Prince Philip switched off EastEnders after watching one episode – because he couldn’t understand Cockney accent

PRINCE Philip switched off EastEnders after watching one episode — because he couldn’t work out what the Cockney cast were saying. The Duke told actor Tony Caunter, who played Roy Evans: “Saw it once. Everybody was shouting at each other. “I couldn’t understand a bloody word!” The Duke’s 2001 visit with the Queen to Elstree […]

PRINCE Philip switched off EastEnders after watching one episode — because he couldn’t work out what the Cockney cast were saying.

The Duke told actor Tony Caunter, who played Roy Evans: “Saw it once. Everybody was shouting at each other.

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Prince Philip switched off EastEnders because he couldn’t understand the Cockney accent[/caption]

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Tony Counter played Roy Evans from 1994 to 2003[/caption]

“I couldn’t understand a bloody word!”

The Duke’s 2001 visit with the Queen to Elstree Studios, Herts, is mentioned in ex-star Shaun Williamson’s autobiography, A Matter Of Facts.

Shaun, 55, who played Barry Evans, says Philip asked stalwart Ian Beale actor Adam Woodyatt, 52: “Are you an actor or an operator?”

Dame Barbara Windsor gave the Queen a tour of the BBC soap’s Queen Vic pub while Wendy Richard chaperoned Philip.

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Dame Barbara Windsor gave Philip and the Queen a tour of the Queen Vic[/caption]

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Shaun Williamson as Barry and Lucy Speed as Natalie[/caption]

Shaun and his onscreen family — Tony, Lucy Speed and Pam St Clement — performed a scene for the royals.

He added: “We were a bundle of nerves but it went without a hitch, then we lined up to meet the Queen and Philip.”

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