Did Philip FART? or was it the Queen?!

[marrya]

This by email:

I'm not querying so much whther these are real photos, but perhaps whether the sequence has been manipulated to make it seem that, well, Philip farted...

Any ideas when where why how ?!

[MidgardDragon]

It looks to me like he had an itch/sneeze building in his nose, then eventually he let it all out while covering his face to keep from sneezing on everyone.

Looks more to me like Phillip is mumbling a joke or something to Harry, knowing those two, probably a racial slur.

[FloridaGirl]

I vote sneeze.

[Eddylizard]

I'm sure I've seen the video sequence of this before, possibly on one of those 'mock the news' shows. IIRC they are standing outside on the balcony of Buck House.

I can't imagine a fart - even one of Philleeps being so powerful, especially outside to produce a reaction like that.

I was going with sneeze, but then I scrolled left to Anne and Charles, now I suspect Rshady may be right with the joke idea. This may be the only time I've seen Anne (HRH Princess Anne the Princess Royal) crack a smile.

ETA Reminds me of an old joke by Mike Harding which goes something like:

"You know the Queen right?
You know she goes to all these banquets, in all these foreign countries, and has to eat all these rich foods.
My mate swears she has a bloke she pays to go with her. Everytime she farts, it's his job to put his hand up and say "Excuse me, sorry that was me.Baked beans for dinner last night."
That's true that is."

It's better when Mike Harding tells it.

I've seen the vid as well and it's definitely a fart IMHO.

[Pseudo_Croat]

Originally Posted by lazerus the duck

I've seen the vid as well and it's definitely a fart IMHO.

You have the vid for us to see? If not, then I'll assume it's a sneeze until I see evidence otherwise.

- Pseudo "royal maladies" Croat

I know that this is just another anecdote, but I also remember seeing the video on... You know I cant remember if it was "mock the week" or "Have I got news for you?", but it was definately one of those two. Obviously you couldnt hear what they were saying, but from the video it looked more like he farted than just harry sneezing. But as I regularly see emails posted on the board from people INSISTING that they saw things that demonstratibly never happened, I realise without the video that doesnt count for much...

[Phaedra]

Originally Posted by Eddylizard

I can't imagine a fart - even one of Philleeps being so powerful, especially outside to produce a reaction like that.

I don't see why it couldn't be a fart. I was walking on a windy (no pun intended) beach in Wales just recently when my companion a few paces ahead let off the most noxious fart imaginable that lingered long enough to make me take a wide detour detour round him. I do believe I pulled a face just like Her Madge too.

[Fun with a 9mm]

Harry probably had a wretched hangover and Phillip is muttering "Greasy Pork Sandwich served on a dirty ashtray." Last pic is Harry trying not to hurl.

[Simply Madeline]

Unrelated to flatulence, but why is the queen the only one not wearing military-ish regalia? Is it because she never actually served in the military?

[hardhead]

Actually the Queen did serve in WWII as a truck driver or a mechanic of some sort.

[me, no really]

Originally Posted by hardhead

Actually the Queen did serve in WWII as a truck driver or a mechanic of some sort.

And also as a Battleship



me

[Tarquin Farquart]

Originally Posted by hardhead

Actually the Queen did serve in WWII as a truck driver or a mechanic of some sort.

Thats seems unlikely as she was only 14 when war broke out.

ETA: actually I'm wrong. From wikipedia.

In 1945, Princess Elizabeth convinced her father that she should be allowed to contribute directly to the war effort. She joined the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service, where she was known as No 230873 Second Subaltern Elizabeth Windsor, and was trained as a driver. This training was the first time she had been taught together with other students. It is said that she greatly enjoyed this and that this experience led her to send her own children to school rather than have them educated at home. She was the first, and so far only, female member of the royal family to actually serve in the armed forces, though Queen Victoria was Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian militia, and other royal women have been given honorary ranks.

[llewtrah]

Reminds me of the joke where QE2 & GWB were being taken to a state dinner in a Royal coach. One of the horses farted audibly and QE2 apologised to GWB for the interruption. GWB's response was "If you hadn't mentioned it, I'd've thought it wwere the horse."

who are these people? i realize i live in a hole but i dont recognize any of them in the pic, dont worry, i'll go fetch the fish.

[Eddylizard]

Originally Posted by lil hobbit

who are these people? i realize i live in a hole but i dont recognize any of them in the pic, dont worry, i'll go fetch the fish.

While we're at it, anyone know who this bloke is?



Is he anyone famous?

On the offchance this is a serious enqiiry. The British royal family. From the left:

HRH Queen Elizabeth II , Prince Phillip the Duke of Edinburgh (her husband), Prince Harry (her grandson), Princess Anne the Princess Royal (her daughter), Prince Charles Prince of Wales (her son, and first in line to the throne), and a glimpse of somebodys shoulders.

Originally Posted by Eddylizard

Is he anyone famous?

Yeah, that's Jesus Christ IV, right?

[Eddylizard]

Originally Posted by Class Bravo

Yeah, that's Jesus Christ IV, right?

You mean I missed out on the second and third coming? No-one told me.

Originally Posted by Eddylizard

You mean I missed out on the second and third coming? No-one told me.

Eh, you didn't miss out on much, so don't feel too bad. Same old same old--judgment, four horsemen, the standard things. Frankly, I would have stayed home but I got the memo that attendance was mandatory.


Now, on the serious side--

On the offchance this is a serious enqiiry. The British royal family. From the left:

HRH Queen Elizabeth II , Prince Phillip the Duke of Edinburgh (her husband), Prince Harry (her grandson), Princess Anne the Princess Royal (her daughter), Prince Charles Prince of Wales (her son, and first in line to the throne), and a glimpse of somebodys shoulders.

It's very possible that it was indeed a serious inquiry, and I hope you don't take offense in that. Many Americans know about the royal family in the sense of knowing that it exists and maybe being able to name a few of them, but I think most of us wouldn't necessarily recognize them all in a picture like that. I've heard of Prince Phillip, Prince Harry, Prince Charles, but if you were to just show me a picture of one of them and say "who is this?" then I probably wouldn't be able to tell you. The one exception to that (in my case and I assume in most other peoples') would be Princess Diana.

It's kind of the way I would imagine someone from the UK might react if they heard the name or saw a picture of Condoleeza Rice, Colin Powell, Robert Gates, or John Ashcroft.