Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Quote

Well, you'll never fly in it, you're too fat to be an astronaut.


Said at the University of Salford to a 13-year-old aspiring astronaut, who was wishing to fly the NOVA rocket, as quoted in "Gift of the gaffe: Prince Philip's top ten embarrassing moments" in The Daily Mirror (14 December 2009)


Well, you'll never fly in it, you're too fat to be an astronaut.

Well, you'll never fly in it, you're too fat to be an astronaut.

Well, you'll never fly in it, you're too fat to be an astronaut.

Well, you'll never fly in it, you're too fat to be an astronaut.