Hugh Grant Caught Sleeping on Camera After Charming Queen Camilla at Wimbledon

The excitement of the Wimbledon quarter-finals was too much for Hugh Grant, as he appeared to fall asleep while on camera in the Royal Box.

The actor, 64, had joined a slew of stars at the All England Lawn Tennis Club for another day of action, and had been seen charming Queen Camilla as he took his seat at Centre Court on Wednesday.

Footage aired on the BBC showed Hugh nodding off mere minutes after chatting to Queen Camilla, having arrived for the match with his wife Anna.

Fans were left in hysterics as they spotted the moment during the channel’s Wimbledon coverage, as it was shared on X with the caption: ‘It’s all got a bit too much for Hugh Grant.’

Posts on X included: ‘Hugh Grant asleep at the tennis lol;’

‘Now why Hugh Grant look like he’s asleep at Wimbledon; Someone wake up Hugh Grant, dude is out cold;’

The excitement of the Wimbledon quarter-finals was too much for Hugh Grant , as he appeared to fall asleep while on camera in the Royal Box

The actor had been seen charming Queen Camilla as he took his seat at Centre Court on Wednesday

After a weekend of intermittent rain and occasional sunshine, guests at Wimbledon were treated to glorious 26 degree heat as they watch Novak Djokovic take on flamboyant Italian Flavio Cobolli in their quarter final second on Centre Court.

Hannah Waddingham and Emily Atack, 34, made sure to bring the glamour at the star-studded day.

Actress and singer Hannah, 50, looked incredible in a stylish alice + olivia red dress and matching bag.

Emily was among the stars arriving to Wimbledon, sporting a very stylish black and white gown.

She sipped on a Pimm’s while posing for pictures before joining her sister Martha and fellow celebs on Centre Court.

Jack Whitehall, 37, and his fiancée Roxy Horner, 34, appeared completely focused during the match.

The couple, who share daughter Elsie, enjoyed some quality time away from parenting on their date day.

Before taking their seats, Roxy and Jack posed with his parents Michael and Hilary inside the Vodafone Lounge #NationsNetwork.

Footage aired on the BBC showed Hugh nodding off mere minutes after chatting to Queen Camilla, having arrived for the match with his wife Anna.

Fans were left in hysterics as they spotted the moment during the BBC’s Wimbledon coverage

Hugh and his wife Anna, who wed in 2018, put on a jovial display as they watched the match alongside celebs

Hugh and Anna stood up with the crowd as they welcomed Queen Camilla onto Centre Court

Queen Camilla wore a floral shirt dress

Meanwhile, Hannah Waddingham (L), 50, and Emily Atack (R), 35, made sure to bring the glamour at the star-studded day

Jack Whitehall, 37, and his fiancée Roxy Horner, 34, appeared completely focused during the match

He and Anna endured a star-studded day out at the tennis

Hugh couldn’t wipe the smile off his face as he chatted with guests next to him

Hugh enjoyed a day out at day 10 of Wimbledon with fellow guests in the royal box

The couple looked more than loved-up on their day date

At one point, the pair couldn’t contain their laughter

The actor was all smiles as he met with Netflix star Luke, who wore a stylish matching suit.

GK Barry looked incredibly chic in a black and white tweed dress as she struck a pose before taking her seat.

In a big-hitting battle between the two tallest players to reach the last eight, 6ft 5ins Fritz overcame a third-set wobble, a medical timeout and a rogue line call to triumph 6-3 6-4 1-6 7-6 (4) against 6ft 6ins Khachanov.

The American will face either back-to-back champion Carlos Alcaraz for a place in Sunday’s final.

‘I’m feeling great to get through it,’ Fritz said in his on-court interview.

‘The match was going so well for me for two sets. I’ve never had a match really just flip so quickly, so I’m really happy with how I came back in the fourth set and got it done.

‘I felt I couldn’t miss and then all of sudden I’m making a ton of mistakes. Momentum was definitely not going to be on my side going into a fifth.’

In another embarrassing episode for tournament organisers, Wimbledon’s faltering electronic line calling system suffered a further malfunction during the quarter-final.

Hugh kept things basic in a navy suit and tie while Anna rocked a Chanel-inspired tweed dress

The couple took their seats in the iconic royal box

Emily Atack was among the stars arriving to Wimbledon, sporting a very stylish black and white gown

‘Fault’ was incorrectly called by the technology in the opening game of the fourth set when a Fritz backhand landed well inside the baseline.

With the system still tracking the initial serve, chair umpire Louise Azemar-Engzell ordered the point be replayed.

Spectators and players alike should expect a torrid time at the south-west London venue over the coming week, after a yellow heat health alert was issued for the southern half of England, with temperatures once again set to soar.

The alert, issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), will be in place for seven days from 10:00am on July 8 and covers London, the East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, South East and South West.

“Significant impacts” are likely across health and social care services due to higher temperatures over the period, with the Met Office warning some areas will reach heatwave criteria and possibly see temperatures in the lows 30s by the end of the week.

The UK saw its hottest day of the year so far when 34.7C was recorded at St James’s Park in central London on July 1, while the capital also experienced the hottest start to Wimbledon on record.

Provisional Met Office figures also showed England had its warmest June on record last month.

An official heatwave is recorded when areas reach a certain temperature for three consecutive days, with thresholds varying from 25C to 28C in different parts of the UK.