{"id":769177,"date":"2026-09-13T08:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/769177\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:48:14","slug":"snl-u-k-mocks-prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-british-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/769177\/","title":{"rendered":"‘SNL U.K.’ Mocks Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s British Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPrince Harry<\/a> and Meghan Markle<\/a>\u2019s recent much-publicized return to England was mocked in the cold open of the first episode of \u201cSaturday Night Live U.K.\u201d Season 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe cold open began with Larry Dean as King Charles II and Emma Sidi as Queen Camilla relaxing at Balmoral Castle in Scotland (\u201cI do love our weekends away. No responsibilities, just like every other day,\u201d says Camilla.)<\/p>\n

\n\tThey are then interrupted by the arrival of Harry (Jack Shep) and Meghan (Ayoade Bamgboye). With much of the skit consisting of them being in a close embrace \u2014 to the disgust of King Charles \u2014 there were countless one-liners making fun of their decision to return to the U.K.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhat do you two want?\u201d asked an infuriated Charles. \u201cDon\u2019t tell me you\u2019ve spent that Netflix money already.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDaddy, it was $16 million,\u201d replied Harry. \u201cHow long was it supposed to last?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhat a waste you\u2019ve become, you\u2019re lucky your father is not around to see this,\u201d Charles responded, a line which received a large reaction in the room.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeghan\u2019s lifestyle brands were also riffed on, with her presenting an ice tray to Camilla. \u201cI made it myself,\u201d she said. \u201cI can give you the recipe. I\u2019m a whizz in the kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cShe hires the best chefs,\u201d Harry added.<\/p>\n

\n\tGeorge Fouracres, who received acclaim for his acute portrayal of former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, also made his first appearance as Prime Minister Andy Burnham, wearing his trademark black rimmed glasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m the new PM. And I\u2019m nothing like the last one,\u201d he said. Making fun of Burnham\u2019s raft of policies over the summer and his attempts at being relatable despite being in high office, the skit ended up with him saying:\u00a0\u201cI will buy everybody a pint, because I want you to like me. I need you to like me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe first episode of \u201cSNL U.K.\u201d was hosted by Jeff Goldblum, who performed a jazzy number<\/a> about spending time in London during his monologue.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle\u2019s recent much-publicized return to England was mocked in the cold open of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,100,983,170739,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-769177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-meghan-markle","tag-prince-harry","tag-snl-uk","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}