Russell Brand gets Prince Charles in a bit of a grip

The 35-year-old comedian – who was appearing on US talk show Live With Regis & Kelly to promote his new film, The Tempest – told how he recently met the Prince at the 2010 Pride of Britain Awards at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, and wouldn’t let go of him as they shook hands.

He said: 'I did meet Prince Charles.

“It makes you a bit anxious.

'When you meet someone whose name has got 'Prince' at the start of their name, it's daunting.

'Someone shoved me into the line right at the moment he was meeting.

'I was shoved into him and I saw a moment in his eyes as we shook hands when he realised, 'That's that mad comedian'. And he sort of tried to get away.”

The Get Him To The Geek star added: 'I had him in a bit of a grip. I was holding on, thinking, 'This is my moment. I'm not letting him go just yet'.

'There was a moment where he was trying to recoil and I heard his wrist click a bit.'