Queen Elizabeth's 94-Year-Old Husband Philip Caught Swearing At Photographer

Queen Elizabeth's 94-Year-Old Husband Caught Swearing At Photographer
LOHHEIDE, GERMANY - JUNE 26: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit the concentration camp memorial at Bergen-Belsen on June 26, 2015 in Lohheide, Germany. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh viewed the grave of Anne Frank and laid a wreath at the inscription wall, before they met two survivors of the camp and as well as two liberators. This is the final day of a four day state visit, which is their first to Germany since 2004. (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte - Pool/Getty Images)
LOHHEIDE, GERMANY - JUNE 26: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit the concentration camp memorial at Bergen-Belsen on June 26, 2015 in Lohheide, Germany. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh viewed the grave of Anne Frank and laid a wreath at the inscription wall, before they met two survivors of the camp and as well as two liberators. This is the final day of a four day state visit, which is their first to Germany since 2004. (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte - Pool/Getty Images)

LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) - Prince Philip, the 94-year-old husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth well-known for occasional verbal gaffes, was caught on camera swearing at a photographer on Friday, British media reported.

At an event to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain between the Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe in 1940, TV footage showed an exasperated Philip appearing to lose his temper during a photocall.

"Just take the fucking picture," news websites quoted him as saying to the photographer at the event in central London attended by son Prince Edward and grandson Prince William among others.

Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the incident.

Philip, the longest-serving consort in British history, has found himself in hot water before for gruff and unguarded remarks.

The former naval officer once told British students in China, "If you stay here much longer, you'll be slitty-eyed," and asked Aborigines in Australia if they still threw spears at each other. (Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Andrew Roche)

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