Mark Rylance, the Oscar-winning actor, has claimed to be a "crop circle counsellor" to the Prince of Wales.
Rylance, who stars as the BFG in Steven Spielberg's new adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl book, said that both he and the Prince share a fascination with crop circles, and have exchanged letters regarding the phenomena.
He said: "He's interested in crop circles, too, so I send him my crop circle calendars and magazines that I buy and keep him informed. I'm his crop circle counsellor."
In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Rylance said he first met the Prince when he went to chat to the royal before playing Henry V at the Globe Theatre.
"He's just a human soul like you or I, but he's been born into this incredible fate," the actor told Australia's Sydney Morning Herald.
"We had a wonderful meeting and then he came to the Globe several times. He is a great lover of Shakespeare – and I met him another time to talk about Shakespeare.
"I still call him 'sir' in respect for his extraordinary fate. He's just a human soul like you or I, but he's been born into this incredible fate and so I respect him as I would respect anyone who has had an extraordinary fate given to them."
The Prince was reported to have shown an interest in crop circles in 1991, after a number of the patterns appeared across southern England, including in fields close to his Highgrove estate.
Self-styled researcher Colin Andrews was said to have been asked to meet with the Prince, but the meeting was cancelled after a tabloid newspaper revealed the plan.
Mr Andrews later wrote: "Prince Charles had crop circles on one of his estates as did other members of Royalty and his interest was high.
"Prince Charles wanted me to explain the features we were convinced at the time were of a genuine phenomenon. Although a plan was set for such a meeting to take place an unfortunate leak to the media scuttled our meeting."
A spokesman for the Prince refused to comment.
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