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Greg Davies apologises to his mum after epic blunder on Royal Variety Performance
COMEDIAN Greg Davies apologised to his mum after making epic blunder on Royal Variety Performance.
The funnyman, 50, was hosting the event in front of Megan Markle and Prince Harry when he got his cues mixed up and read out the name of the wrong act.
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He started by saying: "Our next guest performed for a television audience of over 27 million when he gave a spellbinding performance at the wedding of your royal highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
"The only people at the wedding who missed it were yourselves because you were busy signing the register.
"So we’d like to take you back to that magical day…"
However, the next was not wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, but actually the cast from the Tina Turner musical.
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Greg realised his mistake and said: ";This is entirely the wrong link"
He then walked off stage and came back on again to read the correct lines.
Greg referenced his blunder by issuing an apology to a very important person watching at home, saying: "Sorry mum".
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It came after Take That kicked off the show, which features a star-studded line-up including Britain's Got Talent winner Lost Voice Guy Lee Ridley, 37, George Ezra and Clean Bandit.
There were also performances from the casts of hit musicals Hamilton and Tina.
The pre-recorded production took place at the London Palladium and before the curtain went up, the royal couple were seen meeting the performers including Take That's Gary Barlow, who greeted the prince with a handshake and a huge grin.
Comedian Greg, best known for playing Mr. Gilbert in The Inbetweeners, opened the production by comparing the event to the "Muppet Show".
He did a short stand-up set which included a song about "Harry's nan" and a dance with a troupe of grannys.
Greg Davies makes an awkward joke about the Queen owning all the swans in the country and Meghan and Harry look confused at The Royal Variety Performance
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Speaking ahead of his hosting duties, Davies said in a statement: “I am delighted to host the Royal Variety.
“It is a role that I am wildly unsuited to and I will no doubt offend a great many people, but my mum has a voracious appetite for meeting members of the Royal Family and this seems a reasonable price to pay for the gift of life.”
Since its inception, the Royal Variety Performance has been watched by over 152 million TV viewers worldwide, making it the most successful and longest-running entertainment show in the world.
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