{"id":220288,"date":"2026-05-05T04:21:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220288\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:21:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:21:59","slug":"jesse-watters-escorted-after-queen-camilla-joke-at-state-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220288\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Watters escorted after Queen Camilla joke at state dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News host Jesse Watters was escorted away from Queen Camilla<\/a> after breaching protocol with a joke about gun violence during a pre-dinner walkthrough at a White House state dinner.<\/p>\n

\"\"Queen Camilla\u2019s beehive chat with Watters ended abruptly when his gun remark triggered security intervention. By: ZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGA<\/p>\n

Watters recounted the moment on the April 30 episode of The Five. Speaking to the camera, he described his exchange with the Queen, saying, “So we go down and there’s the Queen, and I said, ‘How’s the beehive?’ and she goes, ‘It was very good, no one got stung.’ And then I said, ‘This is Washington, D.C. \u2014 if the bees don’t get you, the guns will.'”<\/p>\n

A member of the royal security detail quickly pulled Watters away, ending the interaction. He later admitted on The Five that he \u201cstarted mumbling\u201d and did not know what he was saying after being removed.<\/p>\n

Watters was among guests introduced to the royal couple before the banquet. He also briefly spoke with King Charles III<\/a>, recalling, “I’m on Fox and I have two shows,” to which King Charles replied, “Well, they must really love you here.”<\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Police Department reported gun violence in Washington, D.C. reached a 30-year low in 2024, despite President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s claims the city was \u201clawless.\u201d In August 2025, Trump took control of the city\u2019s police force and deployed the National Guard, calling it \u201ca historic action to rescue our nation\u2019s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor.”<\/p>\n

\"\"Trump\u2019s deployment of the National Guard in D.C. framed the backdrop to Watters\u2019 controversial joke. By: ZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGA<\/p>\n

Watters was not the only Fox News figure at the dinner. Greg Gutfeld also attended and later joked on-air about \u201chorsing around\u201d with Queen, drawing criticism. He recalled his exchange with King Charles, saying Trump introduced him as the host of \u201cthe No. 1 show on late night.”<\/p>\n

Royal visit aimed at repairing relations<\/p>\n

The dinner was the centerpiece of a four-day state visit by royal couple to the United States, hosted by Trump, beginning April 27. It marked the first state visit by a British monarch since May 2007, when Queen Elizabeth II<\/a> visited during George W. Bush\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n

The visit coincided with the United States Semiquincentennial, marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Buckingham Palace said the trip would highlight the “historic connections and the modern bilateral relationship.”<\/p>\n

\"\"The couple\u2019s visit was framed as a reset in U.S.\u2013U.K. relations after disagreements on trade and security. By: AdMedia \/ MEGA<\/p>\n

Charles and Camilla later attended a garden party at the British ambassador\u2019s residence in Washington. The event featured scones, 3,000 sandwiches and 650 guests “representing the connection between the U.S. and U.K.”<\/p>\n

Charles also delivered a rare joint address to Congress, emphasizing the U.S.-U.K. partnership and praising NATO. He said that despite challenging times, the two countries can defend shared democratic values to promote security and prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fox News host Jesse Watters was escorted away from Queen Camilla after breaching protocol with a joke about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[153,85226,5636,9,24,63,1433,1312,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-220288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-donald-trump","tag-jesse-watters","tag-king-charles-iii","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queen-camilla","tag-queen-elizabeth-ii","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}