SIMON Cowell incurred the wrath of Britain’s Got Talent viewers when he appeared to ‘predict’ the Queen’s death.
The mogul made a comment that suggested Her Majesty might not make it to the Royal Variety Performance where the winner will perform.
While judging illusionist Ben Nickless, he made a remark that viewers interpreted as him predicting the demise of our Monarch.
He mentioned the winner performing for the Queen, then hastily added: “Please God it is The Queen.”
While Simon could have simply been referring to the fact that due to her age the Queen hasn’t attended the Royal Variety Performance in recent years, many felt he was suggesting she may have passed away by then and found it in bad taste.
One said on twitter: “The awkward silence after Simon basically implied the queen is on her way out… yeah that went down like a lead balloon.”
A second wrote: “Did Simon just kill the Queen off?”
A third added: “Simon knows the queen is on the way out.”
“Did Simon just predict Lizzy’s death?” questioned a fourth.
And a fifth weighed in: “Crikey I don’t think you should be saying that about the Queen, please god what the hell?”
