{"id":262758,"date":"2026-09-13T15:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T15:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/snl-uk-jokes-prince-harry-meghan-markle-ran-out-of-netflix-money-in-skit-parodying-england-move\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T15:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T15:23:18","slug":"snl-uk-jokes-prince-harry-meghan-markle-ran-out-of-netflix-money-in-skit-parodying-england-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/snl-uk-jokes-prince-harry-meghan-markle-ran-out-of-netflix-money-in-skit-parodying-england-move\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018SNL UK\u2019 Jokes Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Ran Out of \u2018Netflix Money\u2019 in Skit Parodying England Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/saturday-night-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Saturday Night Live UK <\/i><\/a>is talking about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/meghan-markle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Prince Harry <\/b><\/a>and <b>Meghan Markle<\/b>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/meghan-markle-shares-glimpse-of-u-k-life-with-prince-harry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">move back to England<\/a> after spending six years across the pond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Saturday, September 12, <i>SNL UK <\/i>season 2 premiere kicked off with a royal-themed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-kzHYu6Gumc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">cold open<\/span><\/a>, featuring <b>King Charles III<\/b> (<b>Larry Dean<\/b>) and <b>Queen Camilla <\/b>(<b>Emma Sidi<\/b>) appearing to enjoy a \u201cweekend away\u201d at their Balmoral retreat in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While \u201cCharles\u201d and \u201cCamilla\u201d soaked in the so-called \u201cbliss\u201d of their Scottish weekend, their apparent peace was quickly interrupted when Harry (<b>Jack Shep<\/b>) and Meghan <b>(Ayoade Bambgboye<\/b>) arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHarry, what are you two doing here? This castle is for royals only,\u201d pretend-Charles quipped, further asking what his son and daughter-in-law wanted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Faux Meghan replied, \u201cWe\u2019re moving back to the U.K. and we need your help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cCharles,\u201d meanwhile, asked whether \u201cHarry\u201d and \u201cMeghan\u201d had \u201cspent all [their] Netflix money already.\u201d (Harry, 41, and Meghan, 45, inked a multimillion-dollar deal to produce TV and films for the streamer upon their stateside move in 2020.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cDaddy, it was $60 million. How long was it meant to last?\u201d onscreen \u201cHarry\u201d lamented. \u201cI\u2019m not asking for much, just a duchy or two. \u2026 Daddy, just because I don\u2019t want to be a royal doesn\u2019t mean I want to be a regular guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Harry and Meghan stepped away from their duties as senior working royals in 2020 in favor of a private life. The couple, along with son Prince Archie, now 7, settled in California, later welcoming daughter Princess Lilibet, now 5, in 2021. <i>Us <\/i>confirmed in August that Harry and Meghan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-arrive-in-uk-amid-move-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">would return to England<\/span><\/a> in time for their kids to start school in the fall.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Harry and Meghan Return Home | SNL UK\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-kzHYu6Gumc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Despite the move, Charles, 77, made it clear that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are still no longer working members of the royal family. (Charles had been estranged from Harry since the 2020 move, though they have begun mending fences amid the king\u2019s ongoing battle with an undisclosed form of cancer.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe charitable work of the Duke and Duchess is a personal matter for them both and undertaken in their private capacity,\u201d Charles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/king-charles-clarifies-prince-harry-meghan-markles-status\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">wrote in a letter<\/span><\/a> sent to the Sussexes\u2019 team, obtained by multiple news outlets, earlier this month. \u201cIn short, their position is akin to private citizens with commercial and charitable interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">He continued, \u201c\u200bIt is well known that in January 2020 the Duke and Duchess stepped down from undertaking representative duties on behalf of The Sovereign, and are no longer working Members of The Royal Family. This position, distinct from the State and Royal duties undertaken by the working Royal Family, and with the personal latitude it brings the couple in respect of financial independence and protection of their privacy as they would wish, will continue to be fully respected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A spokesperson for the Archewell cofounders<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-surprised-by-king-charles-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"> later told the BBC<i> <\/i><\/span><\/a>that Harry and Meghan were \u201ca little surprised not to have been told about this in advance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Saturday Night Live UK <\/i>airs on Sky One live Saturdays at 10 p.m. BST.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/snl-uk-spoofs-prince-harry-meghan-markles-move-to-england\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even Saturday Night Live UK is talking about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle\u2019s move back to England after spending six years across the pond. The Saturday, September 12, SNL UK season 2 premiere kicked off with a royal-themed cold open, featuring King Charles III (Larry Dean) and Queen Camilla (Emma Sidi) appearing to enjoy a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":262760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-262758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}