{"id":2189279,"date":"2025-12-06T13:34:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T13:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2189279"},"modified":"2025-12-06T13:34:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T13:34:39","slug":"prince-harry-makes-a-dig-at-trump-during-his-surprise-appearance-on-late-show-with-stephen-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-harry-makes-a-dig-at-trump-during-his-surprise-appearance-on-late-show-with-stephen-colbert\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry Makes a Dig at Trump During His Surprise Appearance on Late Show with Stephen Colbert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"body-dropcap css-1uptjrp emevuu60\">Last night, Prince Harry made a surprise appearance on <em data-node-id=\"0.1\">The Late Show with Stephen Colbert <\/em>as the late night host was discussing royal-themed Christmas movies.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">As the Duke of Sussex appeared on set, pretending he was lost while looking to audition for <em data-node-id=\"1.1\">The<\/em> <em data-node-id=\"1.3\">Gingerbread Christmas Prince Saves Christmas in Nebraska, <\/em>Stephen Colbert introduced him as \u201cPrince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales-Sussex\u201d and then asked him, \u201cYou\u2019re an actual prince, why would you want to be in one of those movies?\u201d Harry replied, \u201cYou Americans are obsessed with Christmas movies and you\u2019re clearly obsessed with royalty, so why not?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Colbert then took (pretend) offense to his statement, saying, \u201cLook, I wouldn\u2019t say we\u2019re obsessed with royalty,\u201d to which Harry responded, \u201cReally? I heard you elected a king\u2026\u201d referencing President Donald Trump. Earlier this year, Trump called himself \u201cthe King\u201d in a Truth Social post, and the White House <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGRDGQWxlhX\/?\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGRDGQWxlhX\/?\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"shared a fake magazine cover\" data-node-id=\"2.1\" class=\"body-link css-14frelc emevuu60\">shared a fake magazine cover<\/a> that featured Trump in a crown and the words \u201cLong live the king.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-14\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Trump has had a long, and often controversial, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/politics\/a12267086\/donald-trump-royal-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/politics\/a12267086\/donald-trump-royal-family\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"history with the royal family\" data-node-id=\"4.1\" class=\"body-link css-14frelc emevuu60\">history with the royal family<\/a>. When he <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a66123308\/donald-trump-2025-state-visit-uk-unprecedented\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a66123308\/donald-trump-2025-state-visit-uk-unprecedented\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"visited the UK in September for a State Visit\" data-node-id=\"4.3\" class=\"body-link css-14frelc emevuu60\">visited the UK in September for a State Visit<\/a>, however, he said of King Charles and Queen Camilla \u201cThey\u2019re friends of mine for a long time, long before he was King, and it\u2019s an honor to have him as King. I think he represents the country so well, I\u2019ve watched, he\u2019s such an elegant gentleman.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"recirculation\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Since moving to America in 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have gone back and forth on weighing in on American politics. In 2020, Meghan described the presidential election as the \u201cmost important election of our lifetime,\u201d but during the 2024 election cycle, the Sussexes did not say anything\u2014though their Archewell Foundation <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a62282144\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-presidential-endorsement-2024-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a62282144\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-presidential-endorsement-2024-harris-trump\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"encouraged\" data-node-id=\"6.1\" class=\"body-link css-14frelc emevuu60\">encouraged<\/a> Americans to vote. Earlier this year, Meghan also <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a64421319\/meghan-markle-trump-tariffs-as-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a64421319\/meghan-markle-trump-tariffs-as-ever\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"spoke about\" data-node-id=\"6.3\" class=\"body-link css-14frelc emevuu60\">spoke about<\/a> how she didn\u2019t foresee Trump administration tariffs impacting her brand, As Ever, but added, \u201cI think during any time of recession, people still want to find creature comforts, items that can bring them joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Watch the full clip of Harry on Colbert here:<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"youtube\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<hr data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<div data-node-id=\"10\" data-embed=\"video\" class=\"embed aspect-ratio-16x9 css-17nhnxs e20tmgw0\">\n<div class=\"__resp-container css-1ui7hop e6inl0f0\">\n<div class=\"video-player css-guxj2g e1hzgkwu0\">\n<div class=\"css-1d3dqod e7hrar04\"><button data-theme-key=\"video-play-icon-button\" aria-label=\"Play Video\" class=\"css-19szzr8 e7hrar00\"><\/button><img alt=\"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert...\" title=\"Harry\u2019s Dig at Trump on Stephen Colbert\u2019s Show\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/vidthumb\/images\/gettyimages-1660918695.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.761xh;0,0&amp;resize=640:* 640w, https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/vidthumb\/images\/gettyimages-1660918695.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.761xh;0,0&amp;resize=980:* 980w, https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/vidthumb\/images\/gettyimages-1660918695.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.761xh;0,0&amp;resize=1200:* 1120w, https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/vidthumb\/images\/gettyimages-1660918695.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.761xh;0,0&amp;resize=1400:* 1400w, https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/vidthumb\/images\/gettyimages-1660918695.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.761xh;0,0&amp;resize=1800:* 1800w, https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/vidthumb\/images\/gettyimages-1660918695.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.761xh;0,0 2000w\" src=\"https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/vidthumb\/images\/gettyimages-1660918695.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.761xh;0,0\" class=\"e7hrar03 css-g939jb e1g79fud0\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-journey-blur=\"partial\" data-ad-exclude=\"true\" class=\"css-19m4yzp e1jy25xv0\">\n<div class=\"css-1uvekls ev8dhu59\"><span class=\"css-3mrz81 ev8dhu51\"><img src=\"https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/rover\/profile_photos\/121b4598-31f9-4716-af00-a68368fb7913_1643729378.file?fill=1:1&amp;resize=120:*\" alt=\"Headshot of Emily Burack\" title=\"Headshot of Emily Burack\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-o0wq4v ev8dhu53\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dsojn8 ev8dhu55\">\n<div class=\"css-777skj ev8dhu54\">\n<p>Emily Burack (she\/her) is the Senior News Editor for Town &amp; Country, where she covers entertainment, celebrities, the royals, and a wide range of other topics. Before joining T&amp;C, she was the deputy managing editor at Hey Alma, a Jewish culture site. Follow her @emburack on Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.townandcountrymag.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, Prince Harry made a surprise appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as the late night host was discussing royal-themed Christmas movies. As the Duke of Sussex appeared on set, pretending he was lost while looking to audition for The Gingerbread Christmas Prince Saves Christmas in Nebraska, Stephen Colbert introduced him as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2189280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[274717,422570,285977,285684,422569],"class_list":["post-2189279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-c77dcb25-9cb8-417a-9c83-8de4e1d4e037","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-locale-us","tag-shorttitle-harrys-dig-at-trump-on-stephen-colberts-show"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Prince-Harry-Makes-a-Dig-at-Trump-During-His-Surprise.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2189279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2189281,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189279\/revisions\/2189281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2189280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2189279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2189279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2189279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}