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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Jenny Garnsworthy

Royal rhumble: Ant and Dec told to be quiet while staying with the King

Dec Ant McPartlin Norton King Charles III Claire Foy Declan Donnelly BBC One Dumfries House
EDITORIAL USE ONLY Ant McPartlin (left) and Declan Donnelly, aka Ant and Dec, during filming for the Graham Norton Show, at BBC Studioworks 6 Television Centre, Wood Lane, London, to be aired on BBC One on Friday evening. Picture date: Thursday January 22, 2025. - (PA Wire)

TV presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have admitted they were told to be quiet during a rowdy sleepover at the King’s Scottish country house.

McPartlin, 50, revealed the pair had followed Charles for a year for a TV programme and were invited to spend the night before their final interview with the then-Prince of Wales at his Dumfries House residence in Ayrshire.

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