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Rock star Meat Loaf, born Marvin Lee Aday, died on Jan. 20, 2022, at the age of 74. While many remembered him for his music, including his debut album Bat Out of Hell, others recalled more humorous moments from his life. One particular moment involved the now-disgraced Prince Andrew, who is a member of the British royal family and has been accused of sexual abuse, an allegation that he has denied. Snopes readers asked us if it's true that Meat Loaf once tried to push the prince into a moat after an argument. In 2003, Meat Loaf recalled an argument he had with the prince, which resulted in the singer nearly pushing the royal into a moat. In an interview with The Guardian, he described how he appeared in It's a Royal Knockout, a charity event held in 1987: The prince, it seems, didn’t actually get pushed into the moat, but the royals have not confirmed or denied this particular encounter. Meat Loaf was a member of Andrew’s wife’s celebrity team, dressed in blue as per this archival video: A full video of the charity games can be seen here, with Meat Loaf running around at 1:06:15. The footage then cuts to Prince Andrew clapping: Although Meat Loaf recounted the event in an interview, and there is footage of him and the couple at the occasion, neither the royal family nor any eyewitnesses we're aware of have confirmed that the encounter occurred as he described it, so we rate this claim as Unproven.
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