article_snippet.sent: The media dubbed the decision to make Prince Philip a knight of the Order of Australia a 'knightmare', and incited public criticism from within Mr Abbott's own backbenchers as well as the Opposition. '
article_snippet.sent: I stand by the decision to make Philip a knight of the Order of Australia a 'knightmare'.
article_snippet.sent: I understand why some people don't like the decision to make Philip a knight of the Order of Australia a 'knightmare',' he said. '
article_snippet.sent: I respect some people right to be critical... and I take the decision to make Philip a knight of the Order of Australia a 'knightmare' on the chin, I take the decision to make Philip a knight of the Order of Australia a 'knightmare' on the chin,' Mr Abbott told reporters at the time.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Abbott said in a speech at the National Press Club this month that Mr Abbott accepted the decision to make Philip a knight of the Order of Australia a 'knightmare' was a 'captain's call', and Mr Abbott 'probably overdid the decision to make Philip a knight of the Order of Australia a 'knightmare' on awards'.