MEETING the Queen is a big moment in many people’s lives, and comedian Michael McIntyre had a bit of a sticky moment when his encounter arrived.
Michael revealed that instead of calling Her Majesty “ma’am”, he got all tongue-tied and called her “jam” instead.
To make matters worse, the Queen then ended their chat swiftly and move onto the next person.
Michael revealed he had met the monarch when he was invited along with some other celebrities to go to Buckingham Palace in 2011.
Speaking of the moment, the comic said: “I got invited to meet the Queen and I kept looking at bank notes and getting excited and saying to myself ‘see you later’ and pointing.
“When I got to Buckingham Palace the doorman said ‘when you address her it is ma’am like jam’. All these famous people like Helen Mirren and Duffy are there mumbling ‘maam like jam’.”
He said all the stars were waiting in a giant room that he said resembled an art gallery, and many people were feeling the nerves.
The Queen then entered with Prince Philip, and Michael prepared for the big moment.
He continued: “Then she spoke to Duffy, came to me and I said ‘Jam’ – and that was it, she moved along.
“Everyone said to me why did you say jam. When I got home my wife asked what I talked to with the queen and I had to say jam.”
Then she [the Queen] spoke to Duffy, came to me and I said ‘Jam’ – and that was it, she moved along.
Michael McIntyre
He’s not the only celebrity to have had an awkward meeting of the Queen.
Michael Sheen said the Queen ‘shoved’ his hand away after he received his OBE as it was her way of showing him ‘it’s time to go’.
And Simon Pegg joked he’d ‘broken the Queen’ after she struggled to start a conversation with him in 2010 – and claims to have ‘made her cry’ with his performance.
We shared how the Queen is looking for a butler to work 45 hours a week on less than the living wage – but you’ll live at the palace.
In other royal news, we told you how the Queen owns a cheeky slogan cushion that reads “it’s good to be Queen” – and she keeps it on her favourite sofa in Balmoral.
And The Queen is a huge Wham! fan and even “requested to meet them in private”, according to the band’s former manager.
