“It looks as if it was put in by an Indian.”

— Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Of a fuse box, whilst on a tour of a factory in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1999, as quoted in "Long line of princely gaffes", BBC News (1 March 2002)
2000s

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