The Titanic Quarter is a celeb-spotter’s delight.  From royalty to rock stars, scarcely a day goes by without an illustrious face being spotted exploring the TQ.  And in Dock Cafe we get to meet Belfast Giants, rugby players, cast and crew of Game Of Thrones on a regular basis.  (We are, after all, the nearest place they can pick up a pint of milk).

Which of course means that there’s an unseemly race to see who can accrue the most celeb encounters. Proper encounters, mind you, not “Isn’t that…?” glimpses from a distance.  I thought I was doing well with my handshake with the Queen, but I think Colin Cobb (the Grand High Emperor of Titanic Walking Tours) has edged an early lead with his encounter with the King Of The World during his visit to the TQ last week.

I did get to glimpse him from afar at a reception beside the Grand Staircase (nice fuzzy long-distance pic on the right) but Colin got to bring him down into the Thompson Dry Dock for the ultimate ‘footsteps of Titanic’ experience (pics below).

You win this time, Cobb…