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Celebrity Big Brother star suffered royal blunder while meeting William and Charles

Celebrity Big Brother star Chantelle Houghton got to meet then-Prince Charles

[Chantelle Houghton won Celebrity Big Brother in 2006]

Chantelle Houghton won Celebrity Big Brother in 2006 - and she got to meet the royals afterwards(Image: BANG Showbiz)

Chantelle Houghton made a rather embarassing mistake when she met the royals. The TV star said her grandparents received a call from Clarence House because she left her passport there.

The Celebrity Big Brother star made the blunder as she enjoyed having afternoon tea with the then-Prince Charles, 77, and Prince William, 43, at the royal residence. It came weeks after her Celebrity Big Brother victory in 2006.

Asked by Betway what Chantelle's biggest pinch-me moment was at the height of her fame, the star recalled: "I got invited to Clarence House through the Prince's Trust to have afternoon tea back in 2006. I was just weeks out of the Big Brother house.

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She left her passport at Clarence House in London(Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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"There were little pictures of Prince William when he was young, and I was standing next to Ant and Dec. Charles came in to greet everyone and shook my hand. It was surreal!

"I actually left my passport there, and they had to ring my emergency contact, who was my grandparents. That was a strange moment for them!"

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The star said it was a "strange moment" for her grandparents(Image: chantelle_houghton/Instagram)

Chantelle also reflected on her time on Celebrity Big Brother - in which she entered the house as a non-celebrity and managed to convinced her housemates she was a member of the fictional girl band, Kandy Floss. She was just 21 at the time.

The reality star regrets not standing up for herself amid her tumultuous relationship with 64-year-old former basketball player Dennis Rodman. Asked if she would change anything about her time on the social experiment programme, Chantelle admitted: "My confidence in standing up for myself, but I was so young.

"I was in the house with Dennis Rodman, and we clashed. If I could go back and redo anything, I would have handled it differently and not been afraid to stand up for myself more than I did.

"I'm pleased with how I handled things as I tried to not let him bother me, but I wish I'd been more outspoken."

In April 2025, Chantelle revealed one incident between her and Dennis. She claimed to WDW Bingo: "Another thing, I was running out of foundation in the house and Big Brother had let me put it on the shopping list.

"The shopping got delivered, and I watched him basically get my foundation and put it in his pocket.

"He stole my foundation! I was thinking, 'How am I going to get my foundation back?' I didn't want to say, 'I've just seen you put my foundation in your pocket.'

"Now, at my age, I would. But I was thinking, 'OMG, what am I going to do?' And then I asked him for it, and he said he didn't have it then in the end he gave it back. But yeah, he stole my foundation and really genuinely wasn't very nice to me at all."

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