Prince Philip had a nickname that only his close staff and friends could call him, according to a leading historian. Adrian Tinniswood, author of Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the British Royal Household, lifted the lid on Prince Philip's exclusive nickname.Friends and close staff would call the Duke of Edinburgh "P.P" – a shortening of Prince Philip.And according to Tinniswood, P.P was the Royal staff's favourite member in The Firm.The Crown actor Matt Smith told Variety : "If you’ve talked to any of the staff, Philip’s the one they all love really. "I think more than a lot of them, he’s a bit more of a man of the people.
The royal protocol hasn’t dogged him in quite the same way his whole life and there’s a sort of rebellion in him and a naughtiness and a cheekiness."I think he’s quite affable and open by all accounts with the staff.
They all love him.”Prince Philip was reportedly “spitting blood” after finding out that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wanted to leave the Royal Family and told an aide “we were wrong about her all along”, a royal author has claimed.
According to Christopher Andersen, author of Brothers and Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry and Meghan , the late Duke of Edinburgh went straight to the Queen to express his “anger”.
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