Overview
- The Season 2 premiere of Saturday Night Live UK opened with a cold sketch that lampooned Prince Harry and Meghan Markle; the episode aired on Saturday, Sept. 12 and was hosted by Jeff Goldblum.
- Writers mocked the couple’s finances with repeated Netflix jokes, including onstage references to a widely reported $60 million figure tied to their earlier deal.
- The sketch directly invoked a past royal race controversy by having the Camilla character say “as brown as ever,” recycling a line that recalled the Sussexes’ 2021 interview about their son’s skin tone.
- Comedian George Fouracres appeared as Prime Minister Andy Burnham, and performers playing Charles, Camilla, Harry and Meghan used the Balmoral-set scene to knit royal tensions, celebrity brands and politics into one sketch.
- Clips from the cold open spread quickly online and prompted social-media reaction, while the royal household continues to describe Harry and Meghan as private, non-working members of the family.