During their trip to Birmingham last Thursday, the Prince and Princess of Wales briefly met Alison Hammond, a talk show hostess who is well-known and well-liked within the UK. Some of her celebrity interviews have gone viral internationally, like her hilarious interview with Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling. She’s joyful, funny and sharp. She’s also fine with being used as diversity prop for Peg and Buttons. Apparently, the Waleses’ office called Hammond at the last minute and asked her to meet Will and Kate in Birmingham, and she was at the pub where the Waleses played darts.

Alison Hammond got a few secrets out of Kate Middleton, including what she will be wearing for King Charles’ upcoming coronation. The This Morning host, 48, said she met Kate and Prince William when the couple visited Birmingham on Thursday to celebrate the area’s diverse cultures and creative industries — and she even had a chance to ask the Princess of Wales about her coronation outfit.

“I said, ‘What are you wearing for the coronation?'” Hammon recalled on the show. “Cause I said to her, ‘I’m feeling like you’re gonna wear blue.’ She was like, ‘There is a hint of blue.’ So I was like, fantastic!”

Hammond said Princess Kate, who wore a red collared tie dress, “made a beeline for me” at the event and the pair got to talking about topics like cocktails and dinner. The Great British Bake-Off host noted that Princess Kate “said she liked spicy cocktails but doesn’t like sweet ones or anything like that.”

Hammond shared the royal also has a preference for “spicy food,” adding that she invited Kate over to her house for “a big Jamaican dinner.”

“I said, ‘Next time you’re in Birmingham, come over to my house, I’ll cook for you,'” Hammond said. She was like, ‘I’ll definitely come,’ I was like, ‘Really? This is the best day ever.’ ”

Hammond noted that she even overheard the couple “arguing” over her at one point. She said, “When we went upstairs because I said I want to have a selfie, [Prince William] was there talking to Kate, he was saying, ‘Kate, Alison supports Aston Villa, she’s my best friend and she has asked us to go to dinner.’ Then Kate goes, ‘I know, she’s already asked us to go to dinner.’ ”

Hammond said: “I asked him again, ‘Do you want to come my house for dinner?’ He said, ‘What would you cook for me Alison?’ I was like, ‘Well, I would actually cook you some curried coat and rice, some banana bread.’ And he was like, ‘Yes I’m definitely coming’.”

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I’m shocked that Kate didn’t offer to bring her homemade chutney. Nevermind – it’s not like William and Kate will actually go to Hammond’s house for dinner. It’s not my place to judge Hammond – from what I’ve seen of her, she seems like a really nice and funny person, and I would imagine that there are still a lot of Britons who are happy enough to meet royal peeps. If she was fine with being used as a prop, so be it, who are we to judge. I mean, I judge the hell out of William and Kate, who definitely made a point of doing this performative “see, we have Black friends” crap.

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