Prince Philip makes Filipino nurse gaffe

Prince Philip, the gaffe-prone husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has hit the headlines once again for his "jovial" remarks, this time in reference to Filipino nurses.
The 91-year-old Prince told a nurse from the Philippines that her country must be "half empty" because so many Filipinos have come to the UK to work.
The Duke of Edinburgh made the comment during a visit to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital in Bedfordshire to unveil a 5.5-million pound cardiac centre earlier this week.
His mood on the day was described as "jovial", as the royal referred to himself as the "world's most experienced curtain puller".
 

A hospital spokesperson did not comment on the Duke's conversation with the nurse during his "hugely motivational" visit.

"Staff greatly enjoyed the opportunity to meet the Duke of Edinburgh, and we regard all personal conversations he had with our staff and guests as private and therefore would not comment on them.
"Luton is a very cosmopolitan town and the working staff at Luton and Dunstable hospital reflects that," the spokesperson said.
Around 87,000 of the 660,000 nurses working in the UK's National Health Service are from abroad, mainly from the Philippines, India, Australia and South Africa.
The Duke has a long history of outspoken and often controversial comments.

At a factory in Edinburgh back in 1999, he remarked that a fuse box "looked as though it had been put in by an Indian".
In 1986, he told British students in Beijing: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed."
Speaking to a group of teenagers from the British Deaf Association standing near a loud Caribbean steel band, he said: "If you're near that music it's no wonder you're deaf."
In reference to his latest gaffe in Luton, Buckingham Palace said it would not comment on a private conversation.