“On leaving the [Sydney] Showground, the press alleged that Prince Philip, on being greeted in Greek by someone in the crowd, had replied with a rude word in the same language in 1970. I had to try to sort out this idiotic drama at the same time as Princess Ann was quoted as referring to ‘this bloody wind’, shocking many old-fashion Australians who could not believe that any member of the Royal family… would use such language.”