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Comedian Jack Whitehall tricked Demi Lovato during royal meeting

Songstress Demi Lovato was lucky enough to meet members of the royal family during the recent Royal Variety Performance in London, but she almost made an embarrassing faux-pas thanks to comedian Jack Whitehall.

Whitehall told Jonathan Ross that he joked to Lovato that she should try to 'have a little feel' of Kate Middleton's baby bump and was left in a state of panic as the Duchess of Cambridge made her way down the line towards them because he suddenly realised Lovato thought he was being serious:

"She was very nice, very sweet, but American and didn't necessarily buy into my sense of humour. Everyone is very nervous when the royal family is coming around and she asked me what the protocol was with the royal bump, 'Can we talk about the baby and stuff?,' and as a joke I said, 'The Duchess of Cambridge I think would be offended if you didn't have a little feel' as a joke."

"She takes [my suggestion] completely at face value, and as Kate Middleton is coming along the line, I suddenly realise that we've got a situation here where either I need to step in and tell her that it was a joke and look like an idiot or potentially Demi Lovato from 'Frozen' is about to get taken out by a police marksmen, so I told her."

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Watch Lovato practicing her handshake at the Royal Variety Performance below: