AFTER-SHAVE LOTION
‘Prince Philip’ label (N.Z. Press Assn. —Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 2. An American perfume company is selling an after-shave lotion in the United States called “Prince Philip,” with a crown on the label, the “Daily Express” reported today. The box for the lotion has a drawing of a mounted polo player who bears an unmistakeable likeness to the Prince. “The lotion smells of a combination of hospital anaesthetic, the breeze off the mudflats at Southend and a polo-players’ changing room,” ! the “Daily Express” reported. The perfume company’s owner, Mr Irving Tackel said ' that his son is called Philip : “and we always thought he ■ was a prince.” : A Buckingham Palace ! spokesman when questioned, ; said: “If anybody, anywhere ' asked us if they could call ! their products after a mem- , ber of the Royal Family the : answer would be ‘no’.”
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32703, 4 September 1971, Page 5
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