{"id":88863,"date":"2023-12-19T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T08:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=88863"},"modified":"2023-12-19T08:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T08:20:00","slug":"prince-philip-had-a-secret-skill-which-inspired-a-poirot-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/prince-philip-had-a-secret-skill-which-inspired-a-poirot-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Philip had a secret skill which &apos;inspired a Poirot scene&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Prince Philip had a secret skill which &#8216;inspired a Poirot scene&#8217; &#8211; as Sir David Suchet reveals the Duke was incredibly proud of his dexterity<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Duke of Edinburgh showed off &#8216;incredibly dextrous&#8217; abilities to Sir David Suchet<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Actor met Philip at a Buckingham Palace lunch with the late Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The late Prince Philip had a secret skill of being able to perfectly cut and peel a mango, Sir David Suchet has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke of Edinburgh showed off his &#8216;incredibly dextrous&#8217; abilities to the actor at a Buckingham Palace lunch with the late Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<p>His knife skills were so impressive that Sir David went on to include them in an episode of Agatha Christie&#8217;s Poirot in which the Belgian detective credited &#8216;a certain Duke&#8217; with showing him how to eat one.<\/p>\n<p>Sending a copy of the film to the Palace, the acclaimed actor said he was henceforth known as &#8216;Mango Man&#8217; by the late Prince Philip.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Candis magazine, the 77-year-old said: &#8216;The Queen would sometimes host small, intimate lunches at Buckingham Palace and I was lucky enough to be invited to one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/07\/79117039-12880147-image-a-2_1702970685599.jpg\" height=\"474\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In The Theft of the Royal Ruby, Sir David Suchet&#8217;s character Poirot spots a mango in a fruit bowl and demonstrates how to eat one, before telling the owner: &#8216;A certain Duke taught me&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/07\/79117553-12880147-The_scene_shows_the_Belgian_detective_cut_a_mango_with_a_knife_a-a-18_1702972129412.jpg\" height=\"475\" width=\"633\"><\/p>\n<p>The scene shows the Belgian detective cut a mango with a knife at a country house<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/07\/79117547-12880147-image-a-16_1702972045447.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Poirot credits &#8216;a certain Duke&#8217; with showing him how to eat the mango<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/07\/79117549-12880147-Sir_David_included_the_Duke_of_Edinburgh_s_skill_in_an_episode_o-a-19_1702972135411.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sir David included the Duke of Edinburgh&#8217;s skill in an episode of Agatha Christie&#8217;s Poirot<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was talking to the Duke of Edinburgh at the moment the fruit bowl reached me. I didn&#8217;t want to break eye contact with him, so I reached over my shoulder and found I&#8217;d picked a mango.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Now, the only think I knew about a mango was that it&#8217;s best eaten in a bath when you can make as much mess as you&#8217;d like &#8211; but I was at Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So, I made the snap decision. I turned to Prince Philip and said &#8216;Excuse me Sir, I think I might embarrass myself if I try to eat this mango.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He picked up the cue immediately &#8211; &#8216;Don&#8217;t worry&#8217;, he said &#8216;give it to me and I&#8217;ll show you how&#8217;. So saying, and in front of everybody, he demonstrated how to cut and peel a mango.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/07\/79117055-12880147-image-m-8_1702970757623.jpg\" height=\"472\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Prince Philip is pictured in London on October 18, 2013. He died on April 9, 2021 in Windsor\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/07\/79117597-12880147-image-a-22_1702972210898.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sir David Suchet at an investiture ceremony with the Queen at Buckingham Palace in 2002<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/07\/79117049-12880147-image-a-3_1702970726469.jpg\" height=\"511\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sir David shares a joke with Queen Elizabeth II at the Almeida Theatre in London in\u00a0March 1999<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was incredibly dextrous in the process, at the end of which he looked at me and said &#8216;Voil\u00e0&#8217; &#8211; just like Poirot &#8211; everyone laughed.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, Sir David rang his producer to tell him the method had to be included in a Poirot film.<\/p>\n<p>In The Theft of the Royal Ruby, as requested, Poirot visits a grand country house, spots a mango in the fruit bowl where he demonstrates how to eat one, before telling the owner: &#8216;A certain Duke taught me&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The film complete, we sent a copy to the Palace,&#8217; 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