Michael Sheen has called for Prince Andrew to be taken out of the Royal Family and for Tom Jones to be brought in as he launched an attack against royal ‘wrong ‘uns’ during a BBC interview.

Mr Sheen made the comments during his appearance on the BBC One show The Assembly where he was interviewed by a group of 35 autistic, neurodivergent and learning disabled people.

He also went into detail about why he controversially chose to hand back his OBE and why he has a problem with the title of Prince and Princess of Wales.

It was billed as the show where no subjects are out of bounds and no questions are off the table and The Assembly lived up to its word as Mr Sheen was asked a wide variety of questions which he answered candidly.

One area Mr Sheen was grilled on was his opinion of the Royals – as one of the most vocal critics of the monarchy – and, as a Welshman, their role in Wales.

Welsh actor Michael Sheen appeared on BBC One Show The Assembly where he was interviewed by a group of 35 autistic, neurodivergent and learning disabled people. During the show he was grilled about his opinion on the monarchy

Mr Sheen as Prince Andrew. He is set to play the Prince in the upcoming Amazon Prime series ‘A Very Royal Scandal’. He said during the show if he would like to replace Prince Andrew with comedian Joe Lycett

During the interview Mr Sheen said he found the title of Prince and Princess of Wales ‘problematic’

One interviewer asked Mr Sheen if he could replace two members of the Royal family who would he replace and with who.

To which he replied: ‘I’d get rid of Andrew and replace him with Joe Lycett and maybe bring David Attenborough instead of Camilla. And I’d make Tom Jones the Prince of Wales.

Mr Sheen is set to play Prince Andrew in the upcoming Amazon Prime series ‘A Very Royal Scandal’ which follows the Prince after his disastrous 2019 interview with journalist Emily Maitlis.

Another interviewer, named Efan, asked Mr Sheen why he decided to give back his OBE. The award winning actor received his OBE in 2009 for service to drama before handing it back in 2017.

Mr Sheen said: ‘I was given the OBE which is a great honour. But a few years later I was asked if I would do something called the Raymond Williams Lecture – a history of Wales.

‘As I was researching for that I realised that if I was to give this lecture and say the things I was discovering I would be very hypocritical to have something calling me an Officer of the British Empire.’

He added that he has no problem with the honour system but felt he couldn’t give the lecture without handing back his OBE.

Among other topics, Mr Sheen was asked if he preferred trains or buses, to which he said buses and he also revealed that during his youth he thought John Taylor from Duran Duran was ‘the most beautiful person I’d ever seen. Man or woman’

Mr Sheen receiving his OBE in 2009. The award winning actor received his OBE in 2009 for service to drama before handing it back in 2017

Mr Sheen was asked if he could replace two members of the Royal family who would he replace and with who to which Mr Sheen said he would replace Prince Andrew (right) with comedian Joe Lycett (left)

The Raymond Williams Lecture, named after a Marxist academic, is an annual lecture which explores Welsh culture and identity.

During his lecture in 2017, Mr Sheen attacked Britain and England for, in his words, making the Welsh ‘forget’ about their history. He, at the time, said: ‘If we want to be British we have to forget. Don’t teach history, don’t talk about it in public. We accommodate as if nothing happened.’

Efan then asked a follow-up question about what Mr Sheen’s opinion was of the Royals in general.

Mr Sheen paused for a second before he said: ‘I was a huge fan of the Queen. I think as individuals there are a few ‘wrong uns’ and clearly there is a problem.

‘I have a bit of a problem with people accumulating so much wealth when we have people sleeping on the street.’

Mr Sheen has been vocal in the past about his opposition to the title of Prince of Wales which he brought up during his answer.

He said: ‘Personally, with the particular title of the Prince and Princess of Wales there is a history with that title that is problematic.’

The star is a vocal supporter of the Welsh independence movement and in September 2022 he criticised King Charles III for visiting Wales on September 16 – Owain Glyndŵr day.

This marks the day in 1400 is when Glyndŵr began a 15-year uprising against the then-king of England, Henry IV, after which his followers would proclaim him Prince of Wales.

At the time, Mr Sheen claimed the choice of date to visit, which was the King’s first visit to Wales since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, was ‘full of meaning.’

Mr Sheen was asked if he could replace two members of the Royal family who would he replace and with who. He said he would replace Queen Camilla (right) with broadcaster and national treasure David Attenborough (left)

Welsh singer Tom Jones. Mr Sheen said he would make Mr Jones Prince of Wales if he could

In November the same year, Mr Sheen found himself at the centre of a row with Prince William after criticised the Prince of Wales for handing out shirts to the England squad ahead of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

Among other topics, Mr Sheen was asked if he preferred trains or buses, to which he said trains. The Good Omens star also revealed that his favorite food is egg and chips and that during his youth he thought John Taylor from Duran Duran was ‘the most beautiful person I’d ever seen. Man or woman.’

The Assembly is a British adaptation of a French show called Les Rencontres du Papotin which saw French President Emmanuel Macron and French actress Camille Cottin face questions from a room of neurodivergent journalists.

The show was a hit in France becoming amongst the most watched programmes in 2022.