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The “Emily in Paris” actress chats on a talk show and reveals that she had several unpleasant meetings with the British royals in her childhood.
How the British heir to the throne reacted at the time is not known. He will surely remember the “cheeky” girl.
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Head-pointer Phil Collins, 70, was in regular contact with the Royals as an ambassador for Charles’ charity. His daughter also had an unpleasant experience with Diana.
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Lily Collins (32) chats on a talk show and reveals that she has met the British royals several times.
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But as a two-year-old she was not at her best.
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Princess Diana wanted to tear the flowers out of her hands. Prince Charles pelted them with toys.
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Today the actress laughs at the incidents.
Actress Lily Collins recently spoke on James Corden’s (43) “Late Late Show” regarding the second season of the Netflix hit “Emily in Paris”, in which she plays the lead role. But the conversation quickly took a surprising turn: The 32-year-old revealed that she had already met the British royals several times. But she did not always show herself from her best side. Two royals particularly felt this.
Moderator Corden then shows a picture that shows little Lily and her parents Phil Collins (70) and Jill Tavelman (65). In front of them is none other than Princess Diana, who is just smiling and receiving a bouquet of flowers from Lily, who was then two years old. But behind the snapshot there is an amusing story. “I gave Diana the flowers, but the moment she wanted to take them I tried hard to withdraw them,” she recalls and laughs. She doesn’t even remember it because she was too young. Her parents told her that the whole room suddenly became quiet. “But I was wearing a cute dress, who would punish me?” Jokes Lily Collins.
Lily Collins is not at her best when she meets Princess Diana.
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Her papa was an ambassador for Charles’ organization
To James Corden’s surprise, this wasn’t the only story related to the British royal family. Because around the same time, she also met Prince Charles (73) – an encounter that the heir to the throne in particular will remember. “I was also told that when I was little I played with Prince Charles,” she says. “Then I threw a toy phone at him on the head.” This situation also caused wide eyes. But Collins does not reveal how the prince reacted.
There is a simple reason why she has spent so much time with the Royals: At the time, her father was an ambassador for the charitable organization “The Prince’s Trust” founded by Charles and was therefore often in contact with the Prince of Wales. Her papa took her with him now and then, even if as a two-year-old she apparently tended to “do naughty and naughty things”.
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