Paloma Faith made a rather surprising royal confession, detailing the moment she found herself escaping from a conversation with none other than the Princess of Wales.

The British singer said she used her friend and comedian, Rosie Jones, in a “non-PC” way when she made a blunder while talking to the future Queen at the Royal Variety Performance in 2023, explaining she accidentally began talking about Kate’s weight, after welcoming her youngest son, Prince Louis.

Retelling the details of the ordeal, Paloma said on her Mad Sad Bad podcast, the pop star said: “‘I said, ‘Didn’t you look good post-partum, Kate. How have you lost that weight so quickly?” We chatted about kids and stuff,’ said Paloma, who had two young daughters at the time. She has since given birth to a son.

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Realising she had maybe said the wrong thing, Paloma said: “Then I looked at [Rosie] and thought, ‘Can we just say that, because you’re disabled, we have to go, and you need me to help you?’ Then everyone was, like, ‘Rosie said she needs Paloma to take her because of the stairs.'”

 The singer added that Rosie, who has ataxic cerebral palsy and was next to Paloma in line, “Helped me in a very non-PC way by allowing me to abuse and use her disability to get myself out of a potentially uncomfortable situation with some Royal Family members.”

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But the conversation didn’t leave a sour taste in Kate’s mouth as the following year, Paloma was invited to sing at the royals’ Together at Christmas Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey the following year.