Prince Philip’s mustard prank

[Dogmatix34]

I don’t have any very strong feelings about the Royal family except to find it all a bit outdated but I found this story a real sign of how out of touch they are. The thought of my grandfather encouraging me to squirt mustard on to his ceiling! Since he a) wouldn’t have an army of cleaners to clear it up b) only had a small number of rooms to go in to and would not have wanted disgusting mustard all over the place c) didn’t have incredibly high ceilings where perhaps you wouldn’t have noticed.
I could understand if it was squirting mustard outside or maybe on clothes that could be washed but I found that story really jarring. They don’t need to be house proud, they haven’t worked for what they have and have so much.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58628865

Maybe cleaning mustard off the ceiling isn't a massive tragedy, though?

my amazement is still that their PR team decided this was a good story to run with and that we would all relate

Maybe they thought we'd all feel a warm glow and relate to the granddad of the family mucking about whilst the grandma is exasperated...just like all our families and hopefully we'd all forget about the Andrew situation!

This makes me cross because of health and safety issues. My first thought was of the mustard getting into someone’s eye .

I can't get worked up about a bit of mustard, I didn't know it was sold in tubes either though.
My brother started a food fight when he grabbed the serving spoon of mashed potato and flicked it all over the dining room wall. It descended into chaos and was great fun, never to be repeated as poor mum would have keeled over, but it still gets brought up from time to time.

Now I’m really going to throw the corgi amongst the peacocks; could they be referring to this type of mustard? I reckon a squeeze of this from this type of container could get quite a height of discharge, possibly standard palace ceiling height - especially if the bottle was pretty full. Although, that leads to another question. Would the RF actually be BBQing inside a state room?

Or do the upper class only use good old English mustard?

@burritofan

I'm struggling with this. A tube of mustard. It's a common way to buy mustard. What are you acting as if it's as rare as hens teeth? It's as everyday as tubes of toothpaste. I had honestly never heard of it, or noticed tubes in the supermarket. I’ve never seen a tube of mustard in a friend’s fridge. Clearly it’s not as everyday as toothpaste. Sorry to hear you’re struggling, though

I have 'squirty' mustard in the cupboard which my husband once bought when he did the grocery shopping; it's been there a long time and is probably well beyond shelf life. This thread has prompted me to throw it out.

I prefer mustard in jars. My mother only liked powdered mustard which she mixed with vinegar before serving.

@Jaysmith71

Probably the only Phil The Greek anecdote they could share in public.

Wow! Racist and offensive much?! Or because he's a royal it's allowed?

@2389Champ

Now I’m really going to throw the corgi amongst the peacocks; could they be referring to this type of mustard? I reckon a squeeze of this from this type of container could get quite a height of discharge, possibly standard palace ceiling height - especially if the bottle was pretty full. Although, that leads to another question. Would the RF actually be BBQing inside a state room?

Or do the upper class only use good old English mustard?

Yes! That is what my husband bought, maybe not the same brand but otherwise identical to that picture.

I don’t know the details of this exact prank, but I’ve just finished reading Anne Glenconner’s book about her life and being a lady in waiting to Princess Margaret. They (the aristocracy) all sound frankly awful, dreadful people. Anne’s husband, Colin Tennant, sounded horrendous having screaming temper tantrums. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to have to work for these people. There’s just no insight at all. Her son had a bad motorbike accident in South America and she was able to call Princess Margaret’s security officer who then arranged for the RAF, no less, to fly her son to Miami for treatment. She tried to laughingly argue that this wasn’t really special treatment.

I also read the book by Lord Mountbatten’s grandson about the terrorist attack on them on their boat in Ireland. Obviously that was awful and very sad but again not that much insight into their immense privilege and wealth and he seemed surprised to learn that they weren’t beloved by the whole community in the area for taking their summer holidays at their Castle there and employing a few locals to look after them. It became apparent that locals must have been spying on them and reporting their movements and he seemed surprised to realise they weren’t universally popular and loved by the local community.

@stairway

It reminds me of my Grandpa, he could be really immature and prankish! Bu I loved that he was still young at heart. I think with there generation because of the war they never got a youth.

Thats a really wise observation and I agree with you

@Wroxie

Is mustard in a tube something that only really posh people have?

I think some people are just too young for this thread....

A metal tube, also similar for toothpaste - Tomato puree still comes in metal tubes on similar construction.

