James Blunt has revealed that he and Ed Sheeran made up the story about Princess Beatrice cutting Sheeran’s face with a sword.
It was reported in November that Princess Beatrice had accidentally slashed Sheeran’s face while she pretended to knight Blunt at the Royal Lodge in Windsor.
According to the story, Blunt joked that he wanted to become Sir James. Princess Beatrice then retrieved a ceremonial sword and swung it backwards, accidentally catching Ed Sheeran on the cheek in the process.
However, Blunt has now claimed the whole story is fake. The singer-songwriter opened up to ShortList about the real story: “Ed was drunk, messing around, and he cut himself,” he said. “We made a fancy story up; people fell for it. It was very embarrassing.”
When asked how much of the Princess Beatrice sword story was made up, Blunt replied with: “All of it.”
Meanwhile, Blunt has recent has shared a new track called ‘Love Me Better’, which he co-wrote with Sheeran and Sheeran’s regular collaborator Johnny McDaid.
It was revealed in January that Sheeran has co-written songs for Blunt’s latest album. ‘Love Me Better’, was inspired by Blunt’s wife and son, is the first one to be released.
It has also been reported that Blunt will open for Sheeran on US tour dates later this year, though this has yet to be confirmed. Blunt’s new album ‘The Afterlove’ will drop on Friday 24th March.
