“The whole thing was completely surreal really."Īdam Henson with King Charles, then Prince, the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (Image: Getty Images)Īnd that's when he made the mini faux-pas. “Her Majesty and Prince Phillip came into the room and we had a little pre-dinner chat and then I looked at the seating plan and I was sat next to her, to her left, and that was terrifying,” explained the 56-year-old. But after buying a new suit he headed to the palace where there was another shock in store. His children, Ella and Alfie, refused to believe he was dining with Her Majesty because every time he had gone to London in the past he had joked with them that he was going to visit the Queen. READ MORE: Countryfile viewers teary as Adam Henson says this emotional goodbye to Archie I then found out it was going to be a very small event and there would only be about 15 or 20 of us there for lunch.” “ I assumed there would be hundreds of people there and it would be a huge event. “I’m not sure if it was a royal command or an invitation,” he laughed. Speaking to the BBC the owner of Cotswold Farm Park explained he was filming an episode of Countryfile when a letter came through from Buckingham Palace about the lunch. “She didn’t send me to the tower for getting the etiquette wrong and she was very polite and lovely and we chatted,” he told radio presenter Vernon Harwood. He also said that as she chatted away about what she loves about life, he realised they had a lot in common.
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The TV presenter says the Queen was ‘lovely’ when he overstepped the mark because nobody had explained the rules to him. Countryfile presenter Adam Henson has admitted he made a royal faux pas after being invited to lunch with The Queen at Buckingham Palace.
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