Oh, Philip

1921 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Philip is famed for his racist comments.

He was born (on the dining-room table) at Mon Repos, his parents' small house on the island of Corfu, the son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg, a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

He is particularly known in Britain for his occasional gaffes when on public visits.

For example:
When visiting China in 1986, he told a group of British students, "If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed".
After accepting a gift from a Kenyan native he replied "You are a woman aren't you?"
"If it has four legs and is not a chair, has wings and is not an aeroplane, or swims and is not a submarine the Cantonese will eat it." (1986)
"British women can't cook." (1966)
Suggested the locals were cannibals on a visit to Papua New Guinea by asking a British student "You managed not to get eaten then?"
Asked a Scottish driving instructor "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough for them to pass the driving test?"
Told a group of deaf school children at a fund raising event standing next to a Jamaican steel drum band "Deaf? No wonder you are deaf standing so close to that racket."
He asked an Australian Aborigine, "Still throwing spears?" (2002)
Said to a Briton in Budapest, Hungary, "You can't have been here that long -- you haven't got a pot belly." (1993)
To the President of Nigeria, who was dressed in traditional Muslim robes, "You look like you're ready for bed!"