Well, you'll never fly in it, you're too fat to be an astronaut.

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Said at the University of Salford to a 13-year-old aspiring astronaut, who was wishing to fly the NOVA rocket, as quoted in of the gaffe: Prince Philip’s top ten embarrassing moments" in the Daily Mirror (14 December 2009).

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Well, you'll never fly in it, you're too fat to be an astronaut.

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