https://twitter.com/justsaynotojoe/status/997822432768593920
On Saturday, Prince Harry married Meghan Markle (Suits) at St. Georges Chapel in Windsor, England, which once again raises the question everyone’s been asking: Has the Queen of England ever seen an episode of Suits?
Okay, maybe everyone hasn’t been asking that, but people online did seem enraptured with this royal wedding. Admittedly, I am an American and therefore know more about area codes in which Ludacris claims to have hoes than I do about England’s monarchs. I do know that Harry and Meghan’s official titles are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, which sounds like a nickname we’d try to give ourselves in middle school. I also know any kids they have will be in the line of succession for the Crown while also being eligible to run for President of the United States, which sounds like the set-up to a King Ralph sequel. I also know Twitter isn’t going to let a big event pass without making jokes about it. Several people imagined what the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were looking at in this picture, for example.
Some people on Twitter imagined how the ceremony would go if everyone in England were a Jason Statham character.
https://twitter.com/rockiesVSconnor/status/997818002321141761
Conspiracy theories were posited:
it took us 241 years, but america has finally infiltrated the british monarchy and phase 2 of the revolutionary war can begin
— Matt Bellassai (@MattBellassai) May 19, 2018
There were celebrities in attendance, which led to Oceans 11 and The Dark Knight Rises jokes:
Stay cool, just a few more moments and the heist is complete… pic.twitter.com/Nf9B70oOkk
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) May 19, 2018
I busted out laughing at this cutaway shot of Tom Hardy menacingly whispering the Lord's prayer like it's the last thing you hear before he murders you. pic.twitter.com/EVVrDpZDML
— Nick Gibb (@NickGibb3) May 19, 2018
♪It's like BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANE
On your wedding day♪#RoyalWedding pic.twitter.com/4FshWqYlet— Jeff May (Your Mom's Version) (@heytherejeffro) May 19, 2018
And one celebrity trolled everyone by not saying it’s a nice day for a white wedding:
Looks like a lovely day in UK for Harry and Meghan’s wedding #royalwedding
— Billy Idol (@BillyIdol) May 19, 2018
This wedding had everything. Celebrities. Cellists. Cows.
the queen getting super excited about cows is my favourite video in the world now #RoyalWedding pic.twitter.com/aZ83ic9cDL
— Filipe Orlando (@MrFilipeOrlando) May 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/sarapatt/status/997804384192000005
Many women were subtweeting their friends to step up their game and set them up on better blind dates in the future.
This all started with Meghan’s friend setting her up on a blind date with Prince Harry. My friends are actually useless.
— t (@tiannelisex) May 19, 2018
Selena Gomez’s friend gave her a kidney and Meghan Markle’s friend set her up with a prince and I’m not saying I’m ungrateful for my friends but I am saying that they really need to step it up
— kate (@kateegrayy) May 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/iffxt_l/status/997831773458485249
Not everyone was happy with the event. A pub threw a “F*ck the Royals” party to raise money for a food bank in protest of taxpayer-funded weddings, and The Daily Mail commenters continued their streak of being the absolute worst.
https://twitter.com/TheGammon/status/997478997633257473
The daily mail comment section racists are going full bananas bonkers about the royal wedding so here is what today's front page would look like if their comments were the headlines (I almost died laughing at the brexit comment) pic.twitter.com/juLoIYN7p2
— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) May 19, 2018
The joking continued throughout the weekend.
https://twitter.com/briangaar/status/997819419324768256
Not 100% sold on this The Crown / Suits crossover.
— Jake Lambert (@jakelambertcom) May 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/LadyBusiness_/status/997876274717642752
I wish Jerry Lewis were still alive so we could hear him say “Princess Meghan Markle.”
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) May 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/NOTVIKING/status/997891961859141632
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) May 19, 2018
Meanwhile, let’s check in on what all the other Meghans were doing this weekend:
https://twitter.com/megantwentytwo/status/997857414891409410
And some imagined how other televised weddings would compare to this one:
You know what would be great? The BBC should televise someone's wedding every Saturday. "And here's Kerry, arriving at the registry office in her father's mondeo. Unfortunately her sister is unable to attend today due to what Rachel said about our Steve at Julie's christening."
— @samanthalf.bsky.social or @mastodon.social (@samanthahalf) May 19, 2018