Philip: Great pleasure to be back
The Duke of Edinburgh has carried out his first official engagement in nearly two months, saying it was a "great pleasure to be back in circulation".
Duke jokes about 'being back in circulation'
The Duke made a spontaneous address to the audience in the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Wolfson Lecture Theatre.
He said he wanted to: "add my congratulations to the medal winners".
Adding: "It's now quite a long list since I've been doing this.
"But it's a great pleasure to be back in circulation again."
Referring to the medal-winners, the Duke joked: "I wish to God I could understand what they'd been doing!"
His comments were greeted with laughter and applause from the audience.
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