Dawn French admits she completely ‘crossed the line’ after making a VERY X-rated joke against King Charles

Dawn French revealed she once ‘completely crossed the line’ when speaking to King Charles III at an event.

The actress and comedian, 66, admitted she had a ‘little fondness’ for His Royal Highness, 75, and blurted out that she wanted to show the then Prince her beaver.

While discussing her new book, The T**t Files, on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio, Dawn recalled her embarrassing encounter with the royal family.

She said: ‘I was in one of the Narnia films. And I played Mrs. Beaver, opposite Ray Winstone, Mr. Beaver, and we went to the royal premiere.

‘I was really excited to meet Charlie as I have a bit of a fondness for him. I’d like to ruffle his hair on Sunday mornings. You know, that kind of luxury.

Embarrassing: The actress and comedian, 66, admitted she had a ‘little fondness’ for His Royal Highness, 75, and blurted out that she wanted to show the then prince her beaver (pictured in 2005)

“Anyway, he came down the line and greeted everyone. And he started it, I must say.

‘He started it because he saw A Midsummer Night’s Dream that I was in. And he said to me, “Well, the last time I saw you, I saw your buttocks,” referring to the character Bottom in Midsummer Night’s Dream, which I played.

‘And I thought, “Okay, we’re off.” And I said, “Tonight, sir, you’ll see my Beaver!” And then I laughed way too much. And he moved on very quickly.”

She continued, “There was the border, and then French had crossed the border. And I was so busy swallowing, and I especially heard Ray Winstone next to me making a noise like “Urghh.”

“Even he knew I was about to be beheaded.”

Unfortunately for Dawn, this wasn’t the end of her ‘putting her foot in it’, she continued: ‘As Prince Charles, as he then was, walked briskly down the line, I looked at him, regretting everything, and I heard a sound in my ear, “Dawn, Dawn.”

‘And I said, “YES, YES, YES, WHAT?”, and it was Camilla! And I said, “Oh, sorry, sorry, I was just telling him about my Beaver. No, sorry. Sorry.”

‘Everything just went wrong. Everything went wrong. But that’s me. If you see a royal, I’ll just put my foot in it.’

Character: Dawn played Mrs Beaver (pictured) in the Narnia franchise

‘Everything went wrong’: Unfortunately for Dawn, this wasn’t the end of her ‘putting her foot in’ in front of the royals as she quickly made a mistake with Queen Camilla

Dawn went on to recall attending the Women of the Year luncheon one year with her good friend Jennifer Saunders, where she had another royal gathering.

This time, Dawn met Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and was ‘dripping with humiliation at her own behaviour’.

She said: “Jennifer and I respect the royal family. Of course we did. But this is Sarah Ferguson, and many years ago. I told Jennifer, “I’m not going to bow down. I’m equal to this person. I’m never going to do anything like that.”

‘She agreed. We’re not going to do that. Until the moment Sarah Ferguson comes along the line. You have never seen such rude and submissive kneeling as mine. Something happened in my head. It’s like you immediately collapse.

“And I looked at Jennifer and thought, ‘Look what happened to me, this isn’t going to happen to you,’ and then I told her she did it. You leave dripping with humiliation at your own behavior. You don’t even know why you did it.’