Everything was going normally. It seemed like yet another public event in which Prince Harry took the microphone and said various conventions written by someone else on a piece of paper. And suddenly, he started joking about his family and comparison with a series … television like ‘Downtown Abbey‘. A joke that has been taken to the extreme by ensuring that reality exceeds fiction. “There’s more drama“, he summarized.
The Duke of Sussex was the distinguished guest and keynote speaker at the 65th annual British-American Business Council Christmas luncheon, held in Santa Monica, California, near Montecito, where he lives with Maghan Markle and their two children. What no one expected was that during his speech, he compare life in the royal family with a TV seriesBritish particularly emblematic.
“Sometimes people wonder if growing up in the royal family was like ‘Downton Abbey,’ the world of (series creator) Julian Fellows. Yes, but Just one of these worlds is full of drama, intrigue, elaborate dinners and marriages to Americans.and the other is a TV series,” he said, microphone in hand. Most laughed while a few opened their eyes.
The prince of sarcasm
And he continued with the sarcasm. Thus, Prince Harry emphasized that the event was the “first Christmas party» which I had been attending “for a long time”. A way of reminding us that his father has excluded him for years from the guest list – like Prince Andrew – for the end-of-year celebrations at the palace.
There is no doubt that Prince Harry was in a good mood as he also remembered another of his arch enemies. He also used irony to refer to Donald Trump, and more specifically his immigration policies. It must be remembered that one of the never-hidden wishes of the President of the United States is to expel the youngest son of Carlos III from the country.
Prince Harry was in a good mood and also used irony to refer to Donald Trump, and more particularly to his immigration policy.
So Harry also made a little joke about it by referring to at the next Football World Cup in 2026that the United States will organize with Canada and Mexico. He quipped that he was looking forward to welcoming his fellow Britons from “across the pond” to take part in the event… as long as they manage to get through customs and ICE.
Cooling of relations with his father
Prince Harry’s unusual speech follows a surprise appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on December 3. After joking that he got lost while looking for an audition to play a prince in a Christmas romantic comedy, the Duke of Sussex continued his humor by saying: “You Americans are obsessed with Christmas movies and They are clearly obsessed with royalty. So… why not?
When Colbert challenged the idea of this possible American obsession, Harry joked: “Oh really? I heard they elected a king“, a direct reference to President Donald Trump, who referred to himself by this royal title in an article on Truth Social in February.
Prince Harry’s tongue-in-cheek speech towards his family comes at a time when his relationship with his father has cooled again after their meeting in September provided a glimmer of hope towards a possible reconciliation. The possible arrangement is once again a pipe dream.
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