Ruth Langsford reveals King Charles surprising | UK News

Ruth Langsford has revealed particulars of a personal dialog with King Charles which left her feeling “star-struck”. The 65-year-old encountered the monarch and Queen Camilla back in 2018 during their go to to the ITV studios, celebrating The Royal Television Society’s ninetieth anniversary.

Then identified as Prince Charles, he and Camilla spent time with ITV personalities and loved refreshments on the long-lasting This Morning set. The Loose Women presenter disclosed that the Royal couple have been notably keen to focus on Strictly Come Dancing with her. When Woman and Home Magazine enquired about her most latest star-struck second, she responded: “When I met King Charles – well, he was actually the Prince of Wales at the time. He and Camilla came for a tour of ITV, and spoke to me about Strictly and how much she loves the show.” Furthermore, despite the monarch’s well-documented appreciation for dancing, he made a surprising admission about his own skills, reviews the Mirror.

“He told me he couldn’t dance,” Ruth disclosed. This assembly occurred twelve months after the previous This Morning presenter competed in the programme alongside former skilled dancer, now decide, Anton Du Beke.

Looking back on her Strictly expertise lately, Ruth acknowledged she lacked ample time to correctly hone her dance performances. The former contestant, who got here ninth, revealed: “I’d be learning, and learning, and learning, and that would be the start, and then he’d show me the next section and he’d go, ‘right, from the top’ and I couldn’t remember it from the top.

“And Anton will back me up, because no person believes me, I genuinely can say there was not one Saturday where I 100% knew my dance because I did not have enough time.

“I think there are people who maybe aren’t working, or that’s the sole thing they’re doing, but I was doing This Morning and Loose Women, so I never got to rehearsal till half past two in the afternoon, and you’re tired.”

Speaking to The Mirror, she continued: “I wasn’t that person that did 10-12, hours of rehearsals a day because I couldn’t, and it was fine, and I just accepted that and I did what I could.”

Ruth is not the only former Strictly star to have shared an anecdote involving members of the Royal Family.

This 12 months’s participant La Voix lately disclosed fascinating particulars about an encounter she had at a Royal celebration where she was invited to entertain. According to her account, she witnessed the late Queen Elizabeth II displaying a surprisingly different facet when she demonstrated her dancing prowess.

She explained: “I’ve [performed] for the Royal Family for two years in a row. I did their New Year’s Eve party at the Dorchester for two years in a row for Prince William and Harry – it was their party and it was amazing.

“Obviously there have been hundreds of NDAs signed and issues that I’m not allowed to discuss about – I am unable to offer you an excessive amount of – but I can say I’m one of the only people to have watched the Queen dance to Uptown Funk, Queen Liz.”