A prime BBC star made a really awkward blunder whereas chatting with Queen Camilla.
Sara Cox assembly Queen Camilla in February 2026 (Picture: BANG Showbiz)
Sara Cox as soon as mistakenly launched Laura Lopes to her mom, Queen Camilla, as an creator. The BBC Radio 2 DJ realised her error throughout a gathering for authors at Clarence Home, London, when the then-Duchess of Cornwall, now 78, greeted her 47 yr previous artwork curator daughter in a distinctly maternal method. Chatting with The Observer New Assessment, Sara, 51, recounted: “I mistook her daughter, Laura, for an creator that I half knew, and so I mentioned to Laura, ‘Come over. I am going to introduce you to the duchess. Let’s go over and say hello.'”.
“Laura performed alongside, so we went over, and it slowly dawned on me who she was as a result of Camilla was like, ‘Hiiii’ to her personal daughter.” In February, Queen Camilla and Sara crossed paths once more at Windsor Citadel throughout a reception with finalists, judges and celebrities for the ultimate of the BBC’s 500 Phrases artistic writing competitors.
Sara described the royal as “fun”. Queen Camilla is a large fan of Strictly Come Dancing, and Sara has been advised as a possible co-host following the departure of Tess Daly, 56, or Claudia Winkleman, 54, in December 2025.
A supply knowledgeable The Solar: “Followers of Sara’s Radio 2 drivetime present know she has that off-the-cuff patter right down to a tee and has a superb fame as an sincere, hardworking professional.
“Execs have talked about her title as somebody who can be an excellent match for the job.”
Rumours are swirling that former Massive Brother presenter Emma Willis, 49, and ex-BBC Radio 2 character Zoe Ball, 55, are in a “straight shoot-out” to co-host Strictly Come Dancing alongside a “feminine slapstick comedian”.
An insider revealed to The Solar on Sunday: “It is a straight shoot-out between Zoe, who’s the front-runner, and Emma. Just one will get it, not each.
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“The senior execs need a conventional presenter working alongside a extra left-field individual, a feminine slapstick comedian.
“It is felt the humour Claudia dropped at the present, significantly in her ‘Claudatorium’, wants to hold on.” A BBC spokesperson said that plans for the 2026 sequence of Strictly Come Dancing can be introduced “in the end”.
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