Who Said the Monarchy Is Out of Touch?
Presents information on how Britain's Prince Philip argued against hand gun legislation.
By Mary-Ellen Banashek published March 1, 1997 - last reviewed on June 9, 2016
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Those wacky British royals continue to suffer from hoof-in-mouth disease. In the latest controversy, the Queen's boytoy, Prince Philip, argued against handgun legislation (brought about after last year's school massacre in Dunblane, Scotland) by saying, "Look, if a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?"