Royal editor and author Rob Jobson shared a few extracts from his latest book on Prince Philip which he unearthed after speaking to sources who work directly with the Royal Family. Mr Jobson explained one story which saw the Duke of Edinburgh being put in his place by the Queen after a heated argument in the early morning woke her up. The author also said Prince Philip once revealed the secret of a long marriage was “spending a lot of time apart and have different interests”.
Speaking to ITV’s Royal Rota podcast, Mr Jobson shared with ITV’s royal editor Chris Ship a few anecdotes he may not have known about Prince Philip.
He told the podcast: “There was another incident in the book which I found very funny after I spoke to various unnamed sources.
“There was a story at Balmoral where if [Philip] was on holiday he was very much on holiday.
“And he was up at 5am, he’s a very active character, long before the Queen’s pipers woke her up with the pipes.
“So he starts a huge row with a personal protection officer who was allocated to him and asked him ‘what are you doing?’
“He said ‘I don’t need you I’m on holiday’.”
Mr Jobson added the two began to argue over keys which the Royal Marine protection officer walked away with.
He said Prince Philip “erupted” into “foul-mouth abuse” at around 5.30am.
Prince Philip died on April 9 and was buried at St George’s Chapel in Windsor on April 17.
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