Prince Philip Gaffes Again: 'Who Do You Sponge Off?' His Highness Asks Women

Now he has made a fresh faux pas. The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, asked a group of women at the Chadwell Heath Community Centre: "Who do you sponge off?" according to sky.

"Sponging" is a British expression that means taking money from someone without giving back any service in return.

He also quipped to the volunteering women of an Asian women's group at an east London community centre, whether they met up regularly to "have a gossip".

So he has added to his illustrious list of questions just one week after he was filmed yelling "just take the f****** picture" when he was at a photocall for the "Battle of Britain" anniversary.

The Duke of Edinburgh seems to be living up to his reputation as the "prince of gaffes", according to cnn. He was touring the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham to mark his 50th anniversary, with the Queen.

Nusrat Zamir, a trustee of the Chadwell Heath Community Centre, said: "The Duke said to us 'who do you sponge off?' We're all married so it's our husbands. He was just teasing and it's similar to what I call my husband - the wallet."

The founder of the Chadwell Heath Asian Women's Network, which meets at the centre, had just gifted the Queen a sponge cake. She is a 35-year-old from Chadwell Heath, who also found it amusing that "He also said to us 'do you meet to have a gossip?' It's a familiar question, a lot of people say what the Duke said but we do a lot of work."

Another guest, Martin Shaw, watched when Philip made some quips at a woman. Mr Shaw said: "I told Philip I'm a professional fundraiser and he said 'do you have any friends left?' I said 'not many'."

He also "told off" the community's chair Anne Estlea for using the word "community".

However, she felt that the royal couple made her feel relaxed. "It felt comfortable, it felt easy, it felt right. They were so interested in everything we had to show them, what we've been doing and how we worked with the council to create the community centre," she said.

She added: "The Duke told me off for using the word community so many times, so I asked him what I was supposed to say and he just laughed at me. And as they left and I was shaking his hand I told him I was going to find a thesaurus to find a different word for community and he just laughed."

Later, a royal aide clarified that the Duke's statement, "who do you sponge off?" was not meant to be offensive. "There's a context here, they were talking about a sponge cake, no offence was intended or taken. The whole visit took place in a wonderful atmosphere," he added.

Prince Philip's quips are historic. For instance, he said to a group of British exchange students in China: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed."

According to him the Chinese capital was "Ghastly."

Check out more quips on cnn.