Comic Relief: Funny For Money star Joel Dommett took a swipe at Meghan Markle’s past comments about Prince Harry, while opening up about his own marriage
Comic Relief host Joel Dommett has taken a playful jab at Meghan Markle’s previous remarks about her husband, Prince Harry. In 2021, the Duchess of Sussex claimed she knew little about Harry or royal protocols prior to their relationship, despite his prominent status. As she became more acquainted with him on a personal level, Meghan also asserted she hadn’t used Google to learn more about him.
In conversation with Oprah Winfrey, she stated: “Well, I didn’t do any research about what that would mean… I’d never looked up my husband online. I just didn’t feel a need to because everything that I needed to know, he was sharing with me, right? Everything that he thought I needed to know, he was telling me.”
In the pair’s Netflix documentary released a year later, a resurfaced 2015 clip showed Meghan being questioned about Harry and his brother Prince William at a red carpet event.
When asked who she preferred out of the two, she selected Harry – whom she would later wed in 2018. Discussing the start of his own relationship with his wife Hannah, Joel couldn’t resist alluding to Meghan’s comments while speaking on Davina McCall’s Begin Again podcast.
He quipped that his wife professed she didn’t know who he was after messaging him, following an appearance on Lorraine Kelly’s show.
“My wife slid into my DMs. The TV was on in the corner of the bar and she saw me on Lorraine,” he shared. “She hadn’t seen any of the junk [about a previous catfishing situation he fell victim to].”
He then joked: “That same way that Meghan Markle didn’t know Prince Harry – ‘Oh, what is a Prince?’”.
Joel, 40, wed Hannah in Mykonos, Greece, three years after they met. The pair share a son, Wilde, and are currently expecting their second child.
Harry and Meghan, meanwhile, have two children together – Archie and Lilibet. The duo stepped back from senior royal duties in 2020 before discussing their decision to depart in their high-profile interview with Oprah.
They subsequently released a six-part Netflix documentary providing a more personal glimpse into their relationship, from how they met to their exit from royal life.
Harry additionally elaborated on his experiences as a royal in his memoir, Spare. Since 2020, the pair have been living in the US, making only occasional visits to the UK.
Meanwhile, Joel returns to screens tonight as one of the presenters for this year’s Comic Relief Red Nose Day.
The BBC One programme will feature an evening of entertainment, with appearances from stars including Davina, Joel, Katherine Ryan, Nick Mohammed and Catherine Tate.
Comic Relief: Funny For Money airs tonight at 7pm on BBC One.
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