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LONDON — He might be married to Queen Elizabeth II, but Prince Philip has the same technological troubles as millions of commoners.
The 88-year-old prince has bemoaned the complexity of television remote controls, saying attempts to record programs often end up with him lying on the floor with a flashlight, a magnifying glass and an instruction manual.
The comments came in an interview posted Saturday on Buckingham Palace’s official YouTube channel on the 50th anniversary of a design prize named for him. The Times newspaper quoted Philip in the same interview as saying “to work out how to operate a TV set, you practically have to make love to the thing.” The Associated Press
