Zara McDermott first met Queen Camilla when she was invited to a Buckingham Palace reception to raise awareness of violence against women last year.
The Love Island star had released a BBC documentary sharing her experience with revenge porn and had lots to chat about when she met avid Strictly Come Dancing fan, Queen Camilla.
Zara told OK! Magazine that she now “hopes” the monarch will be watching her take part in the latest series of the ballroom competition.
As for developing her career making documentaries, that is something Zara is continuing to do as she tries to leave her Love Island experience in the past.
“I’m not ashamed of my reality background, but at this point in my life I’m a documentary maker,” she shared.
“That’s what I do, that’s my full-time job and it has been for three years now. Love Island is where I started, it gave me a platform to do what I do now, which I’m so grateful for, and being the first person to come from that place to Strictly is incredible.
“I’m proud of myself and how hard I’ve worked to change the perception around reality TV,” she added.
Zara, 26, found fame on the fourth series of the ITV dating franchise in 2018 before being evicted from the Mallorca villa on Day 25. She is currently dating Made in Chelsea star, Sam Thompson.
In her Instagram story last week, Zara revealed she’d suffered a minor injury on her big toe from the intensive training.
The Essex native posted a snap of her damaged toe peeping out of a flip flop, before joking to fans it had seen “better days.”
Meanwhile, Strictly pro Katya Jones shared a video of Zara’s tote bag holding her stiletto shoes with the caption, “Priorities have changed”.
The post made some fans question if Zara and Katya had been paired up.
However, Katya soon took to her Instagram Stories to clear that up.
During a question and answer session on her Instagram, Katya was quizzed on her partner and wrote: “I did talk to him, but it wasn’t him who was wearing flip-flops.”
Fans of the glitzy show are itching to know the professional partners of each Strictly stars, but as per tradition, the cast has been banned from sharing any spoilers.
Zara did pique interest, however, after revealing she’s “so desperate” to share who she’ll be dancing with on the highly-anticipated live shows. The teasing message was posted alongside a selfie of her smiling broadly, suggesting she’s more than pleased with who she’s been matched with.
“My face constantly at the moment…ready for another day. I’m so desperate to tell you all who my pro partner is,” she captioned the cheeky snap shared to her Instagram.
