title: Prince Philip: Wise Words and Golden Gaffes
author:  Phil Dampier 
description: Phil Dampier has been writing about the Royal family for 26 years. Between 1986 and 1991 he covered the royal beat for The Sun, Britains biggest-selling daily newspaper. As a freelance journalist for the last 20 years, he has travelled to more than 50 countries following members of the House of Windsor and his articles have been published in dozens of newspapers and magazines worldwide. He frequently appears on radio and TV and gave expert analysis for Global National TV of Canada during their coverage of the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in April 2011. He lives in Kent with his partner Ann.<br /><br />Ashley Walton was the royal correspondent of the Daily Express from 1979 to 1992 He travelled to every continent covering numerous tours including the Queen and Prince Philip in India, Africa, and China. He was one of the first reporters to identify a young Lady Diana Spencer as a future royal bride, and covered her last tour with Prince Charles to South Korea in 1992. He was also among the first to reveal the romance between Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. He lives in Hertfordshire with his wife Joan and two sons.
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  Friends & Foes
  
  SARAH M. EDEN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To F.E.G., who cheered for Philip from page one,
  
  and to M.O.M., who cheered for me from day one
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  England, December 1814
  
  Philip Jonquil walked with deceptively lazy strides down one of Maidstone’s
  back streets. He’d traded his signature attire of bright colors and expensive
  tailoring for something far more subdued. Knowing he’d be walking about in an
  area of town known for thieves and cutthroats, Philip judged it best not to
  appear prime for the plucking.
  
  The ruse hadn’t proved entirely successful. Two nip-purses had been doing a
  ridiculously bad job of tailing him for several streets. They made quite an
  effort at not being seen, but he’d spotted them easily. Philip had less than a
  half-mile to cover before meeting up with Hanover Garner, a man known to the
  Foreign Office as something of a genius at tracking spies, a title Philip had
  earned as well over the past half-decade.
  
  Not so ingenious this time, though, were 