Duke of Edinburg’s Unaffected Manner

Duke of Edinburg, in formal civilian attire, is a tailor’s delight.

The Duke has an unaffected manner. If he is by the phone when it rings, he will answer it. He took off his coat and helped workmen shift furniture when it arrived at Clarence House, but he will not be forced by opinions of some fanatical minority. Criticism deploring the fact that he and the future Queen went out in Paris on Sunday during their visit to France to enjoy themselves, and that he played polo on Sunday, was met with stony silence and attendance by Elizabeth at Sunday polo games.

When staid critics decided that “Bluebottle” was a frivolous name for a yacht connected with royalty, it did not stop the little ship from being given a fresh coat of blue paint and its name was lettered even more clearly. His uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten, was his guiding light, who saw that his young nephew had the wherewithal to keep his place among the other underpaid young men from the army and navy who went about town. Later, Lord Louis handed over the presidency of the Playing Fields Association so that the future Queen’s husband could establish himself as a public figure. – San Bernardino Sun, March 1953

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