The Windsors returned on Tuesday night (25 February) with jokes about Prince Andrew, Brexit and Meghan Markle. Channel 4’s royal parody did not shy away from recent headlines about the Duke of York’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
“This whole Epstein thing has put quite a dent in my, er, other income streams,” complained the Prince Andrew character, played by Tim Wallers.
While the writers managed to write in the Epstein scandal, it was too late to add Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to step down as senior royals into the script.
The first episode of the new series also mocked Markle (Kathryn Drysdale), depicting her as making earnest speeches about mindfulness, avocados and “the power of yes”.