ROWAN Atkinson’s soldier son joined the Gurkhas — and learnt local “chat-up” lines.

Lt Ben Atkinson — the Mr Bean actor’s double — spent three months in Nepal earlier this year.

4 Rowan Atkinson’s son has joined the Gurkhas to learn chat up lines Credit: Getty - Contributor

As a Gurkha officer and platoon commander in the proud regiment he must learn the Nepalese lingo.

He underwent a ten-week course and was also taught about the culture which creates heroic Gurkhas, a unique unit within the British Army.

A write-up in The Gurkha Brigade Association’s newsletter revealed he also picked up some local dance moves.

It said: “Lt Atkinson grasped the language remarkably quickly.

4 Lt Ben Atkinson pictured with a Gurkha in Brunei

“This may be attributed either to his language experience, having studied both Arabic and Spanish previously, or to his urgent requirement to learn the local Nepalese ‘chat-up’ lines.

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“Learning Nepalese dance moves was a personal priority and Lt Atkinson was quick to establish an impressive ‘uthyo basyo’ (an up-down rapid squatting dance-move).”

Lt Ben, 26, whose dad is worth around £90million, provided a guard of honour last year for Emmanuel Macron and Theresa May at Sandhurst.

The Exeter University graduate is from Rowan’s first marriage to make-up artist Sunetra Sastry, 62.

4 Lt Ben provided a guard of honour for Emmanuel Macron and Theresa May on a visit to Sandhurst Credit: Getty - Contributor

4 Ben's mother Sunetra Sastry split from his father Rowan in 2013 Credit: PA:Press Association

Jeremy Hardy stars alongside Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder as Corporal Perkins