'SNL' Takes on the Prince William/Kate Middleton Engagement (VIDEO)
Meeting the grandparents is always difficult. Especially when you're engaged to the future King of England. And especially when the grandparents you're meeting are Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. And especially when you're just a mere "commoner" yourself.On the new 'SNL' (Sat., 11:30PM ET on NBC), the show takes on the engagement of British heir-to-the-throne Prince William. After eight years of dating, William finally got engaged to "regular girl" Kate Middleton, his girlfriend.
The long delay between dating and making wedding plans earned Kate the cruel nickname of "Waity Katie" from the English press. But that's nothing compared to the cruel reception that Middleton (played by Anne Hathaway) gets from the royal family on 'Saturday Night Live.'
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip (played by Fred Armisen and Bill Hader) wait until Prince William leaves the room. Then they drop the "polite royalty" act and begin yelling vile things at Kate. The bride-to-be doesn't get it at first. "William and I have been walking on air!" Kate gushes. "It's all so brilliant and exciting!" The Queen then bares her upper lip and snarls, dropping into a sudden Cockney accent: "Shut up! ... I said ... shut your mouth!"
And it gets worse from there, as the Duke starts caressing Kate's hair and giving her creepy advice on how to act "in the bedroom." Hmm. Maybe the engagement wasn't quite long enough after all.
Check out the full 'SNL' episode here:
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