A member of the Royal Family will appear on the next series of Strictly Come Dancing - if show bosses get their way.

As we told you last year Princess Beatrice was reportedly “very close” to accepting an offer to appear on the hit show, and judge Len Goodman has now mentioned both her and her cousin Zara Phillips’ name as Strictly targets.

He tells The Sun, “We definitely want a royal on the show.

"Princess Beatrice looks like she'd be a good dancer and then there's Zara Phillips - she's athletic."

Goodman - who is now officiating on the US version Dancing With The Stars, along with Strictly chum Bruno Tonioli - also mentions someone from the Houses Of Parliament would make a good contestant.

"A politician would be great too," he says, "Some must be good dancers."