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| Prince fears media embarrassment | Prince fears media embarrassment |
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| The Duke of Edinburgh has revealed he retreated from the media spotlight so he would not "be an embarrassment". | The Duke of Edinburgh has revealed he retreated from the media spotlight so he would not "be an embarrassment". |
| The 85-year-old prince also dismissed rumours that he was a womaniser. | The 85-year-old prince also dismissed rumours that he was a womaniser. |
| He said: "Every time I talk to a woman they say I've been to bed with her. Well I'm bloody flattered at my age to think some girl is interested in me." | He said: "Every time I talk to a woman they say I've been to bed with her. Well I'm bloody flattered at my age to think some girl is interested in me." |
| Interviewed by Jeremy Paxman for his book On Royalty, the prince blamed TV and the tabloids for eroding relations between royalty and the media. | Interviewed by Jeremy Paxman for his book On Royalty, the prince blamed TV and the tabloids for eroding relations between royalty and the media. |
| And he reserved particular criticism for media mogul Rupert Murdoch, owner of the Sun and News of the World newspapers. | And he reserved particular criticism for media mogul Rupert Murdoch, owner of the Sun and News of the World newspapers. |
| He said Murdoch's anti-establishment views had "really pulled the plug on an awful lot of things that we hold to be quite reasonable and sensible institutions". | He said Murdoch's anti-establishment views had "really pulled the plug on an awful lot of things that we hold to be quite reasonable and sensible institutions". |
| Philip, whose blunt sense of humour has often landed him in trouble, said: "I reckon I have done something right if I don't appear in the media. | Philip, whose blunt sense of humour has often landed him in trouble, said: "I reckon I have done something right if I don't appear in the media. |
| Any bloody fool can lay a wreath at the thingamy Prince Philip | Any bloody fool can lay a wreath at the thingamy Prince Philip |
| "So I've retreated - quite consciously - so as not to be an embarrassment." | "So I've retreated - quite consciously - so as not to be an embarrassment." |
| He also spoke of the demands of his role when the Queen first acceded to the throne. | He also spoke of the demands of his role when the Queen first acceded to the throne. |
| "Any bloody fool can lay a wreath at the thingamy," he remarked. | "Any bloody fool can lay a wreath at the thingamy," he remarked. |
| Paxman's book, which is being serialised in the Daily Mail newspaper, caused controversy over the weekend when revelations about Prince Charles's eating habits were leaked. | |
| The Guardian newspaper quoted the book as claiming the Prince of Wales was so fussy that he needed several boiled eggs cooked to different degrees of hardness. | |
| Clarence House quickly denied the claims. | Clarence House quickly denied the claims. |