Prince Philip Commits 'Strip Club' Gaffe

(March 14) -- He may be married to Queen Elizabeth II, but Prince Philip is prone to making not-so-regal comments.

The latest in the Duke of Edinburgh's long line of gaffes came last week, when he asked Elizabeth Rendle, 24, a Navy sea cadet instructor and part-time barmaid, if she worked in a strip club.

"I just said that I worked in a club and then he asked, 'Oh, what, a strip club?'," she told The Daily Telegraph newspaper. "Obviously I said 'No' and then he said 'Oh, it's a bit too cold today anyway.'"

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visits Wyvern Barracks on March 11, 2010 in Exeter, United Kingdom.

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Prince Philip asked a sea cadet and part-time barmaid if she worked in a strip club during a visit to Wyvern Barracks in Exeter, England, on Thursday.

The comment prompted laughter from Rendle and her fellow cadets as they hosted the Queen and Prince Philip during a visit to their barracks in Exeter, England, on Thursday.

Though a source told Britain's Daily Mail newspaper that the gaffe was "typical Prince Philip" to deliver a "cheap joke or remark which lands him in trouble," Rendle said the 88-year-old royal didn't offend her at all.

"I was quite surprised but I think he was just trying to lighten the mood," she told the Telegraph. "I don't think he put his foot in it, it was a joke and I didn't take any offense. I think he was just putting people at their ease."

While Rendle wasn't miffed, the "strip club" remark is just the latest in a long line of blunders from Prince Philip.

During a visit to China in 1986, he warned a group of British students that "if you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed." On a 2002 visit, he asked an Australian Aborigine if he was "still throwing spears." Last year, he poked fun at a blind cadet's choice of tie. After the Queen asked the boy, Stephen Menary, about how much sight he had left, Prince Philip chimed in, saying, "Not a lot, judging by the tie he's wearing."