Clare Balding CBE has recalled her awkward encounter with the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Her Majesty passed away on Thursday (September 8), Buckingham Palace confirmed in a statement.
It read: said: “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
READ MORE: King Charles III, 73, makes heartbreaking first statement following Queen’s death
“The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”
HRH reigned over the United Kingdom since 1952 and is the country’s longest-serving monarch.
Tributes have been paid to the monarch from across the world.
Broadcaster Clare, 51, appeared on Saturday’s edition of BBC Breakfast to share her own memories of meeting the Queen.
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Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt were on presenting duty and quizzed the BBC Radio 2 star on her encounters with the late royal.
Clare, who’s father Ian and brother Andrew trained horses belonging to Her Majesty, giggled as Naga asked her: “Can you tell us why sausages are more important than curtseying to the Queen?”
She explained: “I had an incident with a sausage at the breakfast table and trying to cut it to put it on toast and it shooting across the table and The Queen sitting at the end of the table.
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“I grabbed the sausage and put it back on the toast and she just raised an eyebrow and I thought ‘we’ll be alright here’.
Elsewhere in the show, host Charlie welcomed diplomatic correspondent James Landale to the show as he stood live at St James’s Palace ahead of the King Charles’ Proclamation ceremony.
Kicking off the interview, Charlie said: “So let’s find out a little more about the formal events that will be taking place today 10am this morning.
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“Our diplomatic correspondent James Landale is at St James’s Palace just down the road from Buckingham Palace, just explain to us because we’re on a learning curve about these formalities and just what will play out today.
James went on to share with viewers watching at home the timetable for the rest of the event.
Charlie said: “One of the things people are very mindful of at this time is that sense of duty but right now, King Charles is in mourning for his mother.
“But these procedures happen at this time but presumingly for him he’s in mourning.”
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There was a short silence and it quickly became clear that James was no longer able to hear Charlie in the studio
“James, I’m not sure you could hear me. Just nod if you can hear us. I’m just not sure if we’ve lost our link to you,” the BBC star said.
He later added: “I’m so sorry, we seem to have lost our link to our diplomatic correspondent.”
BBC Breakfast airs daily on BBC One at 6am
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