Moment Queen stands back to let flustered Meghan get into their car FIRST during visit to Cheshire

This is the awkward moment Meghan was ushered into a car by the Queen - after first offering to let the monarch go first.

The Duchess of Sussex joined her grandmother-in-law in Cheshire for their first joint engagement on Thursday, and after stepping off the royal train at Runcorn they were promptly escorted towards a waiting car.

But in this footage captured by an LBC reporter, the pair appeared to share a moment of confusion, as Meghan, 36, first offers to let the Queen get in first - before suggesting they switch round and asks: 'What's your preference?'.

It is believed that Meghan offered to let the 92-year-old go before her because she prefers to sit behind the driver's seat.

After arriving at the station shortly after 10.30am the pair were escorted towards the car, with footage suggesting Meghan was told to go in ahead of the Queen - but the monarch, apparently oblivious, went in first instead.

A flustered Meghan then stepped in to suggest she go in first instead, prompting the 92-year-old to stand back before settling into her preferred seat, where an aide covered her with a blanket to keep warm.

Etiquette expert William Hanson told MailOnline: 'The Queen always sits behind the driver. 

'This is just a case of habit not protocol (protocol actually says the most important person sits diagonally behind the driver) but the Queen has always preferred being directly behind whoever is driving her.