TV star Christopher Biggins has opened up about meeting Prince William for the first time, and what the future King was really like. The former Big Brother star admitted he had “reservations” about Prince William, but could not explain exactly why. But Biggins said that when he met him at the Royal Variety Show at the Royal Albert Hall on November 19, where the Prince and Princess of Wales attended the annual performance, his mind was changed.
He said to GB News: “I met him afterwards. And he was really quite touched. He was charming.” Biggins had recalled a sweet memory with William’s mother, Princess Diana, which he spoke to the future King about.
He told him: “I must tell you that this theatre, the Royal Albert Hall, is where years ago I took your mother to see Liza Minnelli, and your mother was just the most wonderful, incredible woman,” as he recalled that Prince William looked visibly moved by the story.
In a stark contrast, Biggins was less complimentary about disgraced former Prince Andrew, who has been disgraced after weeks of intense scrutiny over his links with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Biggins said that Andrew has “behaved ridiculously” and that he feels no sympathy for him, adding: “I don’t feel sorry for Andrew. I think if he’d been honest and said, ‘Yes, I had sex with that girl’ then none of this would have happened.”
He added that he thinks that the royal family will be dealing with the repercussions of the allegations made against Andrew for years, saying: The Royal Family will never be the same again.”
Biggins also revealed what Princess Kate is really like, after she brought their three children George, Louis and Charlotte to a pantomime performance.
He told The Telegraph: “She was just walking away when she came back and said, ‘Actually, when I was a young girl I played Principal Boy.'”
When he asked which role she had taken, Kate revealed it was Dick Whittington, to which Biggins quipped: “Ah yes, I’ve heard of your Dick!”
Kate cheekily replied: “If you tell anyone that story…” showing her good sense of humour.