Jesse Watters Jokes on D.C. Guns to Queen Camilla at State Dinner

Fox News host Jesse Watters recounted making an ill-received joke about gun violence in Washington, D.C., to Queen Camilla during a White House state dinner on April 28, prompting a staff member to pull him away from the royal.

The incident occurred during the reception line at the formal event, hosted for King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the second day of their four-day U.S. visit, their first since Charles ascended the throne following Queen Elizabeth II's death in 2022. Watters described the exchange on his show "The Five" the following day. After introducing himself to the king as a Fox News host with two programs, Charles responded, "They must really love you here," according to Watters' account.

Watters then approached Camilla, referencing her earlier visit that day to an expanded beehive on the White House South Lawn. "How was the beehive?" he asked. Camilla replied, "It was very good. No one got stung." Watters continued, "Well, you know, it's Washington, D.C., if the bees don't get you, the guns will." A woman then began pulling him away, he said, adding, "I don't know what I was saying. I started mumbling."

The remark breached the strict protocol of such diplomatic...