Comment Apr 10 2021, 19:28 ET Updated: Apr 10 2021, 19:31 ET AS a royal reporter for 35 years, Philip was my favourite member of the House of Windsor. To some he was a racist, a dinosaur, a prince of political incorrectness. �� Prince Philip's death... 12 Prince Philip visited the Aboriginal Cultural Park in Cairns, Australia on the Golden Jubilee Tour of 2002Credit: PA I saw an ex-naval officer from a different generation whose humour was rooted in a century when “victims” of jokes were less sensitive. One classic “gaffe” came on the Golden Jubilee Tour of 2002 when he visited the Aboriginal Cultural Park in Cairns, Australia. He chatted to local leader William Brin, who told me: “He just asked me if we still throw spears at each other.”