US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle with the Queen and Prince Philip

After it was revealed that the Duke of Edinburgh mocked an Army cadet blinded in a Real IRA bomb attack, it has emerged that he has made another gaffe by mocking a disabled comedian.

The duke was asking Australian stand-up Adam Hills about his plans to return home for Christmas.

Spotting the comedian's prosthetic limb Prince Philip said: "You could smuggle a bottle of gin out of the country in that artificial foot."

Hills had been performing in Blackpool at the Royal Variety Performance earlier this month.

Hills, born without a right foot, said he wasn’t offended. He told the Daily Mirror he thought the remark was “brilliant”

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Belfast Telegraph