Family Guy is no stranger to edgy humor, and its latest target is Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. In a new episode, the animated series takes a harsh swipe at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, comparing them to some of history’s most infamous moments, and the joke is anything but flattering.
In the series July 17th episode titled “Twain’s World,” Brian and Stewie (voiced by the series’ creator, Seth MacFarlane) travel back in time. Stewie reminds Brian that traveling through the past may “change the course of history.”
Brian responds, “You always say that,” adding that history has its negative moments. The dog mentions Adolf Hitler and the Crusades before Stewie chimes in with, “Prince Harry marrying Meghan Markle.”
The scene cuts to an animated Harry watching the episode on his TV. “Again?” he fumes, breaking the third wall with his hands on his hips. “Like all of your wives are so much better.”
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This is the second time Family Guy parodied the couple. The first was in a 2023 episode titled “A Stache From The Past,” showing Peter Griffin sitting in a bar with friends and wondering how to get money back he’s owed. He joked he’ll “go it alone, just like Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.”
Following, an animated version of Harry and Meghan were seen poolside as a butler said, “Sir, your millions from Netflix for … no one knows what.” The duke told him to “Put it with the rest of them.”
The scene continued with the former Suits star getting a notification on her phone. She told Harry, “Babe, time to do our daily $250,000 sponsored Instagram post for Del Taco,” leading him to respond, “I shouldn’t have left the made-up nonsense.”
The couple was also targeted by South Park. In 2023, the Comedy Central series skewered the ex-senior royals by putting them on a “Worldwide Privacy Tour.” Harry and Meghan were not directly named in the episode; instead, it featured characters described as Canadian royalty.
The episode centered on the characters settling in a fictional Colorado town after embarking on a “worldwide privacy tour.” At one point, the characters hold signs that read, “We want our privacy” and “stop looking at us.”
The parody was inspired by Meghan and Harry’s 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, where the duchess described how the couple should have some privacy. However, it was the dichotomy of the couple having a constant media presence and needing privacy that South Park‘s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, ran with in the episode.
Family Guy airs on FOX.
