{"id":160206,"date":"2025-06-05T12:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/160206\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T12:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:33:11","slug":"princess-anne-makes-sharp-remark-to-paul-hollywood-over-his-sickening-tan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/160206\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Anne makes sharp remark to Paul Hollywood over his \u2018sickening tan\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Princess Anne delivered a characteristically blunt greeting to Paul Hollywood when the Great British Bake Off judge collected his MBE at Windsor Castle last year. <\/p>\n

The 59-year-old baker from Wallasey, Merseyside, who received the honour for services to baking and broadcasting, found himself on the receiving end of royal candour.<\/p>\n

“The first thing she said to me was, ‘Where did you get your sickening tan?'” Hollywood told the Mail.<\/p>\n

Hollywood, known for his piercing blue eyes and direct feedback on Bake Off, experienced a taste of his own medicine from the King’s sister.<\/p>\n

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Princess Anne makes sharp remark to Paul Hollywood over his \u2018sickening tan\u2019.<\/p>\n

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The Princess’s sharp remark led to a more amiable exchange about Hollywood’s travels.<\/p>\n

“We talked about where I’d been on holiday, then she said, ‘I really like Chelsea buns,'” Hollywood said. “She was charming and fascinating.”<\/p>\n

The television personality responded to the royal’s confectionery preference with a generous gesture. He offered to bake a batch of Chelsea buns specifically for Princess Anne, which were delivered to her shortly after their encounter.<\/p>\n

Hollywood’s diplomatic response to the Princess’s forthright comment about his appearance demonstrated his ability to handle criticism with the same grace he expects from nervous contestants facing his own assessments.<\/p>\n

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Princess Anne honoured Paul Hollywood due to his services to baking.<\/p>\n

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Hollywood’s distinctive tan has become a talking point both on and off the Channel 4 programme. Fellow judge Dame Prue Leith revealed in 2023 that his changing complexion creates difficulties for the production team.<\/p>\n

“The popular question I get about Paul is, ‘Is the tan fake?'” Dame Prue said. <\/p>\n

“If he goes into the sun for 20 minutes, he comes out two shades darker. Immediately.”<\/p>\n

She explained that during filming breaks, Hollywood often relaxes in a hammock with his shirt off. “Then the make-up people complain he doesn’t look like he did 20 minutes ago,” she added.<\/p>\n

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Princess Anne told Paul Hollywood that she likes Chelsea Buns.<\/p>\n

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Paul Hollywood bowing as he met Princess Anne at Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n

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Princess Anne appears to be maintaining the Royal Family’s reputation for forthright commentary, a tradition particularly associated with her late father, Prince Philip. The former Duke of Edinburgh was renowned for his unfiltered observations during public engagements.<\/p>\n

The Princess’s direct approach to the celebrity baker echoes the family’s long-standing practice of dispensing with diplomatic niceties. <\/p>\n

Her immediate focus on Hollywood’s appearance rather than conventional pleasantries demonstrates the same refreshing candour that characterised many of Prince Philip’s memorable public interactions.<\/p>\n

This encounter at Windsor Castle suggests the next generation of royals continues to value honest expression over carefully managed public relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Anne delivered a characteristically blunt greeting to Paul Hollywood when the Great British Bake Off judge collected…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,5118,5105,512,16,15,978],"class_list":{"0":"post-160206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-princess-anne","11":"tag-royal","12":"tag-sgg","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114630781160157277","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}