Was Prince Philip Dressed Up As A Royal Guard? This Is Why Queen Elizabeth Is Laughing In ‘Prank’ Photo

Although they both spend seven decades together, the Duke of Edinburgh was the longest-serving royal consort for the British Royal Family, But one of the photos that took the social media by storm was the “giggling snap”. This picture was taken at an event at Windsor Castle in 2003.

The viral photo displays the Duke of Edinburgh dressed as the Grenadier Guard. He was seen wearing the red uniform and a bearskin akin to a royal guard. The Queen can be seen standing next to him as she giggles. 

When the photo was out on the internet, it was circulated like wildfire claiming Prince Philip pulled out a prank on the Queen, however, the real story is different.

The main reason Prince Philip had worn the uniform of the royal guard for he was performing his royal duties, As per a report in -The Sun- the Queen's popular giggle became viral due to the swarm of bees that impacted the event.

The only photographer present at that moment was Chris Young, who was at the review of the Grenadier Guard’s who is the elite Queen’s company regiment, capturing this famous image. In conversation with BBC, he said that even a royal beekeeper was brought in to remove the bees away.

Chris Young said that he recognized that it was a human moment as she was giggling like a little girl and he too was laughing too, the original caption of the photo in 2003 suggested that it was bees.

Prince Philip was the colonel of the Grenadier Guard at the time when this photo was taken, he performed that role from 1975 until 2017, later that position was given to his son Prince Andrew.

Prince Philips designed a Land Rover over 15 years ago will be the center of his pandemic-induced scaled back ceremonial funeral procession at the Windsor Castle in southeast England next Saturday.

This vehicle is a redesigned Defender 130 Gun Bus, that was authorized for use by the Queen's late husband in 2005- three years before the British luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover were taken over by Tata Motors.