When Prince Philip Visited British Troops In Iraq In 2006 | Forces TV
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In October 2006, Prince Philip made a surprise visit to British Army troops in Iraq. He spent time with personnel from The Queen's Royal Hussars deployed in Basra, who at the time were nearing the end of a six-and-a-half month tour in the country.
The Duke of Edinburgh was visiting as the regiment's Colonel-in-Chief, in what was his first trip to see British forces in Iraq.
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In 2006 the Duke of Edinburgh was 85 years old.
I don't want to sound patronising, but for a person of that age to connect so personally and authentically with troops serving in the field is truly astonishing. When he smiled at and spoke with those soldiers, there was nothing "fake" or fabricated about it. You, and the troops he was speaking with, truly believed every word and emotion he conveyed.
Whatever the words "leadership" and "officer" mean, then the Duke of Edinburgh personified them. An example to anyone who aspires to those roles.
As he had served in the Royal Navy and saw combat himself, Prince Phillip always demonstrated a great kinship with all members of the armed services. I believe this was the kind of role he always felt most comfortable in.
He was an honorary everything ...smothered in Medals ..! Like his sons he was never near any action ...closest he got to any was when a pea from a pea shooter glanced off his ego ...! Get real people this is fodder for the masses. .!
@@johnaldred6864 Phillip saw active naval action against enemy cruisers during WW II - check your facts before denigrating the dead.
...yeah if you wanna believe that they've done their job on you...! Was his butler around to cook his favourite brekkie....or his valet there to dress him ..cos they deserve a medal too...! Umm they didn't tell you his son was kicking around with a convicted paedophile ...? No of course they didn't...! It's all a nonesense but if you choose to believe it & it gives you comfort ..so be it ..!
@@johnaldred6864 He recieved a mention in despatches for saving his ship and crew in WW2 , so in your own words get real!!!
Remember this (then) 85 year visiting troops in a war zone next time someone says something negative about him. What an amazing chap!
not too mention he commanded ships in the RN during ww2, actually saved the lives of his crew in one incident with his own brilliant thinking. oh and he fought briefly in the naval campaigns against the Japanese in the pacific theatre. hes a top man :)
What about his driving he almost killed someone I’m pretty sure over all part from that he is alright
As a royal navy officer he was in charge of a search light detail in the battle of Cape mateplan... He watched on deck the total decimation of 3 Italian heavy Cruisers at point blank distance by 3 British battleships curtisy of radar in a night action... 2500 Italians sailors perished with a couple of minutes... Prince Phillip witnessed this as a young man....
He visited the Royal Greenwich Observatory at its opening in Cambridge, he really impressed us scientists and the engineers with his technical knowledge, I really like the bloke 👍🏻🇬🇧
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He’s a soldier first and a royal second. What a legend
Agreed. He has the bearing of a man who’s worn the uniform and done the job. Respect.
I truly belive the Queen could be the Great Queen who is today, beacuse He was the Man next to Her. Her whole reigning is / was a teamwork.
Well Sailor actually but I get what you mean.
That's one thing you have to give all the members of senior royal family: servicemembers first, royals second with the exception of the Queen. Even then, the Queen herself, then a Princess Royal and Duchess, served in the Army as a mechanic. She was then Duchess of York as her father was Duke of York prior to his ascension to King.
One thing i always wondered when she signed up and all the family after her if she or they ever got beasted like all those who join and meet the NCO who puts the fear of God in you.
@@chrismc410 Female recruits of the time wouldn’t have treated like the male soldiers. They performed back line roles and would be treated much better
RIP Prince Philip. Over time your legacy will grow and you will be appreciated more and more by the British people!
Now 99 years old and in hospital all the BEST Sir and thank you.
A true warrior, he's out of hospital now.
@@PRO-hd2bf unfortunately yes. It's very sad news.
@@bills2843 Yes - he's out of Hospital now .
@@Bruce-vq7ni More like out of this world now
He served at the Battle Of Cape Matapan so has more than earned the right to shake these troops hands and look them in the eye.
Get well soon old chap. Love from Scotland 🇬🇧🏴♥️
Rest In Peace, Philip.
