Spike Milligan Calls Prince Charles “the Little Grovelling Bastard“ (1994)

Charles, Prince of Wales was a fan and when Milligan received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Comedy Awards in 1994, the Prince sent a congratulatory message to be read out on live television. The comedian interrupted the message to call the Prince a “little grovelling bastard“. He later faxed the prince, saying: “I suppose a knighthood is out of the question?“ In reality, he and the Prince were very close friends and Milligan had already been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1992 (honorary because of his Irish citizenship). He was made an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 2001. (Wikipedia)