Saturday Night Live took a satirical jab at King Charles III’s landmark visit to the United States, labeling Meghan Markle as a “terrorist” and poking fun at former President Trump’s ties to Prince Andrew, the King’s scandal-ridden brother.
In a series of bold sketches, the show poked fun at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s relationship, weaving it into the narrative of the King’s journey to America this past week.
During the “Weekend Update” segment, host Michael Che kicked off the royal jesting by pointing out King Charles’ meeting with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during his swift tour of the northeastern U.S.
Che humorously commented that he was surprised Charles didn’t take Mamdani back to the U.K. because “he is an Indian treasure.”
This joke referenced Mamdani’s contentious remarks prior to meeting the King, in which he expressed intentions to urge the monarch to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond to India. The diamond was taken by the East India Company in 1849.
Comedian Colin Jost then turned his attention to Prince Harry and Markle, suggesting that King Charles’ trip was about more than just celebrating America’s 250th anniversary.
Jost brought up a picture of the couple as he added the visit was also ‘to seek the release of a British hostage being held by an American terrorist.’
The hosts rounded out the segment with a controversial gag about former-Prince Andrew.
Saturday Night Live took aim at King Charles III’s historic visit to America as they mocked President Trump’s association with the royal’s disgraced brother Andrew
The jokes at the royals came after King Charles departed the US following his three-day tour, which included visits to Washington DC with President Trump (pictured), as well as New York City and Virginia
Jost noted King Charles’ gift to Trump with a golden bell from a World War Two submarine commissioned by the British Royal Navy in 1944, which was named HMS Trump.
He quipped that the King told Trump, ‘Should you ever need to get ahold of us, just give us a ring.’
The show then brought up an image of Andrew, as Jost added: ‘Or Trump could just call the guy saved in his phone as ‘Andrew (Island).”
The jokes at the royals came after King Charles departed the US following his three-day tour, which included visits to Washington DC, New York City and Virginia.
The trip was his first as monarch, and saw the King deliver a well-regarded speech to the US Congress and meet with a number of leading figures.
At a White House state dinner on Tuesday, Trump risked embarrassing Charles with a surprising remark about the King’s private views on Iran and nuclear weapons.
Trump delivered a fulsome and highly complimentary speech celebrating the enduring alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom, but also couldn’t stop himself wading into tensions in the Middle East.
‘We’re doing a little work in the Middle East right now. And we’re doing very well,’ he said, before adding: ‘We will never let that opponent ever… Charles agrees with me, even more than I do… we will never let that opponent have a nuclear weapon.’
The remark, which appeared to suggest the King privately shared Trump’s hardline stance on Iran, was met with cheers in the room.
The sketch show mocked Meghan Markle as an ‘American terrorist’ in one of several risky takes on the King’s trip to the US this week
Britain’s King Charles III addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 28 April 2026
But while many praised Charles’ visit to the US this week, California Democrat Ro Khanna told the Daily Mail he was not happy that the monarch failed to mention Jeffrey Epstein during his high-profile speech.
‘It’s very disappointing after the British Ambassador told me that the King would talk about the survivors and sex trafficking. The King’s failure to acknowledge the pain his brother had caused is a moral failure and emblematic of an elite impunity that is an ongoing affront to survivors,’ said Representative Khanna.
In an exclusive comment to the Daily Mail, Khanna also noted that the omission was ‘disrespectful to the survivors, including to Sky and Amanda Roberts — Virginia Giuffre’s family — who I held a roundtable with this morning.’
‘The British Ambassador told me the King would at least acknowledge the Epstein survivors and victims of sex trafficking in the speech. It’s a moral failure and emblematic of the elite impunity that Americans and people around the world are sick of,’ he added.
Republican Nancy Mace also told the Daily Mail, ‘I guess the King didn’t want to talk about Epstein,’ when asked for a reaction to the address.
