Susanna Reid has recalled her memory of meeting 'direct' Prince Philip as Good Morning Britain continue tributes to the Duke of Edinburgh.
The duke sadly died, aged 99, at Windsor Castle on Friday (April 9), Buckingham Palace announced.
The Queen has described the death of her husband as "having left a huge void in her life" as funeral arrangements get underway.
Many tributes have been paid to the duke since the news of his passing was announced and GMB host Susanna continued with her memories on Monday's news programme.
It is the first time the ITV show has aired since the announcement was made at around midday on Friday.
"I met him once..." Susanna began, "and he was just incredibly direct."
"That was the thing," she continued. "He notoriously didn't like small talk and yet he had to do how many solo engagements? 22,000, 5,000 speeches, he was involved with 800 charities. He just did so much and so he obviously had to do small talk with millions of people."
Susanna explained she met the duke at a Duke of Edinburgh gold award ceremony where he asked her: "Did you do one of these?"
Revealing that she had, but had failed to complete it, to Prince Philip, his blunt response was: "What on earth was wrong with you?"
Co-host Kate Garraway and guests Chris Ship, Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire all erupted into laughter.
Susanna added: "He then moved on to the next person."
She then went on to seemingly agree with the duke's response, joking: "What on earth was wrong with me that I couldn't finish?"
The Duke of Edinburgh Award is a youth programme and was founded in 1956 by Prince Philip.
The awards recognise teens and young adults for completing a series of self-improvement exercises modelled on Kurt Hahn's solutions to his "Six Declines of Modern Youth".
Kurt Hahn was a German educator who was also a mentor to the Duke of Edinburgh, the first pupil at the founded, Gordonstoun, in the UK.
