Prince philip snub: how philip was mistaken as the gardener by staff

Prince Philip, 98, is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II for the past 71 years. The royal is descended from the Greek and Danish royal families and is the husband of the Queen, the head of

the British Royal Family. The couple have four children together, but on one occasion the longtime royal was mistaken for the gardener. But how did this happen? Prince Philip was born into

the Greek and Danish royal families as the only son and fifth and final child of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg.  He is a member of the House of

Glucksburg which is the Dano-German branch of the House of Oldenburg, members of which have reigned at various times in Denmark, Norway, Greece and other northern German states. Despite an

extensive and widespread Royal Family history, the Duke of Edinburgh was at one point mistaken for the gardener. A former Buckingham Palace chef revealed that Prince Philip once came down to

the royal kitchens dressed down so much that he mistook him for the gardener. READ MORE: PRINCE PHILIP IS FURIOUS AFTER PRINCE CHARLES PREPARES FOR MASSIVE PATERNAL SNUB According to royal

expert Russel Myers, Prince Philip is even quite a fan of gardening. Speaking on ITV’s Lorraine the royal expert said: “He is a gardener as well as a Prince. “He takes it with a pinch of

salt, he quite enjoys it but it has been going on for as long as he has been married and he has been married 71 years. “What is the Queen going to buy him, he’s had an awful lot of

birthdays. We do know he is into his gardening, he does a bit of painting and he is such a keen green-fingered gardener now. “He has even managed to grow some black truffles, some rare black

truffles for the first time. He is the first person to do it in the UK, so maybe it will be some more gardening equipment.” DON'T MISS HOW ONE KING HAS STRIPPED TITLES FROM HIS

GRANDCHILDREN [INSIGHT] WHAT MAJOR CLUE DID FERGIE GIVE ABOUT THE VENUE? [VIDEO] WHICH ROYAL WAS NICKNAMED THE LAGER PRINCE? [PICTURES] “He looked and said, ‘What’s that—what are they?’ 

“And I said, ‘Oh, those are chops, Your Highness.’ He wanted to know who they were for, and I said, ‘staff.’  “And he said, ‘Oh, can’t we have those?’  “I ended up giving him these big

meatier pieces, and the staff had the other pieces.” Reportedly, Prince Philip also revealed himself to be less than a keen fan of Prince Charles’ devotion to organic food. Mr McGrady

revealed that Philip had once seen two hampers in the kitchen and assumed one was from Harrods as a thank you for shopping with them.  But when it was revealed that in fact it belonged to

his eldest son, he was baffled. Mr McGrady told MarieClaire.com: “He looked puzzled so I opened it up and I said, ‘It’s all organic.’ And he said, ‘Oh, bloody organic!’ And just shook his

head and walked out.”