Prince William & Kate -- Best Seats at Wimbledon ... With Bear Grylls?

It was a power summit at Wimbledon today with rich and powerful people from all over the world filling the grandstands -- so, how the hell did Bear Grylls get the seats behind Prince William?

Seriously.

Here are the stars he beat out for the 2nd best seats in the house -- David Beckham was there. So was Prince Albert of Monaco. Sophie, Countess of Wessex. Even Bradley Cooper attended.

So, again ... how did Bear Grylls get those seats???

Now, Grylls does have some serious political ties ... his father was a pretty big British politician. But still, more clout than David Beckham ... in England??

Weird, right?