King Charles is secret fan of Star Trek, reveals iconic actor

KING Charles is a secret Trekkie, says  Jean-Luc Picard actor Sir Patrick Stewart.

The 83-year-old, who played the USS Enterprise captain in Star Trek: The Next Generation, reckons the royal is a fan after chatting during several meetings.

Charles, 74, was 17 when the original “Beam me up, Scotty” TV  series launched in 1966.

It has since spawned a string of telly spin-offs and a movie franchise. 

In 1996 Charles attended the premiere of Star Trek: First Contact and requested actress Marina Sirtis, who played Deanna Troi, to accompany him to the screening.

Sir Patrick, also a renowned Shakespearean actor, said: “I am convinced King Charles is a Star Trek fan.

“I’ve met him several times when he was  the Prince of Wales and, though he never broached the topic, I got a sense he was familiar with the show.”  

However the King’s interest in the sci-fi show does not seem to have been shared by his late mother, Queen Elizabeth.

In his new book Making It So, Sir Patrick writes  of the moment she knighted him in 2010:  “She  was as gracious as I had imagined she would be, though I am not entirely sure if she knew who I was.”