PRINCE CHARLES - PRINCE CHARLES' PORTMAN GAFFE

PRINCE CHARLES' PORTMAN GAFFE

British royal PRINCE CHARLES shocked NATALIE PORTMAN at the London premiere of the first STAR WARS prequel - when he asked her if she had starred in the original movies. The 26-year-old actress wasn't born when the first two films in the franchise, Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, were released in 1977 and 1980 respectively, and she was just two when Return Of The Jedi hit cinemas in 1983. So Portman was surprised that Charles thought she might have starred in the trilogy at the 1999 premiere of The Phantom Menace, which was held when she had just turned 18. She recalls, "I met Prince Charles at the royal premiere of the first Star Wars (prequel). They have one tit-bit (of information) they are told about every person. "He asked me, 'Were you in the original films?' Errrr."