Kate Garraway made a "fool" of herself when she failed to recognise Gareth Bale after receiving her MBE at Windsor Castle.
Kate Garraway made 'fool of herself' after failing to recognise famous footballer Gareth Bale after collecting MBE
The 'Good Morning Britain' presenter was accompanied by her husband Derek Draper at the ceremony on Wednesday (28.06.23), but she didn't realise she was speaking to the Welsh star, and later made a faux pas with another famous footballer.
She said on 'Good Morning Britain': "After that lovely moment and, of course, the Prince of Wales is so lovely and makes everything very special for everybody.
"You obviously have a long wait for your moment and in beautiful state rooms and what you realise is apart from being ridiculously honoured to have one yourself, you're with all these incredible people who have done have [amazing things].
"I was walking along pushing Derek through and we walked past somebody, a very dashing young man and a beautiful girl and I was taken with her and her lovely outfit so I said, 'Congratulations.'
"As we went past, Derek said, 'That's Gareth Bale,' and I said, 'Oh was it?'
"Later, I spoke to a different group of people and told them, 'I've just made a total fool of myself and not recognised Gareth Bale,' and then started chatting to them, 'Which of you are receiving [an honour]?'"
But Kate was unaware she was speaking to Liverpool and Scotland footballer Andy Robertson.
She explained: "I said, 'I've just made a fool of myself' and he said, 'Well you've done it with me too.' "
Kate also revealed she has lost an important card that came with her MBE and explains when she is supposed to wear the honour.
She added: "You get presented by the lovely Prince of Wales and then as you go outside they take it off you and put it in a box.
"I said, 'Oh, am I not allowed to wear it?' And they said, 'There's a card inside which tells you the specific occasions you're supposed to wear it.' I've lost the card.
"So I'm just going to wear it all the time."
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