Prince Harry turns into a Hallmark hero in cheeky late night show appearance

Prince Harry fully leaned into festive chaos during a surprise comedy bit on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and fans are calling it his unofficial Hallmark Christmas movie audition.

The royal dropped in on the December 3 episode, which aired the same day Meghan Markle debuted her Netflix holiday special, With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration.

Bursting onto the stage mid-monologue, Harry playfully interrupted Stephen Colbert, insisting he thought he’d arrived to audition for a Hallmark-esque film titled The Gingerbread Prince Saves Christmas in Nebraska.

Embracing the parody, Harry started listing his “credentials” for landing a role.

“I've got skills. I can ride a horse, I can fly a helicopter [and] I can ride a horse in a helicopter,” he joked, prompting Colbert to fire back with another test: did he have any ties to famous TV actresses?

Thinking of Meghan’s breakout role on Suits, Harry smirked: “I might know one.”

He then amped up the theatrics, declaring: "But I’ll do anything. I’ll record a self tape, I’ll fly myself to an audition. I’ll settle a baseless lawsuit with the White House… all the things you people on TV do!"

Ahead of the broadcast, Colbert teased the cameo with a viral Instagram clip featuring the pair lip-syncing an iconic Alison Hammond moment from the 2024 Great British Bake Off New Year’s Day episode.

In the clip, Alison asks contestant Mark Lutton: "So if you were treated like a King for the day, what would you want me to do for you?" 

When he replies that he’d want her to “bake”, she hilariously mishears it as “beg,” asking: "You’d want me to do what? Beg?" before bursting into laughter.

On The Late Show, Harry lip-synced Alison’s part while Colbert played the confused contestant.

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