ROYAL biographer Gyles Brandreth

amused guests at Petworth Literary Festival in West Sussex with his favourite anecdote about Prince Philip. A courtier was alarmed when the Queen and Philip were forced to witness The Full Monty striptease during a Royal Variety Performance. As the 18 naked actors took a bow, the Duke of Edinburgh muttered to the courtier: ‘You needn’t worry. She’s been to Papua New Guinea — she’s seen it all before.’