In 1996, Kate Winslet met King Charles III for the first time at the Sense and sensitivity premiere in London.
Their meeting, however, became a fun affair, the actress recalls. “The first time I met him. My God. He had come to support the actual premiere of Sense and Sensibility when I was 20,” she says. Jimmy Kimmel live!
He Titanic The star continues, “I kind of didn’t realize that we were actually going to meet him. So I kind of forgot about the fact that he was actually wearing some kind of see-through lace bodysuit.”
“And thank God I had worn a coat because as he walked up to me, I was like, ‘***p***! ***p***! ***p***! Oh my God.” And then someone just said, ‘Coat!’ and [I covered myself] and said: ‘Your Majesty,'” says the actress.
After this slightly embarrassing encounter, Kate now has a good relationship with the King. At her educational charity, King Foundation, she serves as an ambassador.
He is “truly an extraordinary man,” noting, “He is very, very kind, extremely empathetic and very, very generous.”
It’s worth noting that Kate and the monarch were last seen together last June during the King’s Foundation awards ceremony at St. James’s Palace.
