Prince Philip Yells At Photographer To ‘Just Take the F***ing Picture’
Jul 11, 2015
Allen Mowery
Allen Mowery is a Nationally-published Commercial & Editorial Photographer with over 20 years of experience. He has shot for major brands as well small clients. When not shooting client work or chasing overgrown wildlife from his yard, he loves to capture the stories of the people and culture around him.
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Any of us who have ever done portrait or wedding photography know what it’s like to work with a fussy client/model/subject who has a tendency to think they are royalty. Granted, those cases are often few and far between, and it’s just par for the photography business course. But, what happens when your subject is fussy AND royalty?
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and husband to Queen Elisabeth II, was at a photo-op at the RAF Club in London to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Apparently, the photographer wasn’t moving the procession along fast enough which is when the royal gentleman and veteran of the Royal Navy lost his royal temper.
In video footage from the event, the prince can be heard telling the photographer to “just take it,” eventually losing his cool completely and yelling, “Just take the f***ing picture!” I guess when you’re the oldest-ever male member of the British royal family you can say whatever you dang well please. His outburst was met with chuckles and laughter, including from his grandson, William, who is next in line for the throne.
Now, I believe I can confidently say that I will never have the honor/nightmare (depending on perspective) of photographing a member of any royal family. But I can imagine that the pressure must be higher than for those of us who stick with shooting the peasants.
It’s not entirely clear whether the prince was legitimately angry or if he was just borrowing a schtick from Great Uncle Fred who curses at the Christmas turkey just because he can. Either way, I’m certain it’s a story the photographer will be telling for quite a while. I can just imagine his granddaughter crawling up into his lap years from now and pleading, “Grandpa, can you please tell the story about when the king said the f-word to you?”
Good times…good times…
[via The Independent]
Allen Mowery
Allen Mowery is a Nationally-published Commercial & Editorial Photographer with over 20 years of experience. He has shot for major brands as well small clients. When not shooting client work or chasing overgrown wildlife from his yard, he loves to capture the stories of the people and culture around him.
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18 responses to “Prince Philip Yells At Photographer To ‘Just Take the F***ing Picture’”
I thought Prince Charles was “next in line for the throne”?
He is. You can not expect scum bag reporters to get FACTS right, now can you? It is only what they are PAID for, nothing important.
Scumbag? That a bit harsh isn’t it?
Some of Allen’s reporets have been harsh too, so … ?
Your attitude is a bit like the pot calling the kettle African American
How so?
Haha, I may have gotten that a time or two…
The royal family are just glorified welfare recipients anyway, not sure why anyone would care OR want their picture. They need to pipe down and go get jobs.
Not bitter then?
He’s such a crotchety old poop.
I imagine you get weary from all that sitting around.
It’s such a pain to take a large group shot (let alone coordinate them all to be there at the same time) that I’ve resorted to individual portraits in front of a green screen and just photoshop them together in a location of their choice afterwards. This way I don’t get the finger and everyone’s happy. Lighting is perfect, I can move them around, make them taller, yada yada…
He has been doing this longer than most fauxtographers…
Photoshop the cunts eyes closed.. tog only trying to do his job… royal bully
Firstly, it’s Elizabeth, not Elisabeth. And secondly Charles is next in line for the throne, not William.
To right! Great Republic of Britain!
It’s ironic that indeed a photo did get taken :-) I must say that he’s provided great entertainment with his gaffes over the years.
It all went done hill the moment he said “Right give us a smile”! :)