Britain's Prince Philip in Indian name gaffe: report
Britain's Prince Philip in Indian name gaffe: report
London, October 27, 2009 - Britain's Prince Philip has reportedly made one of his notorious gaffes by joking with a british-Indian business leader about his name, a newspaper said tuesday.
During a reception at Buckingham Palace for some 400 influential British indians, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II greeted Atul Patel by glancing at his name tag and saying: "there's a lot of your family in tonight."
Accroding to the Sun newspaper, the comment appeared to suggest that all Patels are related. Patel is a common Indian surname, and there are an estimated 670,000 Patels living in Britain, the tabloid said.
A spokesman for Patel, who is chief executive of leading housing association the LHA-Asra group, said no offence was taken by the remark.
London, October 27, 2009 - Britain's Prince Philip has reportedly made one of his notorious gaffes by joking with a british-Indian business leader about his name, a newspaper said tuesday.
During a reception at Buckingham Palace for some 400 influential British indians, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II greeted Atul Patel by glancing at his name tag and saying: "there's a lot of your family in tonight."
Accroding to the Sun newspaper, the comment appeared to suggest that all Patels are related. Patel is a common Indian surname, and there are an estimated 670,000 Patels living in Britain, the tabloid said.
A spokesman for Patel, who is chief executive of leading housing association the LHA-Asra group, said no offence was taken by the remark.
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