Prince Charles

Prince Charles

The Saturdays thought Britain's Prince Charles was very "down-to-earth".

The 'What About Us' hitmakers met the heir to the throne during a visit to the new Marie Curie hospice in Solihull in the West Midlands on Friday (21.06.13) and the girls were all amazed by how relaxed and jovial the 64-year-old royal was.

Writing in her blog for HELLO! Online, band member Una Healy said: "Charles was really nice, we expected him to be much more formal but he was actually really relaxed. He seemed very down-to-earth and had a great sense of humour. He was laughing and joking with us and we all had a good chat.

"It was a real honour to meet him. We were actually introduced to him twice - us girls met him the first time round he came back once my husband Ben [Foden] had joined us and he recognised him from rugby so popped over again to say hello to him."

However, Irish singer Una won't be keeping a souvenir of the once-in-a-lifetime experience of shaking hands with the Prince of Wales, joking she has an unflattering double chin in the only moment captured on camera.

The 31-year-old redhead added: "Unfortunately I was a bit taken aback when we met him and the only photo I've got of me shaking his hand is taken from a really bad angle and is not good at all. I can't believe I shook hands with a Prince but won't be framing the moment!"