Former Australian rugby player thrown out of Buckingham Palace after crude joke on Queen Elizabeth. Know what happened

Former Australian rugby player Jeremy Paul has claimed that he was thrown out of Buckingham Palace after he made a crude joke related to the late Queen Elizabeth II during his visit in 2004. Participating in 'The Good, The Bad & The Rugby' podcast, co-hosted by the Queen's grandson-in-law Mike Tindall, he narrated the story. Paul said that the queen asked him why one of his teammates was carrying a stuffed kangaroo on his shoulder. The rugby star said, "He's got to hold it 24/7, and we steal it off him and go and hold it for ransom," according to a report in Express.co.uk.

Crude joke

The rugby player said that later on, a member of the media team of the palace asked him what he had said to Her Majesty that she laughed so loudly, the Queen had not laughed like that "in over a decade". Jeremy Paul said that he gave her his room key.


This was so bold and rude that the former rugby player was asked to get out. Some people have reacted to this on TikTok and said that the Queen would have seen the funny side of the story as she herself had a very sharp sense of houmour.

Queen's humour

Queen's Protection Officer Richard Griffin once recalled a practical joke that the queen made on an unsuspecting couple on a stroll on Balmoral. He said two Americans accidentally met the Queen and they could not recognise her. They asked her if she was a regular visitor, to which Queen Elizabeth said that she lived in London, but she had a holiday home on the other side of the hills. When the visitor asked her if she had ever met any member of the royal family. She replied, "Well I haven't, but Dick here meets her regularly."

Griffin also said that he took a picture of the Americans with Queen Elizabeth.

FAQs:

Q1. Why was former Australian rugby player Jeremy Paul asked to leave Buckingham Palace?
A1. Jeremy recalled that when he along with his team visited Buckingham Palace in 2004, he met Queen Elizabeth. The queen asked him why one of his roommates was carrying a stuffed kangaroo on his shoulder. He replied that he stole the kangaroo and asked a ramson for the same. Later a member of the royal media team said that the queen had not laughed so much in a decade. Paul said that he gave his room key to the lady. This was so much bold that he was asked to get out.

Q2. Where did Jeremy Paul recount this story?
A2. Jeremy Paul was speaking to 'The Good, The Bad & The Rugby' podcast, co-hosted by the Queen's grandson-in-law Mike Tindall when he narrated the story.