A TV presenter has recalled the time he shared a kiss with Prince Harry and had a dance off with him in a bar in Chelsea before the member of the Royal Family ‘disappeared’
A TV host recalled a baffling encounter when Prince Harry planted a kiss on his lips before disappearing.
While sharing Soccer Aid anecdotes, Paddy McGuinness, 52, recalled an impromptu dance-off with King Charles’ son, during which they shared a Jagerbomb in a Chelsea bar.
The tale had former Manchester United footballers Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt, as well as musician Niall Horan, in stitches of laughter.
The conversation on the latest episode of The Good, The Bad and The Football podcast turned to Harry after Niall reminisced about playing in Soccer Aid in 2016.
Paddy described that year as a “lively one”, adding: “I think 2016, we went to, we had a night near the hotel, I think it was called Jak’s. We were down there, just what you were saying about the World Cup winners and what have you.
“I’ll never forget, we all had a few drinks, and we are all in there, and I don’t know why, Carragher decides to have a dance off against Cafu.”
As for what happened next, he continued: “But that was the same night I got a tap on the shoulder and I turn around… Prince Harry! He goes, ‘I wanna go to Fernando’s.'”
Fernando’s is the fictional island where winning couples from Take Me Out, the dating show famously hosted by Paddy, would be sent.
Chuckling at the peculiar memory, he turned to Niall and said: “You were there, this is God’s honest truth.
“I’m going, for a second, I’m going, ‘That’s f***ing Prince Harry… It’s Prince Harry!’ And he then, like, gets hold of me, puts the lips on me, and then, starts having a dance off.
“I am now having a dance off with f***ing eighth in line to throne. He takes my T-shirt off, which at the time, I’m holding my stomach in, and then just disappears and that were that… just a random night.”
Former One Direction star Niall replied: “I remember actually staring and you just looked at me like, ‘What the f*** just happened?'”
Paddy, who had a beer in each hand during his dance with royalty, added: “I remember Niall going, ‘I’ve seen some things in my time, but that was f***ing up there.'”
The comedy icon previously told the story in his autobiography My Lifey where he wrote that Harry also bought the pair Jagerbombs before giving him a “smacker on the lips”.
He also said: “To say we were dancing close was an understatement – our chests were touching. He asked me again if I could send him to Fernando’s.”