How many I wonder thought his Prince Philip just walked behind the Queen. There was more to this man than being 2 paces behind the Queen
It is appalling that he is typecast as a "gaffe master". Prince Philip was exceedingly brilliant in his own right. Elizabeth's success as queen regnant owes a great deal to his support.
You know she could have changed that rule with a couple words. She must have enjoyed treating him that way.
RIP. He was pure class. 🇺🇸⚔️🇬🇧
military man to the bone, how he interacted with the troops was brilliant, he's going to be greatly missed by the armed forces .
He was your typical mans man, a lot like my Grandad who also served in the Navi.
Thats the real him, when he's surrounded by his own type of people
Get well soon Sir
I agree
How humble was he, no braggart. Didn't stand any nonsense from the interviewer either lol. Get you facts right! Think he said that twice to him lol . By many accounts a very fine sailor who had he stayed in the navy might well have ended up as First Sea Lord, and that was said by a First Sea Lord about Prince Phillip R I P Sir, you will be sadly missed and so sorry as many are that you didn't score your century .
Rest easy your Highness.
Fly high with Sir Tom..
thats just beautifully put...that generation is not appreciated enough by todays snowflakes
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 idiots on here
Wishing H.R.H. Prince Philip
a Full Recovery,
From 🇦🇺Australia.😌
Oh he made a full recovery alright.
@@adverumthegreat4736 u r sad
@@Jason.cbr1000rr Upset? Laughable.
@@adverumthegreat4736 got a newsflash for you buddy. Jason is not telling you that you are sad for prince Philip. Jason is telling you that you are a tosspot.
@@PAS_2020 I don't care.
this visit was a huge morale boost for the troops.
A real man.
Rest in peace, your Royal Highness
Young people in a dangerous situation. Death is always there.
I think he was a good bloke. RIP Philip.
I think Prince Philip came to Basra in 2005. I was in Basra in '06 and the Duke of Westminster and the Duke of Kent came through. 1st Armoured Division left Basra in the middle of '06.
Apparently he was a very popular officer when he served during ww2. The man will be sorely missed. RIP Prince Philip
Praying for a speedy recovery for HRH ❤️🇬🇧
He died in the end.
WOW❗️ I wish this video could have gone on forever. Prince Philip was 85 years old here and he looked GREAT❗️HMTQ, the nation of UK, The Commonwealth, and the world is truly blessed to have had this man. Any negative critic of this man can staff it and go sit on a flag pole.
Live and direct, no film tricks.
This was 2 years before I deployed to Iraq, and I’ve got to hand it to Prince Phillip as he withstood the heat that’s known to get up to 150 degrees. It’s so kind of him to come see them, I love this.
Steven Colbert came to visit when I was deployed and I remember he was wearing an ACU suit. It was hilarious. Lion 6 (General Odierno) shaved Steven’s head for us too 🤣
Thank you for this. And thank you for your service.
Rest in peace Sir, true hero & serviceman to the UK 🇬🇧Be greatly missed❤🙏🏼💙
May your path ahead be kind, Sir.🇬🇧🏴💂🏼♂️👍
Hoping and praying that our King Philip returns to go health 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
He's not a King...
King? he isnt a King.
Do we know what’s up with him yet or that he’s just in hospital
Uhm... you mean prince?
You jinxed it
Fantastic, what a charmer, every inch the Officer !!
The end of an Era. Sad he had to go.
They don't build them like him anymore! Get well soon sir!
Thank you for re posting for us
Legend
What a man! RIP sir.
This shows the stuff of which Prince Philip was made !
Great man.
Prince Philip was no stranger to war, having served during WW2. He knew exactly what it was like to fight for his country, and to put his life on the line. When a figure of that stature comes to visit you in the midst of war, it’s more than a mere morale boost. He’s not Madonna, he’s someone that has done it. Wherever you stand on the monarchy, every generation has a linkage to the armed forces, this business of being commander of the armed forces is something they have never taken lightly.
