Why Emma Thompson wore sneakers when receiving her Damehood. British actress, Emma Thompson defended her decision to wear sneakers to Buckingham Palace stating that “they were posh trainers” and reveals she was totally unaware of the huge outrage it would cause.

At the start of this year, the Academy Award and BAFTA winning actress was named in the Queen’s birthday honours for her services to drama. She went to the royal palace of the Queen to collect the accolade from the Duke of Cambridge and the “Sense and Sensibility” actress decided to wear a fitted blue pantsuit paired which paired up with her white sneakers.

Her choice of footwear caused criticism across social media platforms with people taking to Twitter with poor Emma receiving lots of criticism due to the choice of her footwear. Some fans accused her of showing disrespect to the royal protocol.

In response, the “Remains of the Day”’ actress insisted the shoes were “posh” and admitted she was unaware of the huge backlash she caused. Chatting on the ‘My Dad Wrote a Porno’ podcast, of the Stella McCartney $325 Stan Smith vegan style shoes.

She said: “They were posh trainers. “Of course you have to understand as well as not listening to any f***ing podcast ever, well yours obviously, but mostly not. “I don’t do social media so I have no idea when they say ‘Oh my god you caused a stir.’ I go, ‘Why?’ ”

This isn’t the first time Emma has landed herself into deep water with her fashion choices the 59 year old actress revealed she got into terrible trouble one year for wearing jeans to the coveted Cannes Film Festival.

She said: “I got into terrible trouble wearing jeans to Cannes once, I was wearing a very sparkly top look if you’re wearing a sparkly top it doesn’t matter what you’re wearing underneath it.

“Their fashion police went, ‘Oh my god! What is she doing? She is destroying the whole Cannes experience! Everyone is coming to see the beautiful Cannes actresses all dressed up looking gorgeous and look what she is doing, she’s wrecking the whole thing!'”

Why Emma Thompson wore sneakers for her Damehood