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Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly admitted that once made a cheeky grab for Prince Charles' Christmas baubles.
The dynamic telly duo recalled being invited to a lavish spread at Buckingham Palace as they tried their best to snag a royal souvenir, reports Daily Star.
After filming a TV show with the Prince of Wales, the presenters found themselves invited to mingle with the royals and fellow invitees at the Prince’s Trust ambassadors.
Confessing to the cheeky act in their book Once Upon A Tyne, the Geordies, both 45, penned: "We were ridiculously excited to be going to Buckingham Palace for the first time for dinner."
The pair added: “We were shown into the main hall and Rod Stewart was there so we headed over to say ‘hi’ to him... while keeping our eyes peeled for potential souvenirs.”
Dec said: “We noticed the only possible available trinket to nick, I mean liberate, was on the Christmas tree."
“We’d heard a lot of stories about people liberating a memento when they go there.”
Ant explained: “’Liberating a memento’ means nicking something - an ashtray, a toilet roll with a coat of arms, a full suit of armour, that kind of thing.
“And what struck us when we arrived was that there really wasn’t that much there to nick, I mean liberate, either because they’ve got wise to the memento liberation brigade or because, if it’s not nailed down, it’s already been pinched by some opportunistic celebrity.”
“As you can imagine, it was a Christmas tree bigger than any Christmas tree you’ve ever seen, and it had these baubles hanging from it in the shape of crowns. Brilliant. ‘Nice baubles,’ I said.”
Meanwhile Ant added: ���I took one off the tree to examine it. I’d had it in my hand for approximately 2.6 seconds, when one of the footmen appeared behind me and delicately but firmly whispered in my ear: ‘Don’t even think about it’.”