A black cab driver from Kings Langley has given an insight into one of the perks of his job - sharing a host of brilliant selfies he's taken with world famous stars he's driven around.
Sean Dugdale has been a London cab driver for 12 years and has had some of Britain's most famous faces in the back of his car over the years.
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Perhaps surprisingly, he's never had a bad interaction with a celebrity, saying: "They've all been nice. You wouldn't expect that to be the case but they've all been lovely. I know everyone has bad days, but I've been very lucky in my experience!
"I can't really slag any of them off, some have been quiet but I've had some really lovely experiences."
His favourite interaction was with Liam Gallagher, telling the Watford Observer that he was surprised by how funny the Oasis frontman was.
He said: "When I picked him up (Gallagher) I was so nervous that I had the camera pointed to the wall when I took the photo, so he just took the phone from me and took the picture himself!
"He comes across as a bit confrontational so I didn't think he was going to be as friendly and as naturally funny as he was. He had me belly laughing."
He recalls talking football with Adrian Dunbar, best known for playing Ted Hastings in hit BBC drama Line of Duty.
While in a race against time to get to The Old Vic theatre for a play he was starring in, the Chelsea supporting cabbie shared a joke with the lifelong Arsenal fan.
"He joked that a Chelsea fan would never be able to get him there on time.. I did!", said Sean.
Sean has even had a brush with royalty, picking up Princess Beatrice two months ago. While the pair did take a picture, he has chosen not to share it and wouldn't divulge what they discussed, only saying that she was "really nice".Sean, whose twin brother is also a black cab driver, said: "Some cabbies don't ask for selfies but I always do because I just think to myself 'what's the worst that can happen?'"
The only celebrity to ever say no? Kathleen Turner, who declined as she wasn't wearing any makeup!
Away from the glamour of picking up celebrities, Sean says that he's proud to drive a 'poppy cab' on Remembrance Sunday, taking veterans to the Cenotaph free of charge, as well as maintaining the cabbie tradition of not charging for trips to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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