From Variety · Scott Bryan · · 1m 10s
SNL U.K. opens season two on Harry and Meghan
The season two premiere put the Sussexes' trip home in its sights, with Balmoral, Camilla and one line about Netflix money.
In brief
The season two premiere put the Sussexes' trip home in its sights, with Balmoral, Camilla and one line about Netflix money. SNL U.K. is going straight at the royals, and the Sussexes' homecoming was the season two opener's first target. Originally reported by Variety.
Season two picks a target
The first episode of "Saturday Night Live U.K." Season 2 opened by mocking Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's heavily covered return to England.
A weekend at Balmoral
The cold open found Larry Dean's King Charles and Emma Sidi's Queen Camilla unwinding at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, the royals at their most off duty.
Camilla gets the first laugh
Sidi's Camilla set the tone early, turning a royal break in Scotland into a joke about how little the job actually asks of them.
“I do love our weekends away. No responsibilities, just like every other day.”
The Netflix money line
The sketch's sharpest jab was aimed at the Sussexes' streaming deal, the punchline the show put in its own headline.
“Don't tell me you've spent all your Netflix money already!”
Weekend Update joins in
The same night, Weekend Update went after Trump's new hair. Paddy Young told the audience his best punchline had been cut by the show's legal team.
“Taken from me by our legal team”
What to remember
SNL U.K. is going straight at the royals, and the Sussexes' homecoming was the season two opener's first target.
