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I'm A Celeb's Ruthie Henshall says she won't get an OBE after 's**gging Prince Edward' remark

Ruthie Henshall has admitted she doesn't think she'll be getting an OBE from the Royal Family after her X-rated comments about Prince Edward.

The West End star, 53, had bragged about "s**gging" in Buckingham Palace to her I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! campmate Shane Richie.

Ruthie dated the Earl of Wessex for five years in the early 1990s after performing in Buckingham Palace.

She told Shane: "Buckingham Palace, you sang in the gardens, I shagged in the bedrooms."

Speaking on the I'm A Celeb spin-off show the Daily Drop on Tuesday morning, Ruthie claimed she didn't realise her comments would be aired.

Ruthie Henshall has admitted she doesn't think she'll be getting an OBE from the Royal Family after her X-rated comments about Prince Edward (ITV)
She had bragged about 's**gging' Prince Edward in Buckingham Palace (AFP/Getty Images)

Ruthie told the show's host Vick Hope: "That was my first day and I said something off the cuff to make Shane laugh, because I’d met Shane before, having no idea, truly that that was going to be picked up."

When she was asked if Prince Edward had watched the show she laughed: "I don't know, but I think my OBE's off the table now."

She had previously claimed she didn't think her microphone was on when she spoke about the relationship.

Ruthie and Prince Edward dated in the 1990s (EMPICS Entertainment)

Chatting to Lorraine Kelly on her ITV show, Ruthie said: "It is a long time ago, but there is a certain amount of it that you completely forget.

"It was my first day in there, and I didn't know that there were microphones everywhere, I know this sounds like a silly thing to say, but I really didn't.

"So the fairly crass thing that I said at the beginning.

Ruthie left over the weekend (Kieron McCarron/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

"I said to make Shane laugh, and I had no idea it would actually go out.

"So I learnt my lesson!"

*I'm A Celebrity continues tonight at 9pm on ITV

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