As an American I could care less about the Royal Family. But he seemed like he loved his Troops, and was a real Gentleman and that speaks volumes these days.
i guess you in america see monarchs as just privileged people, but for people in Europe we like to think about them as symbols and they represent the nation ,and has a cultural value
couldn’t*
Keep in mind that Prince Philip was a good friend to the United States (as are the rest of the British royals).
I read 98 of Philip's outrageous quips, then watched a BBC interview with him in the 90's. What an experienced solid man. He represents the memory and history of England. Britain. You know....
@@bkern8536 we in America 🇺🇸 are basing our understanding of royals as symbols now on ☺️ the great Duke and Duchess of Sussex. 🤣🤣🤣
Having read about his service in the Royal Navy I really hope that he pulls through.
That he pulls through?
It's the Grim Reaper that I'm worried about! He's got his work cut out for him.
Oh dear
@@mediumleftmediumleft5052 His wife said something like that I imagine.
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I told you that he wouldn't go down without a fight!
@@mediumleftmediumleft5052 terrific handle you.
A great man
Respect!
RIP 🙏
What a Guy!!
RIP HRH Prince Philip.
Fantastic video!
My Mum doesn’t think much of him but I like Prince Phillip.
Rest in peace
One amazing and awesome man I would follow him to hell and back
Absolutely‼️
All youth should go to gordonstoun
And be hardened like me
"So far so good?" What a legend! 😂
Brilliant!
He wears a pork pie well - RIP Sir
Love and prayers for speedy recovery of H.R.H Prince Philip
From Scotland 🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧🏴
What an amazing bloke that was. I was almost at the end of the vid and enjoying it thoroughly because, as it progressed it was becoming more and more obvious that this was no bog-standard V.I.P. visit, say be some politico or other, but a series of largely relaxed, amicable interactions between a former serviceman and current ones... and ALL the participants were enjoying operating on very much the same level...
...then I caught sight of the date in the vid's title and was mildly surprised as it suddenly dawned on me that he was already 85 years old when that visit took place..
Get well soon sir.
Proper bloke - no body armour for him (unlike the excuses of men like Blair and Brown).
RIP Sir.
What an amazing man
Respect...
🙏
MARVELLOUS 👍
A great man.
Rip
Royal Irish Soldiers on the front . Quis Seperabit, Faugh A Ballagh
@Jervis Fitzroy that's why i said royal irish soldiers and not royal irish regiment soldiers. Despite the motto. It's used only for meaning.
@Jervis Fitzroy ok. Dont mean to sound rude, but its still irrelevant. Who cares about abbreviations. Dont think there needs to be an argument about it
@Jervis Fitzroy of course. But i was only saying 'Royal Irish Soldiers' which they are in fact. Its up to the reader whether they interpret that to be an abbreviation of the RIR or not.
@Jervis Fitzroy i wasn't classing this as an argument, just hoping to avoid it turning into one.
@Jervis Fitzroy fair enough .
i love you britian
Well I am sorry for me not able to greet that little boy after all the last encounter between the two of us was in Germany when he was a child
RIP
🙏🇬🇧🙏
He looks happy to be in the war field again
What an inspiring visit!
Couple of questions from a Yank-- what unit is his cover from?
Was he handing out challenge coins to the troops or something else?
I believe they were rank slides, they had just been promoted. Challenge coins aren’t really a thing in the uk
@@billyvinilly8104 Wow! That's a memorable way to move up a step! Bravo!
I believe the tent cap he's wearing is that of the Queen's Royal Hussars, the regiment that he is visiting in the clip. He is the Colonel in Chief of the regiment.
Dude was a WWII vet think about that
R.I.P
Why was the "What Will NATO Look Like In 2030? 🌍" video made private? I was going to watch that but it's gone now
Hey that's interesting! YT has it's weird stuff going on again.
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Is that a type of navy headwear HRH is wearing?
That's a cavalry side hat
@@GAFloppa thank you, will look it up to find out more.
@Jervis Fitzroy faiiirrrrr enough
@Jervis Fitzroy WOW❗️ Great history. Thanks for that.
@Jervis Fitzroy WOW‼️ once again, thank you for your service and your input here.
Was his grandson P. Harry there at that time?
