The Harry and Meghan Show Is a Royal Knockout
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have some lessons for William and Kate.
In happier times.
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Back in 1987, the British Royals were wrestling with how to modernize their public image. Prince Edward, the Queen’s youngest child, came up with the wheeze of having family members appear in a version of a popular television show called It’s a Knockout — think Squid Game, but with participants throwing hams at each other instead of risking their lives in deadly children’s pastimes. A staggering 18 million Brits tuned in to watch various princes and princesses and celebrities dressing as giant vegetables and falling into pools of water, making it the fourth most-watched program of the year. You can click here for a YouTube video featuring the show in all of its, ahem, glory.