Prince Philip Never Got Behind This British Tradition That Queen Elizabeth Loved

Prince Philip never got behind one British tradition that Queen Elizabeth II and the other members of the royal family loved.

Amalie Henden, a journalist for Express, said that the Duke of Edinburgh doesn’t like drinking tea even though the majority of Britons love the popular drink. In fact, Tea.co.uk claimed that 84 percent of the British population drink tea and herbal infusions on a daily basis.

Prince Philip is rarely seen drinking tea in public. The dad of four also just consumes small amounts of alcohol. Royal biographer John Kent, of the small Piccadilly firm Kent, Haste & Latcher, also observed that Prince Philip has been living a healthy lifestyle for the past couple of years.

While speaking with The Telegraph in 2017, Kent said, “He’s got a fabulous physique. There’s not an ounce of fat on him, which is why he wears his clothes so well… He’s very well proportioned, he’s got fairly long legs, and he doesn’t carry much weight.”

Kent, who has also been measuring Prince Philip’s suits, revealed that the Queen’s husband has always had a slender waist.

And when Prince Philip turned 90 years old, royal biographer Ingrid Seward also talked about his physique and eating habits.

“He is a man who has always looked after himself and taken care of his body. He’s someone who enjoys physical activity and he’s incredibly physically fit… He’s very careful about what he eats… If he puts on any weight at all, he will make sure he loses it,” she said.

In related news, Prince Philip also made headlines this week after it was revealed that Her Majesty once asked him to shut up during their royal tour of the United States in 1976.

At that time, Prince Philip was sharing his thoughts to his wife when the monarch asked him to keep quiet because he didn’t really know what he was talking about. But American writer Susan Crossland said that the Queen did not mean to offend Prince Philip at that time.