Prue Leith makes Queen Camilla confession following meeting: ‘Probably faking it’

Prue made the admission in her book

rue Leith has made a surprise confession about meeting Queen Camilla in her book.

The 86-year-old has met the queen on various occasions over the years, admitting that meeting royalty is a perk of her fame.
Prue spoke about meeting the royals (Credit: ITV)

Prue Leith’s Queen Camilla confession

In her book, Being Old…and Learning to Love It!, Prue opens up about her career and the subsequent fame that comes along with it.

The star has enjoyed much stardom over the last nine years, having replaced Mary Berry as a judge on the Great British Bake Off in 2017. However, she announced that she’s leaving the show this year.

Being famous has its perks, Prue reveals in her book. One of those perks is, of course, that she gets the opportunity to meet royalty.

She has met the royal family on various occasions over the years. In 2021, she was awarded a Damehood.
Camilla has met Prue on various occasions (Credit: Cover Images)

Prue Leith on meeting the royals

In her book, Prue admitted she doesn’t mind “a bit of fame” and the fact that she gets greeted like a friend by other celebs and royalty.

“I confess to really liking the attention that comes with a bit of fame. It’s lovely being warmly welcomed as an old friend by the likes of Jonathan Ross or Queen Camilla, even though I know they are probably faking it,” she wrote.

However, she did hit out at society’s current obsession with fame.

“Despite my enjoyment of it, I do think our obsession with fame is unhealthy….But fame for fame’s sake seems a soul-destroying ambition. I also think celebrity has its dangers,” she said.

“I can’t understand why some VIPs seem to go out of their way to offend people. People who are unfailingly friendly and polite are absolutely loved and admired for it.”
Prue spoke of her damehood (Credit: Begin Again with Davina McCall / YouTube)

Prue on her damehood

In 2021, Prue was awarded a Damehood for services to food, broadcasting, and charity.

The South African-born star was also awarded an OBE in 1989 and a CBE in 2010.

However, Prue didn’t get to pick up her Damehood in person at the palace, as she revealed in an interview in 2023.

Appearing on The Jonathan Ross Show at the time, she said: “I had a letter from the Palace that said, ‘We can’t give you your Damehood for four years because there’s a backlog.’ I thought, ‘I haven’t got four years’.

“They said, ‘Your local Lord Lieutenant can do it, or you can have it by post.’ So I had the Lord Lieutenant come,” she then revealed

“She was all dressed up in a smart uniform at my house, my daughter read the citation, and it was lovely, and we had a drink. No royals involved.”

Prue also revealed that her coat of arms originally had an inappropriate message on it.

“You can have a coat of arms if you’re a Knight or Dame. I went with my husband, and they said, ‘What do you want for your motto?’ And I said I was ‘JFDI’, by which I mean, ‘Just [bleeping] do it,” she explained.

“And they said, ‘We don’t think the ‘f’ will go down well in higher places.’ So I had, ‘Nothing in moderation.’”

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