Prince Harry mocks the monarchy on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2023-01-11

Prince Harry mocks the monarchy: Duke ridicules royal tradition (with the help of Hollywood star Tom Hanks) as he kicks off latest interview on The Late Show with skit featuring trumpet fanfare and heralds in uniforms

The Duke has done yet another TV interview to tout his book Spare, a pre-taped chat with Stephen Colbert
Harry, 38, filmed a skit with Hanks that mocks royal pomp and circumstance
Shows him being greeted at the CBS studios by two trumpeters in uniform – before Colbert tells him that they are in fact there for Hanks, 66, a fellow guest
In a trailer for Harry’s interview with Colbert, 58, made fun of the Monarchy, telling viewers to ‘bring your corgis and colonial treasures’
A teaser clip from the chat saw the Duke slamming accusations he ‘boasted’ about killing 25 Taliban fighters

Prince Harry has kicked off the latest in a long line of TV interviews by ridiculing royal tradition and mocking the Monarchy – with the help of Hollywood A-lister Tom Hanks.

The 38-year-old Duke of Sussex poked fun at his family’s long-standing and much-admired tradition of pomp and circumstance during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Stephen Colbert this evening, for which he pre-filmed a skit that showed him being greeted at the CBS studios by two trumpet heralds wearing regal uniforms.

In the video, Harry is seen rounding a corner and walking along a red carpet while the trumpeters begin their fanfare, with the Duke telling Colbert in a show of mock humility: ‘Woah, woah, woah, stop, stop. Stephen, not needed, but thank you, I appreciate it.’

‘What are you talking about? This isn’t for you!’ Colbert, 58, responds, before urging Harry: ‘Get out of the way, he’s coming!’

At that point, Hanks, 66, who was a guest on the late-night show on Monday – when the Duke filmed his own interview – comes around the corner, jokingly exclaiming: ‘I’m back! Where’s my fanfare?’ while Harry throws rose petals at him.

Prince Harry has kicked off the latest in a long line of TV interviews by ridiculing royal tradition and mocking the Monarchy – with the help of Hollywood A-lister Tom Hanks

Duke denies he ‘boasted’ about killing 25 Taliban fighters in explosive memoir Spare – and blames critics for ‘spinning’ his words and putting his ‘family in danger’

Prince Harry furiously slammed down accusations that he ‘boasted’ about killing 25 Taliban fighters in his explosive memoir Spare – while accusing his critics of ‘spinning’ his words and spouting ‘lies’ about the revelation, which he says have put his family ‘in danger’.

The 38-year-old vehemently defended his decision to share the information, hitting back at accusations that he ‘undermined his own security’ by writing about his Taliban kills, while blaming his critics for spreading ‘dangerous lies’ and ‘spinning his words’.

‘I think one of… the most dangerous lies that they have told is that I somehow boasted about the number of people I have killed in Afghanistan,’ he told Colbert.

‘I would say that if I heard anybody else, anyone, boasting about that kind of thing, I would be angry. But it’s a lie.

He added: ‘My words are not dangerous, but the spin of my words are very dangerous to my family.’

Harry insisted to Colbert that it was not his words that were in any way dangerous – but rather the ‘spin’ that his critics have put on them, with the Duke saying it is ‘a choice they have made’, which has put his family in danger.

He went on to insist that that the ‘reason’ he chose to write about his kill count was to ‘reduce the number of suicides’ among military veterans.

‘I made a choice to share it because, having spent nearly two decades working with veterans all around the world, I think the most important thing is to be honest and to give space to others to share their experiences without any shame,’ he said – while receiving applause from the audience, which included several veterans.

‘And my whole goal, my attempt with sharing that detail is to reduce the number of suicides.’

Prince Harry laughs as he CONFIRMS he watches The Crown – hinting he’s even seen ‘more recent’ episodes that dramatize Diana’s bulimia battle and bitter divorce from Charles

Prince Harry confirmed that he watches Netflix’s controversial series The Crown – laughing as he revealed in a new bombshell TV interview that he has watched the ‘more recent’ episodes that portray ‘sensationalized’ accounts of his late mother Diana’s bulimia battle and her bitter divorce from Charles.

The Duke laughed uproariously while joking to the TV host that he ‘fact checks’ the highly-criticized show.

‘Yes I have actually watched The Crown,’ Harry – who has a production deal with Netflix that is reported to be worth $100 million – told Colbert after the late night host asked if he had seen the series.

‘The older stuff and the more recent stuff.’

Harry then burst into fits of laughter and mimed taking notes as Colbert questioned whether he ‘fact checks’ the show – before admitting: ‘Yes, I do actually.’

He then suggested that The Crown does not offer an entirely factual version of events – before pointing at his bombshell memoir Spare as an apparent example of accuracy, saying: ‘Which is why it’s so important that history has it right.’

Despite his jovial response to the question, the Duke’s admission that he’s watched multiple episodes of the show will likely prompt furious criticism and questions about why he and wife Meghan Markle have continued to work with streaming giant Netflix, despite its brutal portrayal of the royal family – and Harry’s parents in particular.

Season five of the series – which is the most recent – drew bitter backlash over its ‘malicious’ storylines, which included agonizing portrayals of the breakdown of Charles and Diana’s marriage, as well as a fictional scene in which the future King is seen plotting to overthrow the Queen.

The latest storylines have been widely bashed for their ‘malicious’ and ‘lurid’ content with critics branding Harry a ‘hypocrite’ for refusing to pull the plug on his Netflix deal in response to the streaming giant’s portrayal of his family.

To add insult to grievous injury, season five of the show was released just a matter of weeks after the Queen passed away at the age of 96.

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