All mustard came the same way (or in a tin to be mixed up with water)

@2389Champ

Now I’m really going to throw the corgi amongst the peacocks; could they be referring to this type of mustard? I reckon a squeeze of this from this type of container could get quite a height of discharge, possibly standard palace ceiling height - especially if the bottle was pretty full. Although, that leads to another question. Would the RF actually be BBQing inside a state room?

Or do the upper class only use good old English mustard?

From 1855 the firm introduced its distinctive yellow packaging and bull's head logo, and in 1866 was granted the Royal Warrant as manufacturers of mustard to Queen Victoria.[1] Her Majesty's household still uses Colman's today

From Colman's Wikipedia page. Can't believe I looked that up... I'm off to get a life, now.

@2389Champ

Now I’m really going to throw the corgi amongst the peacocks; could they be referring to this type of mustard? I reckon a squeeze of this from this type of container could get quite a height of discharge, possibly standard palace ceiling height - especially if the bottle was pretty full. Although, that leads to another question. Would the RF actually be BBQing inside a state room?

Or do the upper class only use good old English mustard?

Oooh! I was assuming it was Colman's as their packaging has 'By Royal Appointment' on it but perhaps they did have American mustard for the children as it's much milder.

You're right that French's would squirt much further!

(I like English myself but American does go particularly well on a hotdog).

I also love the way people are imagining this happening in a palace

It sound like it happened somewhere far less posh, and one person refers to "I actually think the marks are still there," her [Zara's] brother adds. Which means no one was required to paint it.

I'm imagining their outdoor cabin where they used to bbq at Balmoral or somewhere similar.

Do they host them in a tent?

The queen has been photographed taking a sheik for a drive in her Land Rover, it’s not really a stretch to think they might have a BBQ together at some point as an unofficial event.

As for the stain still being there, I’ll admit that I hadn’t read the article and am happy to be proved wrong about it being thrown away.

@PartyStory there's a story behind that drive - mostly that women were not permitted to drive under the rule of that same Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, so she was making a massive feminist point.....

@Billlius

The Royal Family preach on and on about the environment and climate change while taking private jets etc etc. Prince Charles won’t have plastic at Highgrove. He makes the gardeners saw off any plastic handles on garden tools and refit them with wooden handles. It’s in the Highgrove book. So why do they have plastic bottles for mustard?

That’s really stupid. He’s already bought the plastic handled tools . Should have thought about that at time of purchase.

It’s an audio clip by the grandchildren. It’s quite clear in the clip they are talking about a BBQ outside. There must have been a log cabin/tent/awning/lodge/summer house/shack for shelter.

PP getting themselves in such a twist thinking of BBQ in a palace.

Somewhere recently there was a photo published of Anne’s sitting room watching the TV. It looked perfectly normal sized and totally cluttered.

Yes, I'm aware of this. Nevertheless, the sheik was in her Land Rover.

Metal mustard tube.

Somewhere recently there was a photo published of Anne’s sitting room watching the TV. It looked perfectly normal sized and totally cluttered.

If you don't realise that was likely staged so people think "Royals? Just like me!" then I don't know what to say. I know Anne is known for being more thifty and down to earth but I really doubt this was completely without outside interference.

@burritofan

There wasn't really much need for a 'who the fuck buys tubes' though, was there? Just because you haven't heard of it. Even if you RTFT you would have seen it mentioned and even screen shot several times.

I'm struggling with people attitudes. Like you.
If a passing 0.5-second comment on an Internet forum thread about an old racist squirting spicy condiments at fancy ceilings gets you this het up, perhaps switch to mayonnaise and Take a Break magazine…

Why are you so rude though? There is no need for this response either. You are a horrible person.

If I were the queen I’d make him clean up the mess. He probably wouldn’t have done it again.

@2389Champ

Now I’m really going to throw the corgi amongst the peacocks; could they be referring to this type of mustard? I reckon a squeeze of this from this type of container could get quite a height of discharge, possibly standard palace ceiling height - especially if the bottle was pretty full. Although, that leads to another question. Would the RF actually be BBQing inside a state room?

Or do the upper class only use good old English mustard?

Why would they be talking about tubes of mustard but meaning those? They said tube. Let's presume they mean tube.

I was in the car this morning with teenage DCs when we heard this and we all thought it was a really odd thing to think of as far as anecdotes go.