Royal family interviews don’t always go according to plan.
Perthe royal family’s official site, Britain’s elite perform over 2,000 royal engagements each year.
According toCNBC, Prince Charles alone carried out over 500 engagements 109 of which were overseas in 2018.
His sister Princess Anne attended over 500 engagements that same year.
Princes William and Harry’s official engagements also numbered into the hundreds.
And, despite being in her 90s, Queen Elizabeth II participated in 283 engagements.
Many of their engagements are also sandwiched between interviews with the press.
With so much time spent in front of the cameras, there are bound to be at least afewgaffes.
Yes, over the years, members of the royal family have had somesuperawkward moments.
They are only human, after all.
These are some of the cringiest interviews they’ve ever given.
And, in a matter of minutes, what started out as sweet evolved into a cringe-worthy mess.
Whenasked the coupleif were in love, Diana quickly replied, “Of course!”
Charles, on the other hand, retorted, “Whatever ‘in love’ means.”
Diana laughed uncomfortably before the interview carried on.
Years later, we would find out how Diana really felt about her fiance’s response.
“That threw me completely, I thought ‘what a strange answer.’
She continued, saying, “He can over-think things and was thinking out loud.
I don’t see it as a cynical, cruel statement.”
Either way, it was certainly was an awkward royal family interview.
In April 2007, William and Kate ended their four-year courtship.
His brother agreed, joking, “Very diplomatic.”
Sarah Ferguson walked out of this awkward royal family interview
Sarah Ferguson is no stranger to scandal.
That wouldn’t be the last time Ferguson would come face-to-face with that footage, though.
Okay, so that may sound asmidgelike bragging, but maybe he was just being factual.
Sometimes those gaffes lead to funny and awkward moments.
“Yes absolutely, I’m an uncle, second time for me,” he replied.
Motioning to his wife, Kate, he continued, saying, “And you as well.”
Kate initially nodded before cracking up and shaking her head.
William corrected himself, but not before he and the press started laughing as well.
While he does participate in royal family interviews, he’s a stickler forproper procedures.
“That short conversation, what do you hope to achieve through it?”
Rhiannon Mills, a royal correspondent forSky News,quizzed the prince.
Harry huffed before shaking his head.
“Ask them.”
Harry then reprimanded the reporter, saying, “Rhiannon, don’t behave like this.”
She was an actress, after all.
In theresurfacedclip of her onThe Late Late Show,Ferguson seemed,um, obsessed with Markle’s body.
I’m real.”
The conversation began to take a creepy turn at that point.
He continued, “You’re quite the dolphin, aren’t you?”
There’s no telling if Ferguson looks back on that interview and cringes, but we certainly do.
Looking more serious, Harry clarified, “Healthy healthy disagreements.”
He later joked that their disagreements are “so thick and fast.”
Meghan quipped, “Togetherness at its finest.”
The queen’s husband,Prince Philip, is also not one to sit down for interviews often.
But, when he does, there’s no controlling what comes out of his mouth.
Was that a role you were conscious of fulfilling?"
Philip retorted, “No, I was a father.”
He then returned the question back to the interviewer.
“Are you a father?
Well, do you think about it?“Huh?
No, Philip doesn’t exactly have the easiest time giving royal family interviews.
Various publications, includingThe IndependentandYahoo!
News, have even compiled lists of some of the prince’s biggest word blunders.
Some of them are hilarious and some of them are just full-on cringey.
Philip also had a funny encounter with Simon Kelner, the former editor-in-chief ofThe Independent.
“Well, you didn’t have to come!”
Philip told him.Ouch, that had to sting.
When arriving to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding, the then-3-year-oldstuck out her tongueat the photographers nearby.
But that’s not the only time she’s teased the press.
And, well, she wasn’t wrong.
But in case there was any confusion, Charlotte made sure to let the public know where they stood.
