Meghan was thrilled to meet me...honestly!
COMEDIAN KEEPS JOKES COMING AS HE GREETS ROYAL PAIR
THIS is the moment North East comedian Lost Voice Guy got to meet the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Comic Lee Ridley, who secured a slot at the Royal Variety Performance when he won Britain’s Got Talent made Prince Harry and wife Meghan laugh during Monday night’s charity gala at the London Palladium.
Lost Voice Guy, who has cerebral palsy and is unable to speak, joked: “Now that I’ve hit the big time, nothing will shut me up.”
Speaking in an electronic voice through a speech app on his tablet, he added: “Unless there is a power cut.”
He continued: “Your Royal Highnesses, what a truly incredible honour it has been ... for you both to come face to face with me.”
The North East funnyman captured the heart of the UK to win this year’s Britain’s Got Talent by the public vote, taking home a £250,000 prize.
Following the Royal Variety Performance, he said it was “amazing” to meet the expectant royal newlyweds.
“She just congratulated me on my win and said how much she enjoyed my performance, which made my day,” he said.
Mum-to-be Meghan also met veteran boy band Take That as she made her debut appearance at the star-studded annual event. While on the red carpet, Meghan was presented with a posy by seven-year-old Darcie-Rae Moyse, from Crowthorne in Berkshire.
The flowers were picked from the garden at Brinsworth House, a nursing and residential home in Twickenham for former entertainers and artists. Royal Variety Charity chairman Giles Cooper said the posy was to mark Meghan’s first visit to the gala, which he said had one of the best line-ups in recent years. “It’s a great mix of speciality performers, comedy and music,” Mr Giles said.
The event raises money for the Royal Variety Charity, of which the Queen is patron, and in particular helps support the residents of Brinsworth House.
The Royal Variety Performance dates back to 1912, when George V and Queen Mary agreed to attend a Royal Command Performance at the Palace Theatre in London in aid of the Variety Artistes’ Benevolent Fund. It became an annual event at the suggestion of George V in 1921.
Now that I’ve hit the big time, nothing will shut me up, unless there is a power cut Lost Voice Guy