Geoff Capes: Last News

Stay in the loop with all the latest Daily Star news by signing up for one of our free newsletters here.The 20-stone former builder, who has a 60.9cm neck, first realised he had a talent for balancing heavy objects in the 1960s when he was working as a labourer.John devised an 18-inch piece of floorboard so he could carry 24 bricks and balance them on his head - whilst climbing up ladders.After realising he had competition from former World's Strongest Man Geoff Capes - who had managed also to lift 24 bricks - John went on to lift a mammoth 36 bricks.His astonishing feat soon attracted media attention from the UK and around the world and he still remains a TV host for the German Guinness World Records programme.He added: "I have had an amazing career so far, all this from just carrying bricks when I was a bricklayer's labourer when I was 18."My neighbours thought I was weird at first but I'm renowned for it now all over the world."

Queen Elizabeth II’s reign began in 1952 – and since then she has met thousands of celebrities at everything from film premieres to sporting events.But some of the encounters have been stranger than others!We celebrates Her Majesty’s milestone by recalling some of her wackiest moments with the stars…Comedian Frank Carson said the Queen once revealed her own comic talents, telling him: “I’m the best mimic in the family.”● In 1982, Her Majesty shook hands with shot put champ Geoff Capes at the Braemar Highland Games. But their palms got stuck together because of the resin he had put on his for grip.● As Prunella Scales bowed to the Queen after playing her on TV, the monarch quipped: “I expect you think I should be doing that to you.”● Presenting TV gardening host Alan Titchmarsh with his MBE in 1999, the Queen said: “You’ve given a lot of ladies a lot of pleasure” and complimented him on the size of his onions.● In 2016, the Queen joked with Olympic diver Tom Daley about her small stature saying: “Maybe I should try gymnastics.”● When actor Brian Blessed met the Queen she joked with him about swearing on Have I Got News For You and asked him to repeat his famous line “Gordon’s Alive!” from the movie Flash Gordon.