{"id":143572,"date":"2023-11-15T06:27:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T06:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=143572"},"modified":"2023-11-15T06:27:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T06:27:14","slug":"jordan-north-and-william-hanson-reveal-royal-run-ins-and-im-a-celeb-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/tv-movies\/jordan-north-and-william-hanson-reveal-royal-run-ins-and-im-a-celeb-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan North and William Hanson reveal royal run-ins and I’m A Celeb advice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Radio 1 DJ Jordan North and etiquette expert William Hanson are an unlikely pair on paper, however the duo\u2019s friendship is stronger than ever thanks to their advice podcast: Help I Sexted My Boss. William, who served the late Queen Elizabeth II, even gave Yorkshire-born Jordan some tips when he recently met William and Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe do have silliness and fun but he does give me advice,\u201d Jordan, 33, says. \u201cI was with other broadcasters, Vick Hope, Katie Thistleton and Dr. Alex from Love Island and we were all so nervous. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere is something about [Kate and Will] – they are experts in talking to people and they\u2019re genuinely interested. It\u2019s nerve-wracking meeting them, but it\u2019s great. They\u2019re very down to earth – they said they were going to have curry for their tea.\u201d<\/p>\n

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William\u2019s experience with the royals wasn\u2019t as laid back, with the etiquette coach nearly dropping a knife on the late Duke of Edinburgh\u2019s head. \u201cI was asked to step in as the butler for a lunch with the Queen and Prince Philip,\u201d the 34-year-old reveals. \u201cAs I picked up his plate, he moved back in to talk to the person next to him so I whipped it away and the knife started to wobble on the plate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought, \u2018Oh my God, this is going to whack him on the head. I\u2019m going to decapitate the Duke of Edinburgh.\u2019 But I managed to put my thumb on top. I looked over to see if the butler had seen it, but staring right back at me was the Queen, who just smiled.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Jordan and William give their advice on a host of dilemmas in their new book, Help I Sexted My Boss: A Hilarious Guide to Avoiding Life\u2019s Award Moments, from who to invite to a wedding to navigating one-night stands. Although William admits he wasn\u2019t particularly experienced in the dating department before meeting his husband Mikey – and wouldn\u2019t go back to a suitor\u2019s home if they hadn\u2019t ironed their bedsheets. \u201cI was single for many years,\u201d he laughs.<\/p>\n

"Mikey and I, neither of us hadn't had partners before so when sometimes there have been sources of conflict in our own relationship, we're a bit like, 'Is this normal?' But I think it would be worse if one of us has had previous partners and the other hadn't – we're both on a level playing field."<\/p>\n

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For the book and their podcast, Jordan and William take on different topics of expertise. \u201cWhen listeners write in about music festivals or house parties, that is completely Jordan\u2019s area. I\u2019ve been to a nightclub only once in my life,\u201d William says, with Jordan adding, \u201cWilliam knows more about his napkins and cutlery. I\u2019m more nights out, stag dos.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair met back in 2011, when Jordan was a runner at BBC Radio 5Live and William was a guest, giving etiquette advice. "It was one of the late shows, on at ten to one in the morning," Jordan says. "William was a guest on it and he was even claiming then at 21 to be the UK's leading etiquette expert."<\/p>\n

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"But we made each other laugh," William reveals, adding that they later met again at a party.<\/p>\n

"I genuinely thought I would never see him again and that he'd go home to his librarian wife and have a sherry – how wrong I was," Jordan says. "But we went to an Olympic ceremony party and the friend of ours said to me, 'I've got a friend coming around who's a bit posh. You won't like him. Just don't be rude.'<\/p>\n

"Meanwhile, he said to William, 'My housemate is a bit rough around the edges, you won't like him, don't be rude."<\/p>\n

The rest was broadcasting history, with the friends launching their podcast Help I Sexted My Boss in 2018 – despite Jordan's previous local radio blunders.<\/p>\n

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"In my early twenties, I was still trying to go out every weekend and get drunk with a weekend job at a station called Rock FM in Lancashire," Jordan admits. "I went out and walked out of this club at 4am, but was on air at 6.<\/p>\n

"I fell asleep in the studio. That's probably me biggest on-air blunder – falling asleep during a show. How have I still got a job in broadcasting?"<\/p>\n

The Radio 1 presenter took on I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026Get Me Out Of Here! during its COVID era – and thinks William would be perfect for the show. <\/p>\n

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"I would love him to do it. He'll definitely be asked to do it in the next series, I'm pretty sure," he says.<\/p>\n

"To anyone that's going in this year – just enjoy it. It really is as tough as it looks, the days are long because when you're not doing much, it's a bit boring and you're hungry. But just enjoy it and be yourself," he adds. "Don't blame the edit when you come out. 'I was edited wrong' – you can't edit someone arguing."<\/p>\n

Would he ever return to reality TV with Celebrity Big Brother? \u201cI would never say no to anything because you never know, in a couple of years, you might be skint,\u201d he says. As for William, he\u2019s not particularly keen on doing a reality show, he laughs \u201cThey\u2019d have to iron their bedding!\u201d <\/p>\n

Help I Sexted My Boss: A Hilarious Guide to Avoiding Life\u2019s Awkward Moments is available to buy now<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n