THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH TOOK A FEMALE CADET BY SURPRISE RECENTLY WHEN HE ASKED HER IF SHE WORKED FOR A STRIP CLUB. PRINCE PHILIP PUT THE UNUSUAL QUESTION TO ELIZABETH RENDLE AS HE AND THE QUEEN MET CADETS AT WYVERN BARRACKS IN EXETER, DEVON. HE ASKED WHAT SHE DID FOR A LIVING AND SHE TOLD HIM THAT SHE WORKED IN A NIGHTCLUB TO WHICH THE DUKE RESPONDED: 'IS IT A STRIP CLUB?' OBSERVING HER SHOCK AND SURPRISE HE DISMISSED THE SUGGESTION SAYING THAT IT WAS 'PROBABLY TOO COLD FOR THAT ANYWAY'. RENDLE, OF BARNSTAPLE IN DEVON, WORKS AS A BARMAID IN A NIGHTCLUB AND IS AN ADULT MEMBER OF THE BARNSTAPLE SEA CADETS. SHE SAID: 'I WAS QUITE SURPRISED BUT I THINK HE WAS JUST TRYING TO LIGHTEN THE MOOD. OBVIOUSLY I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T WORK IN A STRIP CLUB. IT WAS A JOKE AND WE WERE ALL LAUGHING WHICH DREW EVERYONE ELSE'S ATTENTION TO US. I DON'T THINK HE PUT HIS FOOT IN IT, IT WAS A JOKE AND I DIDN'T TAKE ANY OFFENSE. I THINK HE WAS JUST PUTTING PEOPLE AT THEIR EASE.' THE ROYAL COUPLE'S VISIT TO WYVERN BARRACKS WAS PART OF CELEBRATIONS OF THE 150 YEARS OF THE CADET MOVEMENT. THE QUEEN, WEARING A BRIGHT PURPLE DRESS COAT AND HAT, CHECKED OVER EQUIPMENT AND WATCHED FENCING AND CLUB DISPLAYS AS THE CADET BAND PLAYED. STAFF SERGEANT RYAN BRAUNTON-TURNER, 16, SAID THE QUEEN ASKED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SPORTS LEADERSHIP AWARD. 'SHE THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD THAT WE TOOK CONTROL AND SHARE LEADERSHIP', HE SAID. 'IT WAS QUITE AM EXPERIENCE MEETING HER, ONCE IN A LIFETIME.'
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