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Duke of Edinburgh Philip

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It looks as if it was put in by an Indian.
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Of a fuse box , whilst on a tour of a factory in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1999, as quoted in "Long line of princely gaffes" BBC News (1 March 2002)

 
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