Queen Mother was annoyed with Prince Philip when he installed phones at Buckingham Palace, new documentary claims
The Queen Mother was also wary of Prince Philip because she thought he bullied his son Charles and failed to appreciate how sensitive he was
According to a new documentary on the British royal family, the relationship between Queen Mother and Prince Philip was not always very pleasant. One of the major disagreements they had was over the Duke of Edinburgh's decision to install telephones in Buckingham Palace instead of having footmen messengers deliver news to the royals.
The 97-year-old reportedly used to clash with his mother-in-law in the 1950s after he sacked the footmen who used to take messages from one royal to another. The documentary, titled 'The Queen Mum: The Reluctant Queen', which is set to air on Saturday on Channel 5, claims that the royal pair "never really got on".