Prince Harry goes to Gervais gig

Prince Harry turned up to Ricky Gervais’s latest stand-up gig – and asked for an autograph for the Queen.

The comic revealed that he hung out with the young royal, as well as Coldplay’s Chris Martin, after the show at London's Hammersmith Apollo.

And before the gig, he exchanged text messages with the prince, who jokingly said that his grandmother would be coming to the Science show, which was recorded for DVD.

On his blog, Gervais wrote: ‘Hammersmith was great... Had a drink after the show with Chris Martin and Prince Harry. As you do.

‘Harry was trying to persuade me to come to Afghanistan to perform to the troops. I said I was too scared. He said I could do Basra, which was the safest place. Yeh, the safest place out of all the other places in a war zone... I take risks with my comedy, not my vital organs. I said I'd think about it.

‘On the day of the gig he wound me up by sending me a text saying that he was bringing his gran. I was obviously a bit panicked. She would definitely not have enjoyed the show.

‘At the after-show he got me to sign a beer mat for her. “To Liz II, Cheers! Ricky Gervais” (true).’

The show will be released on DVD on November 22. Click here to pre-order.

Published: 14 Sep 2010