He may be one of the most photographed men in the world but it seems that Prince Charles draws the line at selfies.
The 65-year-old heir to the British throne chose to politely opt out of Joan Collins’ Oscars-style selfie at the Prince’s Trust and Samsung Celebrate Success awards in London yesterday.
After posing for media pictures with a host of stars who had turned out to celebrate the success of youngsters who have turned their lives around with the help of the Prince’s Trust, Charles slipped away as Collins orchestrated a group of entertainers together into a star-studded selfie.
Joan Collins, Sir Ben Kingsley and Prince Charles chat on the red carpet.
The Prince was seen chatting and laughing with Ms Collins before moving on before the shot was taken. A witness said it appeared as if the former Dynasty actress was trying to convince him to join her selfie, adding: “The prince politely declined and moved on.”
According to Joan, the Prince was coy when asked to jump in the picture.
“He said, ‘What a good idea’ but wasn’t in the picture,” said Collins.
Joan’s Oscar homage captioned “Selfie support”.
While the image, captioned “Selfie support”, featured actors Dominic West, Sir Ben Kingsley and Jeremy Irons, singer Pixie Lott, X Factor winner Sam Bailey and musician Jools Holland, the selfie was definitely missing the royal pizazz Collins was clearly going for.
And while an impressive group gathered, when compared to Ellen DeGeneres Oscar shot, featuring the likes of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lawrence, Jared Leto, Meryl Streep, Kevin Spacey, Julia Roberts – just to name a few – Joan’s selfie might just be the most disappointing picture post ever.
Ellen’s Oscar selfie has been retweeted a record breaking 3.4 million times.
The glamorous English star’s post thus far has only managed a meagre 233 retweets, while Ellen’s shot, taken during last month’s Academy Awards, managed to temporarily break Twitter and has been reposted a record breaking 3,385,382 million times and counting.
