Matt’s daily swipe

From his paintings, we know that the Duke of Edinburgh is no mean draughtsman, and from his public remarks, there is no doubt about his sharp sense of humour. If history had been different, he might have made a punchy cartoonist. So it was with particular pleasure that Matt Pritchett received greetings from Sandringham signed “Philip”. The Prince’s kind remarks were intended to mark the nation’s pleasure in seeing Matt on the front of

for an extraordinary 30 years. The enjoyable characteristic of Matt’s cartoons that was pinpointed by the Prince is spot on: they are “wonderfully appropriate swipes at the idiocies of contemporary life”. That’s what is remarkable – swiping with a smile in more than 8,000 cartoons, and fresh every time. Thanks, Matt.