Mike Parker, Philip's longtime private secretary stated, "Philip has been one hundred percent faithful to the queen. No ifs, no buts."

Philip himself once had a response to a female journalist who once asked him about the rumors, however.

"Good God, woman. Have you ever stopped to think that for years, I have never moved anywhere without a policeman accompanying me? So how the hell could I get away with anything like that?" he said, per The Independent.