1:52 "I can't thank you on behalf of anybody..." Contrast that with the sort of pompous and/or plastic sentiment that might come out of Charles.
hail philip uk usa israel
Anyone wanna see pictures of him and Saville?
No i don't work the drive up!!!!!!!!!😅😅😅😅
I dont think I have ever herd him talk before
@Hew Jarsol iv just herd the impressions
He swears a lot,loads of clips of him telling people to f off
@@matt7775 You mean there is one or two clips at most, silly drama queen.
@@uberdude2555 🤣🤣🤣👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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More like visiting the Irish troops, most of them soldiers are Irish
That's true, they're Irish, northern Irish to be exact and they're British as NI is UK
@@Dom-fx4kt yep. Plus its the British army. Ergo, British troops.
Oh this thread was an interesting dialogue. Cool!
What a horrible interviewer that man was...
I am breathlessly waiting to hear YOU be an interviewer. I know you can do better, right? Take your keyboard and stuff it.
15 year old news 😂
Yep! Hope you look that good at 85. Hope you make it to 85. 🤣
I got it.father
Harry got his nose from his grandpa!
...& the salvation army....! Only problem with that bloke is on parade his medal melt in the sun...well chocolate does doesn't it...!
Nice to know a jealous nut also watches these videos. 🤣
Very much like Harry even sounds like him
Ship hit once or twice…sum total of all the different campaign medals he wore!….any blitz time arp or fireman saw more action in one night…forget the usual RF PR!
Phippsy? Denkste ich kann Bison den wandelnden Aschenbecher für eine archäologische Führung durchs Werksgelände der Degesch begeistern mit anschließendem Probeduschen und Lagerfeuer in Uchtspringe? Einfach mal so lokal ein bißchen herumschnüffeln und mal so richtig tief Luft holen...
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The local population appreciate what you doing !??! Hahahaha yeah we have our ways in appreciating the outlanders our Eden became hellish place ....... Babylon is just a name now ...... Ur-dak is fallen the tars nibad still stands ....... What an inferno have they made us live in ...... Their is no different between hell and heaven .....joy or tournament 🙂💀
Those Royals have an uniform for every event....I expect he has a Milkmans outfit in the closet.... COLONEL Milkman of course ..!
The Royals have close ties to the military.
He was a very decorated and respected naval officer and served in world war 2 as a legit member of the military.
@@timh7882 ...& You believe that ...! Well more fool you ..!
@@johnaldred6864 and why don't you believe that?
Phil the Greek.
Have some respect
He might have been a Prince of Greece but he wasn't actually Greek, ethnically he was Danish and he himself said he did feel some affinity with Denmark, whilst not feeling very Greek at all. In fact he wasn't entirely fond of Greece, for a number of reasons.
@@keighlancoe5933 Funnily enough, the Greeks didn't feel very Greek as well, they had always identified themselves with the Romans, hence the old Turkish name Rumalia for the Balkans, it was only until the Greek war of independence in 1821 that they reidentified themselves with the ancient Greece, thinking being associated with the birthplace of European Civilisation would galvanise more support from Britain and France than to be associated with the all conquering Roman empire and it worked, the British and the French did send considerable support to help them win their independence against the ottomans. National identify is funny thing, it can be completely created from scratch.
@@keighlancoe5933 yes, one reason was that his Grandfather King George 1 was murdered by Greek what you might say separatists . Good enough reason methinks!
@@keighlancoe5933 good response but you wasted great energy talking to a meth head. 😵
In one of his more lucid states
"Lucid"? You? 🤣
Is this what our taxes pay for?🤣
And your point is?
The vast majority of those who join the armed forces are proud of this country and its institutions, they would have valued a visit from Prince Phillip. I certainly have no qualms whatsoever in paying for our troops to get a moral boost in wartime, and I'm confident I speak on behalf of the majority of the British people with that sentiment.
@@dean1039 Well said
Everybody please know that your taxes are also paying for most of the disgruntled cynical negative keyboard jockeys on RUclips that are unable to have a job or any input of any worth to their communities. 🤣 RIP Prince Philip.
Arseole
Rest in peace
R.I.P