Starstruck Thierry Henry forgot Arsenal team-mate's name when they met Queen for tea

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The Queen at Buckingham Palace that he almost started speaking in French and forgot the name of one of his Arsenal team-mates.The iconic former Premier League striker was invited alongside Arsenal players and staff to meet Her Majesty for tea after she was unable to open their newly-constructed Emirates Stadium the previous year.With CBS Sports presenter Kate Abdo paying her respects this week, she opened up the floor for Henry to share his treasured memories of that during their Champions League coverage.READ MORE: Bayern Munich fans protest Queen's death impacting football with Champions League bannerHenry said: "First and foremost, I'm not on social media as you guys know so I haven't had the opportunity to do it, my condolences to the entire Royal Family."I had the opportunity to meet the Queen and I was nervous, as hell."I remember thinking 'I am about to play a game' or something."When you are at Buckingham Palace and you are meeting the Queen - I looked at Julio Baptista and forgot his name!

I was like 'who is that?'."It was my duty to introduce everybody (as captain). When you are nervous you want to go back into your own language?

I don't think that if I had spoken French it would have worked."Henry went on to explain what the passing of the Queen means to him on a personal level, having spent more than a decade of his life living in London.He added: "It is very difficult to talk about her in the past tense." Concluding: "I am French, I am proud to be French...

but I am a Londoner. I tend to understand what the Royal Family was, what she did represent and I have only respect for her."It was a great moment, I was nervous as you saw.