Prince Philip’s last gaffe revealed: Aled Jones discloses never-before-heard hilarious interruption Duke of Edinburgh would make when Walking in the Air singer was talking to the Queen

Aled Jones has revealed the hilarious interruption Prince Philip used to ‘ruin’ conversations with between the late Queen and the Walking in the Air singer. 

The Welsh star said ‘gracious’ Queen Elizabeth II would ask him how long his performances had taken to perfect before telling him his voice was ‘sounding great’.

However, the Duke of Edinburgh would ‘often’ come over and ruin the interaction by quizzing him about when his voice was going to break.

The former choir boy, who rose to fame after singing the Christmas classic ‘Walking in the Air’ in 1985, said: ‘[The Queen] was always so gracious, she was always interested in how long the piece had taken to learn.

‘For instance, I’d met her also after singing with Leonard Bernstein, she [said] ”that must have been tough, how long did that take you” and ”the voice is sounding great”, she’d say.

‘And then, invariably Prince Philip would come along and ruin it by saying ”has your voice broken” or something like that, which he did often.’

Jones opened up about his ‘nightmare’ of forgetting words in front of the Royal Family during a Royal Variety show.

Speaking on the Rosebud podcast, the 53-year-old said: ‘The first time I sang for Her Majesty The Queen, I forgot my words.

‘And as Rory Bremner came up to me afterwards – I’d never met him before but now he’s a dear friend, he wasn’t at the time I hated him for this remark.

‘I was singing Memory and he said ”you’ve just proved to the world, you haven’t got one”.

‘That was the only time I’ve ever had a moment of a recurring nightmare.

‘I had the score in front of me for the rehearsal and it went brilliantly, Andrew [Lloyd Webber] was thrilled.

‘The director came up to me and said ”oh don’t use the score, it spoils the shot and you look a bit stupid”.

‘I was 12 and a half and I went ”okay”, I remember walking on, sang the first verse.

‘And then in between the first and second verse, I looked to the end of the hall and I could see an exit sign and it flickered and I suddenly thought to myself ”I have no idea what’s coming next”.

‘Her Majesty The Queen was there with Prince Philip and members of the Royal Family.

‘Thankfully, I made the words up, and went back to verse three, four and five, but I was petrified and I shook and my voice cracked a bit.’

He continued: ‘Andrew was very gracious, he said my words were better than the original, which they weren’t. 

‘So, that was my first time performing for Her Majesty The Queen.’