Jason Manford calls out Royal Family for skipping event he hosted: 'Don't know why!'

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Death in Paradise guest star hosted the show, which the royals usually attend each year.However, due to coronavirus restrictions, it was only Prince Charles who sent in a brief video message at the start of the performance.Jason felt disappointed that it was regarded “logistically impossible” for members of the Royal Family to make more of an appearance via video link.In an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk, the comedian said when quizzed on whether he found it odd that the royals couldn’t attend: “Yeah, even if we just got a Corgi! “Yeah it was a shame, we got a nice message from Prince Charles before the show.“But it would have been nice to have them there or even at least on Zoom or something, so I don’t really know why that was.