Pop idol Cassidy’s royal lunch snub

AS THE world pays tribute to the Queen, there was one man who turned her down.

At the height of his fame as a teen idol, actor and singer David Cassidy, then 23, snubbed a lunch invitation in London from the monarch during a British visit In 1973, as he thought it would be too boring.

Writing later in his memoirs, Cassidy ungratefully said: ‘The British made a big fuss over the fact that the Queen of England invited me to lunch. I mean, all these English people are like, “Oh, ah, the Queen.” And I’m, like, “The Queen? I don’t care about the Queen. The Queen means nothing to me. I think the monarchy is a joke. What makes her the Queen? Well, she waves and she’s the richest person in the world. Well, good for her. I’m rich, too. And I’d much rather meet Eric Clapton.’

In the words of one of Cassidy’s hits at that time: I Am A Clown.