Andy Murray just got served by the Royal Family

HE’S won three grand slams, including two Wimbledon titles, but some people are just too hard to please. Andy Murray found out the hard way.

Murray will hope the opening ceremony goes much more smoothly.

BRITISH tennis players haven’t had a great history of living up to their fans’ expectations.

Just ask Tim Henman how difficult it is — the man responsible for “Henman’s Hill” becoming an institution at Wimbledon never really quenched supporters’ thirst for success.

Then there’s British athletes in general.

Take for example the performance of the England football team in recent years. They got knocked out in the round of 16 in the European Championships by Iceland this year, and they haven’t even threatened to win a major trophy since their heartbreaking exit at the 1990 World Cup despite supposedly boasting the best football league in the world.

Well, Andy Murray has managed to meet — and even surpass — the British public’s expectations.

Sure, he’s Scottish, but once he won his first Wimbledon crown in 2013, the rest of the UK was happy to tag him as a Brit.

Goodbye Henman Hill, hello Murray Mound.

He only enhanced his reputation by grabbing another Wimbledon trophy when he defeated Canadian Milos Raonic in this year’s final — giving him three grand slam titles including the US Open he won in 2012.

But even three majors isn’t enough to save you from some people.

Murray will carry Great Britain’s flag at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics on Saturday morning (AEST), but he might need to get some practice in judging by his effort at a team photo session.

With the entire Great Britain squad assembled and royalty there too — Princess Anne was standing directly next to Murray — the 29-year-old stood front and centre in an effort to get the perfect shot.

But while taking instructions from coach Ivan Lendl on how to put more topspin on his forehand might come easily, taking directions from a photographer clearly isn’t so simple.

He did his best, but he looked about as comfortable as Stan Wawrinka in Nick Kyrgios’ company. Take a look below.

Andy Murray makes his flag-bearing debut for @TeamGB ... fails hilariously #Rio2016 https://t.co/0JFVXE1cSIhttps://t.co/5aWQRsNeUW

— ITV News (@itvnews) August 4, 2016

But the worst was yet to come.

Murray’s about to play his guts out to try and win a gold medal for Great Britain, but the Royal Family had no sympathy — his flag gaffe was just too easy a target.

Their official Twitter account posted this tweet below after witnessing Murray’s mishap.

We're sure @Andy_Murray's racket handling skills are better than his flag bearing ones!#Rio2016 #BringOnTheGreathttps://t.co/jXozR4VWzw

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) August 4, 2016

Considering the string of controversies and gaffes that have plagued the Royal Family — think Prince Harry in a Las Vegas in a hotel room, Prince Andrew being accused of having sex with an underage girl and Prince Philip saying, well, pretty much everything that comes out of his mouth — getting burned by them has to sting Murray at least a little bit.

“I ended up putting the flag in front of Princess Anne’s face,” Murray said afterwards.

“The flag is huge and as soon as I tipped it, it was covering someone’s face.

“It has a big, sharp point on top of it and she said something like, ‘Make sure you don’t poke my eye out.’

“I hope she was OK. I didn’t mean to do it. I was just following instructions. Last night didn’t go well. I’ll have to try and get more practice in before tomorrow.”

Murray said he heard about the decision to make him Rio flag-bearer late on Tuesday night local time.

He was in bed and found himself having to get dressed in a hurry to rush downstairs to meet with British chef de mission Mark England.

“He explained why he thought I’d be a good person to do it. I was speechless,” said Murray.

“I felt very humble. It’s a big honour to do it. It wasn’t something I was expecting. It’s a big responsibility so I hope now I can perform well over the next 10 days.

“This is something I will remember for the rest of my life. It’s inspiring.”

Murray said he is unconcerned about his duties meaning a late night on Friday (local time), the day before the tennis tournament gets underway.

He won’t play his opening singles and doubles until Sunday.

Meanwhile, London 2012 flag-bearer — cyclist Chris Hoy — tweeted some advice to his compatriot.

Many congratulations @andy_murray on being chosen as the @TeamGB flag bearer, don't forget it has to be single arm and no holster! 😉💪🏻

— Chris Hoy (@chrishoy) August 3, 2016

— with AFP