Prince Philip is conscious of his place in the heritage of the Royal Family. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
Prince Philip prides himself on being a realist. He knows he is not going to live for ever. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
In many ways, Prince Philip was remarkably good-humored and long-suffering. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
Prince Philip was a funny man who liked to laugh and make others laugh. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
Once, during one of the jubilee tours, I was in the car immediately behind theirs and I watched Prince Philip telling the… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
Was Prince Philip in love when he proposed to Elizabeth? At the time, he was a relatively penniless prince, with a rackety… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to know Prince Philip in his prime - the most dynamic man I have ever met. And I… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
The private Prince Philip - the inner man - was infinitely more difficult to reach. He was more sensitive, more thoughtful and… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
I told Prince Philip that, having met them both, I was struck, not by the differences between him and Charles, but by… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
Prince Philip had formally 'retired' in the summer of 2017, a couple of months after his 96th birthday, because the Queen encouraged… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
Prince Philip's principal role since 1952 has been to support the Queen. Alongside that, he has created his own working life as… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
Praise makes me humble, but when I am abused, I know that I have touched the stars. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share
Princess Anne is like her father. From her, you'll never hear a complaint of any kind about her upbringing. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share
In the Members' Dining Room, the Conservatives eat at one end, the Labour Party at the other, while the Liberals wait at table. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share
“Those who pay their bills on time are soon forgotten. It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share
If you're the Queen you don't need to say anything and you don't get into trouble. If you're the Duke of Edinburgh you say… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share
When it comes to personal communication, words are all we've got. It is the simple use of language that makes us human beings. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share
If God had meant us to go metric, why did he give Christ twelve apostles? — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share
First and foremost, I am a writer. That's what I have spent my life doing. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share
“One should always be suspicious of a woman who tells you that her past was burnt in the flames of a schoolhouse in Peshawar.” — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share
Among the upper classes, especially three or four generations ago, men and women had separate bedrooms. That's just the way it was. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share
We did marry in secret and it was several years before we even told our parents that we were married. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share
