Whilst in Kenya speaking to a native woman who was presenting him with a small gift. 

"You are a woman, aren't you?"

1986 

Whilst speaking to British students in China.

"If you stay here much longer you'll all get slitty eyed."

1988 

Whilst at a World Wildlife Fund meeting.

 "If it's got legs and is not a chair, has wings and is not an aeroplane, or swims and is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it"

Also Prince Philip refused to touch a Koala bear stating:

 "It will be riddled with ghastly diseases"

1991 

Whilst in Thailand after graciously receiving an award for conservation. 

"Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species in the world."

1993 

Whilst inspecting a new office and looking at a fuse box. 

"It looks like it was put in by an Indian"

1993 

Whilst in Budapest Hungary speaking to a Briton.

 "You couldn't have been here that long ? - you haven't got a pot belly !

1994 

Whilst speaking to an Islander in the Cayman Islands. 

"Aren't most of you descended from pirates ?"

1995 

Whilst speaking to a driving instructor in Scotland. 

"How do you keep all the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?"

1997  

Referring to a Cambridge University car park attendant who failed to recognise him.

 "Bloody Silly fool "

1998

 Whilst speaking to a student who had been back packing in Papua new Guinea.

 "You managed not to get eaten, then?" 

1999 

Whilst on a visit to Wales said to young deaf people in Cardiff, referring to the school's steel band. 

"Deaf ? If you are near there, no wonder you are deaf."

2002 

Whilst speaking to an Aborigine in Australia who visited the congregation.

 "Do you still throw spears at each other?"

2002 

Same time in Australia, and this was remarked to a Children's band.

 "You were playing your instruments, weren't you? Or do you have tape recorders under your seats?"

2002 

Whilst speaking to a blind woman with a guide dog.

 "Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?"

2005 

Overheard at Bristol University's Laboratory for Advanced Dynamic Engineering facility, which had been closed in order that he and the Queen could officially open it.

"It doesn't look like much work goes on at this University"

The miscellaneous quotes below are also attributed to HRH Prince Philip.

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

Whilst in Brunei and talking to the Sultan of Brunei's first wife, Prince Philip pointed his finger. In the west this is deemed as slightly rude but over in Brunei its a great offence and a real insult. It was later explained off by Prince Philip's entourage as

  " He was pointing to something in the sky"

Welcomed  in all sincerity the former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl as,

 " Herr Reichskanzeller "

This is the title 'banned since 1945' that the Nazi High Command used to address Hitler !

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

When recently asked what he thought about the Country of Brazil.

 " It would be paradise, if it weren't for the Brazilians."

Whilst speaking to a woman who had recently lost family members in a terrible house fire.

"Smoke alarms are a damn nuisance."

Whilst speaking to a rather obese teenager.

" What do you want to do when you grow up ? "

The teenager replied " I want to be an Astronaut."

Prince Philip was heard to reply,

" Best start shedding a few pounds then ! "

Whilst speaking to a wheelchair user.

" Do they get in the way all the time ? "

Whilst in Edinburgh, speaking to a student from Brunei.

" I'm sorry that you had to fly to Glasgow "

May 2006

On being asked about the Olympic Games.

"I am truly fed up with the opening and closing ceremonies. They are a pain in the neck" 

"Opening and closing ceremonies ought to be banned, absolute bloody nuisances. I have not been to one yet that was'nt absolutely, appallingly awful, what is the Olympics about ? The competition or the bloody closing ceremony ?"

On being asked what he would be doing in the 2012 London Olympics

"As little as possible"