Jeremy Clarkson says royal visited Clarkson's Farm - here's what they were really like

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that a member of the royal family recently visited his Oxfordshire business Diddly Squat Farm. The former Top Gear host's 1000-acre farm and its adjoining shop in the heart of the Cotswolds has become hugely popular with fans across the UK thanks to its appearance on his Amazon Prime Video series, Clarkson's Farm.

Now, the 65-year-old motoring journalist has revealed his business is even popular with royals after a teenage Arab prince paid a visit to his farm earlier this month. Clarkson had thought the unnamed royal would be "surely and entitled" - but praised the young man for his polite manners with his staff. He wrote in his Times column on Sunday (July 13): "We had an actual Arab prince to the farm for lunch last week.

"He was a teenager so you'd imagine he was both surely and entitled. But he wasn't," he gushed. "Every time a lady came past the lunch table, he stood up and when our housekeeper arrived to clear away the plates, he leapt to his feet, helped her and even loaded the dishwasher."

The Grand Tour star shared the anecdote while praising the "immaculate" manners of "rich Arabs" compared with wealthy Englishmen who he claimed "swagger and boast" around the country.

He went on: "You should see how they treat their chauffeurs and their helicopter pilots and their security teams. It's immaculate." It comes after Clarkson defended the fourth series of his Prime Video show after claims that it focused too much on his new pub, The Farmer's Dog.

While earlier series of the show followed the dad-of-three's efforts to run Diddly Squat Farm, the installment centred on the challenges of launching his new business.

Taking to X - formerly known as Twitter - Clarkson shared a playful poll: "Series 4 of Clarkson's Farm. Who do we like most? Endgame? Or Richard Ham?"

One follower replied: "Talking about the TV show, I enjoyed more when it was more farm related. The pub was as overwhelming to you as for us lol."

Clarkson simply replied: "I know what you mean but the pub IS farm related." Meanwhile on Reddit, fans echoed similar complaints, with one user writing: "Season 4 was more like Clarkson's Pub than Clarkson's Farm."

Another agreed: "The show should be a lot more interesting if they focused more on the farm, and less on the pub and other outside activities."