Queen was 'driven round the bend' by funny mustard prank

Prince Philip's mustard-related prank was recalled by Prince William and his cousins, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, who remembered however helium would get successful occupation with The Queen

Many members of The Royal Family person been praised clip and again for their superb one-liners and comic behaviour erstwhile they are retired and about. While The precocious Queen was the royal who was the champion known for her wicked consciousness of humour, others person besides gained a estimation aft light-hearted stories astir them were made public.

One specified royal is the precocious Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh who passed distant astatine the property of 99 connected April 9, 2021. The precocious monarch's hubby of 73 years was overmuch loved by his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and respective amusing memories were made nationalist successful a programme to observe his life.

Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers aired connected the BBC six months aft the Duke's decease and featured galore members of his family. The documentary saw the likes of King Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry stitchery to talk astir their fondest memories of the Royal Family's patriarch.

While galore stories were revealed, Prince William and his cousins Peter Phillips' and Zara Tindall's memories of a amusive crippled they played with their gramps had fans successful hysterics.

Speaking astir the gag Prince Philip played astatine household lunches, Prince William said: "Instead of similar a mustard cookware we'd person a mustard tube, a squeezy mustard tube. And past he’d squish your hands unneurotic to fire the mustard onto the ceiling,” helium said.

Prince William continued: “He utilized to get successful a batch of occupation from my grandma for covering astir of the places we had luncheon and things with mustard connected the ceiling.”

The Duke's older grandchildren, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, besides recalled the messy mustard game. Zara said: “I can’t retrieve precisely what helium says but helium ends up slamming your hands together.... It goes each implicit the ceiling." Peter added: “I really deliberation the marks are inactive there.”

The documentary saw a fig of peculiar tributes paid to Prince Philip, 1 of which was from his daughter-in-law, The Duchess of Edinburgh (then the Countess of Wessex).

Sophie emotionally recalled a fig of peculiar moments with The Duke of Edinburgh and said: "Cooking is thing that I emotion talking to him about. And helium loves watching cookery programmes. Hairy Bikers I deliberation is 1 of his favourites."

The Duchess was precise adjacent with the precocious monarch and her consort. A royal adjutant explained to the Daily Mail successful 2018: “[The Queen] talks to Sophie successful the mode she utilized to speech to Princess Margaret. Sophie has filled a unspeakable spread successful the Queen’s beingness that was near erstwhile her sister and the Queen Mother died successful 2002.” Another adjutant said: “She is similar different girl to Her Majesty, they are that close.”

Royal adept Marlene Koenig said: “She’s got superstar qualities without the flashing airy bulbs. She’s been a unchangeable influence, and doesn’t request the fuss... She’s learned what it means to beryllium a subordinate of the Royal Family and enactment the sovereign and she does precise well.”

It is known that Sophie was a immense pillar of spot for The Queen aft the bittersweet decease of Prince Philip connected April 9.

Royal adept Duncan Larcombe elaborate however she would thrust to Windsor "every fewer days and astir weekends to walk socially-distanced clip with Her Majesty". If she couldn't beryllium determination successful person, she "[calls] her mother-in-law astatine slightest erstwhile a day". Many person adjacent dubbed Sophie arsenic the Queen's "rock."

When Sophie is not carrying retired her authoritative duties connected behalf of The King, her main areas of involvement see supporting young radical with disabilities, eradicating avoidable blindness, agriculture, manner and the prevention of intersexual unit successful conflicted areas.

She lives astatine adjacent Bagshot Park successful Surrey with her husband, Prince Edward, and their 2 children, Lady Louise Windsor and James, Earl of Wessex, erstwhile they are not distant astatine assemblage and school.