Prince Philip said the Queen learnt sex on her honeymoon and she maintained her sexual purity to him to the last hour of the last day, for no known man, dead or alive has ever violated Her Majesty the Queen.
It was a grand favour Prince Philip returned in kind. Only twice did he nearly fall short in his role as husband. In the 1950s he was rumoured to be philandering in what was called the "party girl" affair and after intensive and extensive investigations, the queen issued a statement that the allegations were untrue. When asked, Prince Philip said, "How do I?" Achako nade? How do you cheat on the Queen?
In the other instance in Monte Carlo, Monaco, Prince Philip got carried away and told friends that the queen maintained a decidedly keen interest in sex, complaining that he could not keep the queen out of his bed, that she was at him sexually all the time. In his own words, "it is not what l had bargained for at all."
From then on, the man born at the kitchen table in Mon Repos, the island of Corfu, remained faithful in deed and tongue to the woman he fondly called "Sausage."
He had a great sense of humour and detail. When his son, Prince Charles, was showing hesitation in marrying Princess Diana, he called him and asked him, "Have you slept with her? Was the sex good? If the sex was good, you have a chance, marry her," he told him. Father to son, man to man.
But in as much as they so loved each other and liked making love, aides and royals say the Queen and Prince Philip never shared a bed or a bedroom in their 73 years of marriage. They had connecting bedrooms such that whoever "felt like" could cross to the other and then leave afterwards. For the queen did not want anyone snoring near her or "flinging a leg around" while she rested. And l guess whenever Prince Philip "wanted" he would tiptoe while the queen could just match majestically and open the blanket. As military aide de camp to the queen and husband you are always in a tricky situation. You don't just wake up the queen. It is also a British tradition that if you are rich and famous, you don't share a bed and room with your wife.
Prince Philip normally complained of feeling cold at night as he would sometimes throw off his blankets while dreaming that he was waving to crowds, a normal duty of Royals. It didn't help that the queen was not always there to help find rest to the "waving" hand.
It was a fairytale love affair that knew no bounds and that took them to all continents in the planet in thousands of visits, the Prince faithfully loving his wife and maintaining the two steps behind her as protocol dictated.
The reason the Queen told close aides and Royals she may consider abdicating if the Prince dies. For despite being one of the most pampered human beings in the planet, a moment reached her when she felt she may not continue discharging her duties effectively without the man she has known since she was 8 years old.
In this troubled world where some people marry for only three days, sticking out for 73 years with the man she gave her innocence is no mean feat and gives clues into the character of the queen and her dutiful consort.
May his soul find favour with his maker.
