Prince Philip switched off EastEnders because he couldn’t understand the Cockney accent

PRINCE Philip switched off EastEnders after watching one episode — because he couldn’t work out what the Cockney cast were saying.

The Duke told actor Tony Caunter, who played Roy Evans: “Saw it once. Everybody was shouting at each other.



Prince Philip switched off EastEnders because he couldn’t understand the Cockney accent

Tony Counter played Roy Evans from 1994 to 2003

“I couldn’t understand a bloody word!”

The Duke’s 2001 visit with the Queen to Elstree Studios, Herts, is mentioned in ex-star Shaun Williamson’s autobiography, A Matter Of Facts.

Shaun, 55, who played Barry Evans, says Philip asked stalwart Ian Beale actor Adam Woodyatt, 52: “Are you an actor or an operator?”

Dame Barbara Windsor gave the Queen a tour of the BBC soap’s Queen Vic pub while Wendy Richard chaperoned Philip.



Dame Barbara Windsor gave Philip and the Queen a tour of the Queen Vic

Shaun Williamson as Barry and Lusy Speed as Natalie

Shaun and his onscreen family — Tony, Lucy Speed and Pam St Clement — performed a scene for the royals.

He added: “We were a bundle of nerves but it went without a hitch, then we lined up to meet the Queen and Philip.”