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Danielle Kate Wroe

Prince Charles squirmed when Stephen Fry explained naughty joke during awkward meeting

As the Queen's oldest son and the future king, it's hardly surprising that Prince Charles had a pretty impressive 50th birthday party.

A range of celebs was involved in the plush 1998 event, which was hosted by Stephen Fry

Of course, no showbiz do in the 90s was complete without the Spice Girls, and the queens of Girl Power weren't feeling shy when they had the chance to meet the royal birthday boy.

Stephen Fry has previously revealed that Emma Bunton, AKA Baby Spice, asked the Prince a VERY cheeky question - and he had absolutely no idea what she was talking about.

Host Stephen then had the awkward job of explaining to the future King what it meant - and it was just as uncomfortable as you would expect.

Speaking on the Graham Norton Show in 2017, Stephen revealed Emma asked Charles if he has a 'Prince Albert' piercing.

One of the Spice Girls asked a seriously cheeky question, which Stephen Fry then had to explain (YouTube)

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Completely unaware that it was a penis piercing, Charles naively thought she was referring to his great-great-great-grandfather, Queen Victoria's husband.

Stephen said: "[The Spice Girls] didn’t care, that was all girl power, you know. And the Prince of Wales was all ‘Wonderful, lovely, thank you very much’.

"And he got to them and the first thing Emma Bunton said to him was: ‘Oh sir, sir, hi miss sir, do you have a Prince Albert?’

"And he said, 'Yes, I’m his great-great-great-grandson, yes, Prince Albert’ and she said, ‘No, do you have one?’

"And he said, ‘Well he was the husband of Queen Victoria..’

Prince Charles was shocked to learn what a Prince Albert was (Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)

"So he looked at me completely baffled and he didn’t know what a Prince Albert was.”

Mr Fry said he explained to Charles that Prince Albert is "a piece of intimate jewellery.”

Charles reportedly gestured to his chest questioningly, and Mr Fry said: "No, further south.”

The audience found the anecdote absolutely hilarious.

Charles reportedly said: “Oh my heavens” and Mr Fry joked: “He had to have a lie down I think.”

Elton John, who was also a guest on the show, commented that it was certainly “an icebreaker.”

The guests laughed at Stephen Fry's anecdote (YouTube)

Chat show host Graham Norton brought up a picture of Prince Charles meeting the Spice Girls, with Mr Fry standing nearby.

Mr Norton joked that everyone seemed "very distracted” by Geri Halliwell, also known as Ginger Spice, who was wearing a low-cut top, adding that Charles was "pointing at her absent-mindedly”.

Mr Fry then recalled that Charles once told him a piece of advice his father Prince Philip had told him.

The Duke of Edinburgh advised his son that when meeting women in a line-up, he must always look her in the eyes and never, ever let his eyes drop at all.

This is because if a picture was taken at that exact moment, it would look like he was ogling her chest.

Mr Fry said: "He did tell me ‒ I think it's ok to repeat this ‒ the Prince of Wales did tell me once that the best piece of advice his father had ever given him was: when you’re doing a lineup and there are women, always look only into their eyes.

"Don’t for a second let your eyes drop to their chest because that is when the photograph goes off.”

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