London, Sept 20: The Duke of Edinburgh was so upset with then Prime Minister Tony Blair and officials at 10 Downing Street over the management of Princess Diana’s funeral that he ended up swearing at them, a book has revealed.

The Royal Family had been so upset with their inept actions that it made Prince Philip lose his temper and tell them to “f*** off”.

In the book, Tony’s Ten Years, Adam Boulton, the political editor of Sky News, revealed what had led to the exclamation being made by the Prince.

“The events of that week in September 1997 were very sad, but as the spinners from Downing Street came to Buckingham Palace and started to kick around what roles Harry and William should play in the funeral, the Queen relished the moment when Philip bellowed over the speakerphone from Balmoral, ‘F*** off. We are talking about two boys who have lost their mother’,” TimesOnline quoted Boulton, as stating in the book.

“Once the arrangements had been sorted out, Blair read the lesson very dramatically that day in the Abbey,” he stated.

There had been much tension between the Royal Family, who had been severely criticised for their apparent lack of compassion after the death of the Princess in a car crash in Paris in 1997, and the Government.

The whole episode of how to deal with the Princess’s death was portrayed in the 2006 film The Queen. (ANI)