Duke of Edinburgh makes joke at expense of disabled Royal Variety comedian Adam Hills
The Duke of Edinburgh made a joke at the expense of a comedian with an artificial foot, in his latest foray into politically incorrect humour.
By Matthew Moore
Published: 9:55AM GMT 15 Dec 2009
Adam Hills has forged a successful career as a television presenter despite being born without a right foot
Just days after it was disclosed that the Duke mocked the declining sight of a blind teenager, it has emerged he poked fun at the disability of an Australian entertainer at the Royal Variety Show in Blackpool.
After performing for the Queen alongside acts including Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus and Michael Bublé last week, the comedian Adam Hills spoke to the Duke about his plans to return home.
Is this the funniest joke in the world?Observing the comic's prosthetic limb, the monarch's husband reportedly joked: "You could smuggle a bottle of gin out of the country in that artificial foot."
Hills, who has forged a successful career as a television presenter despite being born without a right foot, took the jibe in good humour, telling the Daily Mirror that he thought the line was "brilliant".
Yesterday the family of Stephen Menary, an army cadet who was blinded in an IRA bombing, told how the Duke offended the 15-year-old at a tree planting event in Hyde Park in 2002.
After the Queen asked the teenager how much sight he had left, the Duke responded: "Not a lot, judging by the tie he's wearing."
Carol Menary, 48, Stephen's mother, said: "After he said it there was just stunned silence. The Queen just looked at him open mouthed. I don't think she could believe what he had said.
"My whole family were just shocked. We knew he has a reputation for putting his foot in his mouth so we didn't take offence, but mocking the sight of a blind boy is something, even by his standards."
Prince Philip is notorious for his public gaffes and over the years has offered his own unique advice to people all over the world.
In 2002, he asked an aborigine whether he was "still throwing spears".
The Duke of Edinburgh made a joke at the expense of a comedian with an artificial foot, in his latest foray into politically incorrect humour.
By Matthew Moore
Published: 9:55AM GMT 15 Dec 2009
Adam Hills has forged a successful career as a television presenter despite being born without a right foot
Just days after it was disclosed that the Duke mocked the declining sight of a blind teenager, it has emerged he poked fun at the disability of an Australian entertainer at the Royal Variety Show in Blackpool.
After performing for the Queen alongside acts including Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus and Michael Bublé last week, the comedian Adam Hills spoke to the Duke about his plans to return home.
Is this the funniest joke in the world?Observing the comic's prosthetic limb, the monarch's husband reportedly joked: "You could smuggle a bottle of gin out of the country in that artificial foot."
Hills, who has forged a successful career as a television presenter despite being born without a right foot, took the jibe in good humour, telling the Daily Mirror that he thought the line was "brilliant".
Yesterday the family of Stephen Menary, an army cadet who was blinded in an IRA bombing, told how the Duke offended the 15-year-old at a tree planting event in Hyde Park in 2002.
After the Queen asked the teenager how much sight he had left, the Duke responded: "Not a lot, judging by the tie he's wearing."
Carol Menary, 48, Stephen's mother, said: "After he said it there was just stunned silence. The Queen just looked at him open mouthed. I don't think she could believe what he had said.
"My whole family were just shocked. We knew he has a reputation for putting his foot in his mouth so we didn't take offence, but mocking the sight of a blind boy is something, even by his standards."
Prince Philip is notorious for his public gaffes and over the years has offered his own unique advice to people all over the world.
In 2002, he asked an aborigine whether he was "still throwing spears".
