Prince Harry was brutally mocked in the latest teaser episode of legendary puppet show Spitting Image’s new series. The Duke of Sussex’s puppet appeared in a short video promoting the satirical show’s return and was seen making a podcast alongside Paddington Bear.
Spitting Image was one of the most-watched shows in Britain in the 1980s, running from 1984 – 1996 and from 2020 to 2022. Now the show, which uses puppets depicting well-known figures that are voiced by comedians, is set to release a brand new series on YouTube, titled Spitting Image: The Rest Is Bulls*!t. Spitting Image’s “brand new era” will consist of “short-form vodcast episodes” which will be “ideal entertainment for anyone with a 21st century attention span”.
The makers of the show said of the new series: “From The White House to Windsor, from Putin to Paddington via Silicon Valley – it’s fearless, it’s as disgusting as the real people and it’s as hard-hitting as you remember.”
The Duke of Sussex puppet features prominently in the one-off, 11-minute teaser episode of the series
Puppet Harry introduces himself as: “I’m Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. Just a regular guy with a title who’s fifth in line to the throne,” adding that he got into podcasting after having no “discernible talent”.
In the video, Puppet Harry is seen speaking to Elon Musk, praising him for the way he “cut the American government down to size,” before adding: “I’m trying to do the same with my family.”
The puppet described himself as a “wandering philosopher-prince and bloody great bloke”.
The Duke’s lifestyle in Montecito, California, with Meghan Markle is mocked when Paddington Bear asks about his life.
Puppet Harry replies: “An early start is important. So my butler Perkins gets up at 5 a.m. and does a 10k for me. Then when he gets in, he wakes me up and googles to see if I’m still fifth in line to the throne. Yeah, if Kate and Wills have any more kids, I move down another f****** notch.”
“Nutrition is important, so Perkins makes me a bacon sandwich in case Megs has made another one of her rank smoothies.
“Then it’s a session with my accountability coach. I think it’s important to be honest and transparent. I haven’t told Megs about it yet.”
Asked about his children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, Puppet Harry says: “They need to be washed, fed, read to. Yeah, it’s a lot for Perkins to do. And he briefs them daily on what we’re up to.”
Asked about whether he has a Netflix account, the puppet prince says he does and that’s it’s got $9million.
The show also mocked Prince Harry’s revelations about past drug use in his memoir, Spare, with the puppet declaring how he’s tried cocaine and became “interesting and confident”.
It also mocked the Duke’s strained relationship with the royals, as towards the end of the episode, puppet Harry is seen on the phone trying to reach his “daddy,” King Charles, but is met with deafening silence.