‘Oh, really. Puh-lease’: Queen and Prince Harry trade mic drops with Obama in comedy sketch
The 40-second video routine featuring the Queen, Prince Harry, the president and first lady of the United States launched via Twitter as part of efforts to raise awareness for the Invictus Games
Barack Obama left more than just cuddly toys behind at Kensington Palace, judging from a newly-released comedy sketch which suggests the British royals have also developed a taste for White House-style social media promotion.
The 40-second video routine featuring the Queen, Prince Harry, the president and first lady of the United States launched via Twitter on Friday as part of efforts to raise awareness for the Invictus Games, an annual sporting competition for wounded military veterans.
“A message? Oh, from Michelle,” deadpans Prince Harry as he pretends to pick up a text alert from Flotus, taunting British soldiers to bring home the medals from this May’s event in Orlando.
“How very amusing. Would you like to watch it together?” he asks his grandmother, conveniently perched beside him on the sofa as Harry leafs through photographs of disabled athletes at previous games.
Their cosy fireside chat is interrupted by a rather more braggadocious scene from the White House, tweeted earlier by the first lady, in which Michelle does her fiercest arms-folded, please-eat-your-vegetables look: “Hey, Prince Harry! Do you remember when you told us to bring it at the Invictus Games?”
“Careful what you wish for,” adds the president, before one of the servicemen behind them pretends to drop the microphone with a “boom” that might sound a little too much like munitions to some.