   Note to anyone due to meet Sir David Attenborough: do NOT ask him about the Queen.   In a cringingly awkward interview with Naga Munchetty on BBC Breakfast this morning, the legendary documentary maker, 92, shut down any chat that wasn’t about butterflies
   Naga began by asking him about his recent work on Blue Planet 2, and how it’s helped shift public opinions on cutting down use of plastics
   “Plastics have become such a concern now for businesses and people in their everyday lives and that is down to you,” she gushed
  But Sir David replied: “I don’t know about that - a lot of very powerful voices have been working at this for a while
”   Naga then went on to ask him about his recent royal-focused show, The Queen’s Green Planet: “You recently had a discussion with the Queen - we’re very keen to know whether you discussed plastics when you did meet her
”   Bluntly, Sir David replied: “No we did not. No we did not.”   Naga then tried to get him to talk about another member of the royal family - to no avail
    “Prince Charles is a big advocate of helping the environment - it’s an issue that does appear to be held closely to the royal family’s heart,” she pointed out
    “That may be, yes,” he said abruptly.   Because of his short answers, Naga then probed: “I understand your reluctance for that conversation but perhaps you’d be keen to talk about the launch of the RRS Attenborough? The boat recently launched-“   Sir David interrupted: “I wanted to talk about the big butterfly count, that’s why you invited me here
”   Naga answered: “Of course, and we will do and we will continue to.   “But we can’t resist the opportunity to talk about more [than that] because you’re so fondly held in many people’s hearts
  “An example of that is the naming of that boat and the launch of which you were at - was that a significant moment for you?”   Continuing his short responses, he said: “Yes it was
”  Viewers took to Twitter to say how awkward the whole interview was.   “That was painful… Sir David Attenborough p****d off with Naga…#bbcbreakfast
”   Another said: “#bbcbreakfast Oh dear, awful awful interview.”    *BBC Breakfast airs 6am on BBC1   
